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Being a native New Yorker, I have always admired the NY Times as the venerable authority on current events, movies, dining, and books. Unfortunately, the unexpected and unwelcomed surprise of seeing the NYTimes post an early (late Wednesday night) book review of “Deathly Hallows” plummeted my respect for the newspaper. Having just blogged on the…

Saturday is Harry Potter day (starting at 12:01am). But you know that already. The problem is, Harry Potter day is Saturday–or, for us observant Jews, Shabbat, the Sabbath, day of rest, yadda yadda. Of course, nothing is more relaxing and Shabbat-appropriate than settling in with a good book, but the issue is getting that book.…

As the days crawl by for millions waiting on the release of The Final Book, there are those out there threatening to destroy our dreams of flying golden snitches and dancing chocolate frogs. Who are these evil people, worse than Death Eaters? They are the Spoilerists–those determined to “leak” parts of Deathly Hallows to fans…

Time, the newsweekly that caused a stir in the mid-60’s by asking “Is God Dead?”, opens this week’s issue with an essay tracing reports of the Deity’s most recent demise to Harry Potter. As the world awaits the release of J.K. Rowling’s final installment of the Potter series, Time’s arts critic, Lev Grossman, charges that…
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