By Debbie Schlussel

I am away (and have been since Wednesday at sundown) for the last of the Jewish holidays until Passover (while Chanukah is upcoming, I don’t take off for that, as it is not a major Jewish holiday). The holidays which began Wednesday night–Shemini Atzeret (which means the “8th Day of the Assembly”) and Simchat Torah (which means “Happiness for the–-or of the–-Torah”)–always come right after the Jewish holiday of Sukkot), and they end tonight, when the Jewish Sabbath begins. So I’ve been offline and wrote this ahead of time, as well as my movie reviews, which are scheduled to hopefully go up later today. My reviews scheduled for last Friday didn’t go up because of a technical glitch (sorry to those of you who complained), so hopefully they post later today, along with my new reviews of movies coming out today.

Stay tuned. And thanks for coming back. Sorry for my absence.