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Sasha Edge

Yenta's Revenge

About Me

"If you believe that it is possible to break, believe it is also possible to fix." Rabbi Nachman of Breslov.

I make documentaries. They run my life. I sleep in my car. I ride a bike. I bake vegan cookies for people.
I love Rebbe Nachman.
This is a trailer for my newest film. Come see it this summer playing in New York and LA at the Bicycle Film Festival!



My Interests

Judaism, Film, Documentaries, Cinematography, Veganism, Bikes, BaGua, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, Chinese Medicine, Islam, Taoism, Hebrew, Yiddish, Arabic, Hardcore, Straightedge, Bike rides, my family and friends, debates, changing the world, proving

I'd like to meet:

Vegan Revolutionaries, Danya Ruttenberg, Haviva Ner-David, Saira Shah, Elie Wiesel, someone to make vegan cookies for.

Music:

Trial, Earth Crisis, SEVEN GENERATIONS, Purification, Cherem, Left For Dead, 7 Seconds, Suffocate Faster, Killswitch Engage, vGATHERv, Most Precious Blood, Bane, Champion, Purified in Blood, Chokehold, Maroon, Undying, Vegan Reich, Comeback Kid, Figure 4, Faded Grey, The Suicide File, Immortal Technique, Make Move, The Warriors!, Purified in Blood, Subliminal,DAM, Matisyahu, Mirah, Sleater Kinney

Movies:

The Believer, My Life As A Dog, Memento, the Pianist, American History X, Run Lola Run, Boondock Saints, Stranger Than Paradise, Avalon, What To Do In Case of Fire, Bowling for Columbine, Roger and Me, The Corporation, Death in Gaza, Encounter Point, Behind the Veil, Jenin Jenin.

Books:

I am obsessed.

The Torah
The Quran
Talmud
Mishnah

Culture of Make Believe
Terrorists or Freedom Fighters
Green Rage
Ishmael
After Dachau
The New Intifada
Chomsky Reader
Who's Trade Organization?
The Zionist Reader
East of Eden
Grapes of Wrath

Yentls Revenge
Scapegoat
Standing Again at Sinai
On Being A Jewish Feminist
Women Who Would Be Rabbis
Jewish Renewal
Back to the Sources
Sages; Their Concepts and Beliefs

Gracie Jiu Jitsu books
Tao of Meditation
Taoist Qigong
Practical Ayuverda
Chinese Medicine and Healing

Heroes:

Rod Coronado

My Blog

Sasha Edge Starts to Get It

I had an important realization today at the Kotel. Completely void of the usual politics, rhetoric, in-fighting, and indecision. For quite some time I have traded in the Judaism I loved and had made...
Posted by Sasha Edge on Wed, 26 Jul 2006 09:36:00 PST

A Jewess and The Mitzvot

Last month I met one of the dudes that writes for a blog called Jewnification. I actually didn't know he wrote for it until after I met him, but the point is that one of the only (sadly) discussions ...
Posted by Sasha Edge on Mon, 13 Mar 2006 09:38:00 PST

Tzitzit for the LADIES.. thats right I said it. FOR THE LADIES

Tzitzit for the LADIES.. thats right I said it. FOR THE LADIES So I've been wearing a Tallit Katan for more than a year now, and for anyone who has ever seen/worn one, they can be pretty large and a...
Posted by Sasha Edge on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

biologically incapable of being feminine

For those of you who know me, you will find this hopefully as amusing as I did. The following are little clips from what I was told by a doctor today after having some tests: "I have never in my life ...
Posted by Sasha Edge on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Put Some Clothes On Damn It.

I've had it. I'm done. The next time someone comes through my work wearing a bikini top and a mini skirt I'm going to throw something large and heavy at them. What the hell is wrong with you people...
Posted by Sasha Edge on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST