Here it is! The big one! In episode 27.3 of OMGWTFBIBLE, David Tuchman and Rachel Rose Reid read what everyone knows as The Ten Commandments. And it’s… interesting. Sure, the commandments themselves are pretty impressive, but the laws that follow them? Not so much. And are there even really 10 commandments? It all depends on how you break it down. Listen to the third part of “Yitro” and tell us what you think in the comments. (Or tweet your take to OMGWTFBIBLE and Jewcy!)

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David Tuchman translated the Tanakh as a comedy and called it OMGWTFBIBLE. Each month on his podcast, he calls up a different guest to read as many chapters of OMGWTFBIBLE as they can while they both make fun of it.

Jewcy is the proud (internet) co-host of OMGWTFBIBLE. Read more about the project here, and listen to previous episodes here.

Check back here in a week for the next installment of OMGWTFBIBLE. David will be reading the next live show with Sha James in New York on January 26!

Previously: OMGWTFBIBLE: Live From Limmud UK With Rabbi Leah Jordan!

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A life-sized bronze replica of singer-songwriter Amy Winehouse was unveiled in the London neighborhood of Camden on Sunday, on what would have been her 31st birthday. The statue, designed by artist Scott Eaton, features the beloved songstress in a simple, short, strapless dress, with a Star of David necklace around her neck and a (real) red rose in her iconic beehive ‘do.

Winehouse’s parents Mitch and Janis both attended the ceremony, which was observed by hundreds of fans and locals, some of whom had travelled from as far as mainland Europe and the U.S., according to The Guardian. The bustling, eclectic neighborhood of Camden—one of the best places in London to hear live music—was beloved by Winehouse, so it’s fitting that the statue is located there.

“It’s a day of incredibly mixed emotions,” Mitch said to The Guardian. “They don’t put statues up for people who are with us anymore so it reinforces the fact that physically she’s gone but spiritually she’ll never leave us. I feel sad, very, very sad. We shouldn’t be here but we are, this is the reality and we’ve just got to make the most of it. So this statue is part of making the most of it. Getting people to come here, spend some time with Amy and put a flower in her hair and remember her in a very positive way. That for me is wonderful.”

Judging by the photos, the statue is quite realistic and moving. Winehouse’s gaze reflects her determination and loneliness, and her stance—hand on hip, feet turned coyly inward—is equal parts vulnerable and assertive. The Star of David is a particularly poignant inclusion: Winehouse often spoke of her affinity with Judaism, once telling an Australian newspaper, “I love parties and rock ’n’ roll, but secretly I’m never happier than when I’m cleaning. In 10 years’ time I’m gonna be looking after my husband and our seven kids… At the end of the day, I’m a Jewish girl.”

A statue of Amy Winehouse has been unveiled in London http://t.co/GL1SacHByk

— TIME.com (@TIME) September 15, 2014

Related: There’s an Amy Winehouse Documentary in the Works

(Image: Fans pay tribute to Amy Winehouse in front of her house in Camden Square on July 27, 2011. Dutourdumonde Photography / Shutterstock.com)

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2013 is shaping up to be the year of Amy Winehouse. First news of a documentary about the late singer, now a museum exhibit devoted to Winehouse’s Jewish family life. “Amy Winehouse: A Family Portrait,” will be on view at The Jewish Museum in Camden, where Winehouse grew up, from July 3 to September 15, and visitors will get to see a decidedly different side of the troubled star’s life.

“We weren’t religious, but we were traditional,” Winehouse’s brother Alex told Vogue U.K. “I hope, in this most fitting of places, that the world gets to see this other side, not just to Amy, but to our typical Jewish family.”

According to the Jewish Museum’s website:

Amy was close to her family and had a strong sense of her Jewish roots and heritage. The exhibition will show many unseen photographs of Amy’s family life – Friday night dinners, Alex’s Barmitzvah and vintage photographs of their beloved grandmother Cynthia.

Will you be dropping by the exhibit?

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According to the real estate website Curbed,

“An anonymous source said that ‘Amy loved that house but none of the family felt it appropriate that they should live in it…it was not practical to keep it empty while paying for its upkeep.”

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The BFC’s work has naturally built up an often complex, symbiotic dialogue with Haifa. The city provides them with a canvas and has helped launch their careers; they have created their own community here, running music nights, pop-up stores, and opening up a graffiti shop and gallery—FingaPrints, now named Bardo. “We love Haifa: the land, the food,” Unga said. “So, of course the fact that we grew up here and still live and work from here is something that comes out in our work in one way or another. Most of our works aren’t political, probably because Israel is such a politically charged country, that art is kind of our escape to normality.”

Broken Fingaz’s Graffiti Art [Tablet Magazine]

(images from exhibition)

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• Kutsher’s Tribeca co-owner (and founding director of the Jewish Community Project of Lower Manhattan) Alan Wilzig has an insane TriBeCa townhouse and a reality show in the works.

• Where to find pierogis in London.

• Salvador Dali designed the logo for Chupa Chups lollipops, the preferred lollipop of sleepaway camp visiting days.

• Ah, yes, the $1.1 million shekel.

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