Ralph Kostant
- Industry: Law
- Occupation: Attorney
- Location: North Hollywood : California
About Me
The Kosher Hedgehog is Ralph Kostant, a commercial real estate and natural resources attorney practicing in North Hollywood. I have enjoyed nearly 30 years of unparalled marital bliss with Laura, the mother of our four grown-up and more or less adult children. A former law partner of The Hedgehog, he hooked me on blogging, first as a guest contributor and then as his blog partner. As befits a hedgehog, I mostly blog about one area I know well, Israel and Middle Eastern affairs. I am a "poshete Yid," a simple Jew, who lives in the Orthodox Jewish community of Valley Village/North Hollywood.
Interests
Favorite Movies
- Casablanca
- The Princess Bride
- the Lord of the Wings trilogy
- Dr. Zhivago
- Lawrence of Arabia
- Little Women
- Catch 22
- To Kill a Mockingbird
- Chariots of Fire
Favorite Music
- Tchaikovsky's 6th Symphony ("Pathetique")
- Sleeping Beauty
- Swan Lake and the Nutcracker
- Dvorak's 9th Symphony ("From the New World")
- Aaron Copeland's Billy the Kid
- Leonard Bernstein's Candide
- Schubert's Symphony No. 8 (sounds finished to me)
- the Grateful Dead through 1972
- the Rolling Stones "Let It Bleed" album
- Sound tracks to Little Women
- Last of the Mohicans
- & Lawrence of Arabia
Favorite Books
- To Kill a Mockingbird
- Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy & sequels
- The Lord of the Rings trilogy
- The Kite Runner
- Moby Dick
- East of Eden
- The Hound of the Baskervilles and almost all of the Sherlock Holmes stories
- Grendel
- The Old Man & the Sea
My Blogs |
Team Members |
| The Hedgehog Blog | Lowell Brown |
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