Just a quick wrap up on some of the film news from the past month. “Waltz With Bashir†won big in France and at the Golden Globes, and the film’s director, Ari Folman, fought off a thief in...
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Steinbeck had “East of Eden,†and Rabinovich was “East of Kievâ€
Happy Birthday to Sholem Aleichem (a.k.a. Sholem Naumovich Rabinovich)! It was March 2, 1859, 150 years ago, that this popular writer of funny and poignant Yiddish stories and plays was born east of...
NYU Protest: We want transparency, respect, and… oh yeah…
A farce or a protest erupted at New York University this week, when about 7 dozen of NYU’s more than 20,000 students occupied the third floor of a building and made demands of the university...
New London Play Attacks Israeli Jews, But the Admission is Free.
A 10 minute play is being performed at the Royal Court theatre in London. And it might be heading to an off Broadway venue in NYC. “Seven Jewish Children,†by Caryl Churchill, is a very short...
My Valentine’s Date With a Jewish Book
How did you spend your St. Valentine’s Day? Reading Yitro? On a date? Hanging with “quirky alone?†How about a torrid love affair with a Jewish Book? I visited Sotheby’s Manhattan...
Israeli and Palestinian Films Meet at Sundance, Part 2 of 2
Other Israel connected filmmakers at Sundance included: “Trece Anos†a seven minute Sundance short by Topaz Adizes was shot entirely in Cuba. The film is about a young man who returns home to his...