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jewish
City Voice: We’re not who we think we are
Bill Boyarsky
March 9, 2007
There is a preconceived notion about the Los Angeles Jewish community being affluent, increasingly conservative and preoccupied with Israel to the exclusion of other issues.
Enemy Ties
Orit Arfa
March 24, 2005
I thought about the implications: I take this tie, and my hands are tied. I\’d forever have to remember that one night a Palestinian gave me an expensive tie, and that he was nice to me. I\’d have to question all my stereotypes and generalizations, and recognize that there are good, normal, generous Palestinians who just want peace, who just want to be my friend, who just want some fun.
Sunrise, Sundance, Swiftly Fly the Films
Amy Klein
February 3, 2005
\”West Bank Story\” was one of a handful of Jewish-themed films screened at the Sundance Film Festival, which ended Sunday night in Park City, Utah. With the deafening chatter around this small town about which studio picked up which film for how many millions of dollars, it\’s hard to sniff out, not the hottest films — but the most Jewish.
That ’70s Fro
Naomi Pfefferman
March 11, 2004
Where can you see all-in-good-fun Jewish stereotypes spoofed alongside 1970s kitsch, such as waterbeds, fondue parties, disco, leisure suits and bad perms?
Q & A With Darren Star
Andrea King
September 18, 2003
Darren Star, the creator and executive producer of three of the last decade\’s most popular television phenomena — \”Beverly Hills, 90210,\” \”Melrose Place\” and the three time Golden Globe and Emmy Award-winning HBO comedy series \”Sex and the City\” — is being honored Monday night with the Tisch Industry Leadership Award at the National Foundation for Jewish Culture\’s third annual Jewish Image Awards.
Meyer: Hero or Anti-Hero?
Naomi Pfefferman
January 9, 2003
\”A Jewish friend of mine loves \’The Sopranos,\’\” Italian American actor Joe Bologna said with a groan. \”I told him, \’How\’d you like to see a show called \”The Goldsteins\” about white-collar criminals and the biggest shyster is Izzy Goldstein?\”\n\nBologna isn\’t about to play Izzy, but he is the co-author and star of a monologue he said breaks ethnic and gangster stereotypes. In \”Meyer,\” he portrays Jewish mobster Meyer Lansky — previously depicted in films such as \”Bugsy\” (1991) — as both a ruthless thug and a pathetic alter-kacker. At the beginning of the play, the character sips Dr. Brown\’s Cel-Ray Soda and kvetches about Israel denying him citizenship under the Law of Return.
When Worlds Collide
Michael Aushenker
July 4, 2002
Much has been written about Jewish talent working in the entertainment industry. But what happens when you\’re a sought-after Jewish writer who also happens to be observant?
The Name Game
Teresa Strasser
June 27, 2002
When we were little, my brother and I realized that whenever we asked if someone was Jewish, my mother would answer by simply repeating their name, as if that said it all.
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