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From trouble child to favorite
What would it take for you to disown your child? I know that for most everyone this is a hypothetical question, but please indulge me:
‘The Adujustment Bureau’: Finally, an Action Thriller for Religious Thinkers
Films that offer profound philosophical lessons are a rarity. I remember watching The Matrix several years ago, noting that the movie was really a sci-fi version of Plato’s “Metaphor of the Cave,” which posits that most people are living in a false reality of shadows. More recently, Inception explored the similar epistemological concept of solipsism, that we’re really all just dreaming and physical reality is only a construct of the mind. Such films, which tickle one’s philosophical funny-bone, are slim pickings among a feast of mind-numbing cinematic banalities.
What It Takes to Be a Jewish Leader
Charlton Heston (alav haShalom) made a great Moses; on screen, he seemed perfect — tall, handsome, gravelly voice, and not even Anne Baxter could seduce him.
Get a Life, George
We are all a little too dependent on others\’ approval and admiration. This is not only psychologically unhealthy, but it also may show that one doesn\’t feel close with God.