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q&a
Writer-director talks about adapting Roth’s ‘Indignation’
Jonathan Kirsch
July 27, 2016
“Indignation,” the new movie based on a novel by the immortal Philip Roth, opens with a skirmish in Korea in 1951 and ends with a scene so shocking that I cannot reveal it here, although readers of the book will know what’s coming.
Navigating heartache when a marriage ends
Virginia Isaad
July 27, 2016
Jerusalem-based writer Avigail Rosenberg — who goes by her pen name — had been divorced for nearly nine years when her book “Healing From the Break: Stories, Guidance, and Inspiration for Anyone Touched by Divorce” was published last year.
Changing Three Cultures: A Q&A with Joe Domanick
Rob Eshman
July 13, 2016
We all feel awful about last week’s violence; we all wonder what can be done.
Westside congressman facing first re-election bid discusses Israel
Eitan Arom
June 29, 2016
Los Angeles Rep. Ted Lieu is quick to shoot off a friendly tweet. With a computer science degree from Stanford University, he’s one of the more tech-savvy members of Congress.
Hollywood’s reform Rabbi takes on a top American zionist role
Eitan Arom
June 22, 2016
The Israeli Reform movement is a shadow of its American counterpart.
A veteran of the peace process discusses its failure
Eitan Arom
June 16, 2016
Decades of watching from a front-row seat as efforts toward an Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement repeatedly fizzled have left Yossi Alpher less than optimistic about the prospect of a resolution.
“The biggest threats in the Middle East” Q-and-A with Dennis Ross
Jewish Journal
May 19, 2016
Listen to a full discussion with Jewish Journal reporter Danielle Berrin and Dennis Ross:
A Rabbi’s path for recovery
Roberto Loiederman
May 4, 2016
Thirty years ago, after what he’s called his “umpteenth” arrest for fraud, forgery and bad checks, Mark Borovitz had a “spiritual awakening.”
Marvin Kalb discusses the U.S.-Russian game of chicken
Jonathan Kirsch
February 25, 2016
The voice of Marvin Kalb, deeply familiar to any baby boomer, is calm, measured and authoritative.
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