VIDEO: History will be made in Beijing
Jewish Journal
August 9, 2008
Director Oren Kaplan offers this 60-second \’commercial\’ for the 2008 Beijing Olympics
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Welcome to the Orwell Olympics
Marty Kaplan
August 5, 2008
Why do I have the feeling that if hundreds of billions of dollars\’ worth of Chinese imports and of American business investments in China were not at stake, quiet diplomacy wouldn\’t be the slogan du jour?
Attempt to pressure China on Darfur loses to the Olympics
Ben Harris
July 23, 2008
Jewish groups have taken lead roles in drawing attention to China\’s policies and specifically sought to spotlight the country\’s record in advance of this summer\’s Olympic Games in Beijing. Yet it appears as if China will suffer no significant international sanction when the games open Aug. 8
VIDEO: Is Tibet the home of one of the Lost Tribes?
Jewish Journal
June 24, 2008
Quantum Physicist Fred Alan Wolf (from the film \”Dalai Lama Renaissance\”) speaks about Tibet being one of the \”Lost Tribes\” of Israel, and the similarities of Jewish culture (Judaism) and Tibetan culture (and Tibetan Buddhism).
Jewish Olympians must shine light on genocide
Daniel Hemel
August 17, 2007
In the summer of 1936, a year after the enactment of the Nuremberg Laws, the world turned a blind eye to Nazi Germany\’s genocidal intentions as Hitler hosted the Olympics in Berlin. With next summer\’s games set to take place in Beijing, Jewish and Israeli athletes have a responsibility to help ensure that the world does not make the same mistake.
Journey’s End
Naomi Pfefferman
May 3, 2001
Lunda Hoyle Gill sat in her spare room at a Westwood assisted-living center, the last stop on her remarkable life journey.\n\nThe artist once traveled to the remotest parts of the globe, racing to paint indigenous peoples before they disappeared. But that was before cancer ravaged her gut and Parkinson\’s disease crippled her fingers. Today, at 72, the artist can no longer paint. She can barely walk or hold a spoon.
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Naomi Pfefferman
August 27, 1998
Documentary focuses on spiritual transformation of Rodger Kamenetz
21 Years Ago: Redemption, Hollywood Style
Sally Ogle Davis
October 9, 1997
Let me be direct and come to the point right off the mark:
\”Seven Years in Tibet,\” appropriately filmed in Argentina — whereold Nazis go to be rehabilitated or to die, whichever comes first –is a turgid piece of filmmaking and as dishonest as, well, \”TheDevil\’s Own,\” Brad Pitt\’s last outing on film.
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