Iris Mann
History and cultural struggles filmed in distinctive Jewish worlds
September 23, 2016
Among this fall’s cinematic gems are two from director Dani Menkin, an Israeli who now lives and works in Los Angeles. During a recent interview, Menkin indicated that both films are very personal, each in its own way.
Anne Frank: “No Asylum” before the attic
August 18, 2016
The story of how Anne Frank’s family hid in an attic before being discovered by the Nazis became well-known through the diary she wrote that was found by her father, Otto, after the war.
‘Blueprint for Paradise’: A Nazi incursion in California
August 11, 2016
Few people may be aware that, during the weeks just before the United States’ entry into World War II, a Nazi compound intended as a training center and base of operations, under the assumption that Germany would be victorious and Adolf Hitler would come to rule the Western U.S., was under construction in Rustic Canyon.
Guns, God and politics in “Church and State”
July 27, 2016
In the new play “Church & State,” onstage at the Skylight Theatre in East Hollywood, a conservative Southern Christian politician running for re-election to the United States Senate has a crisis of faith.
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