Two decades ago, filmmaker Ira Wohl sat at the Passover table andthought about his cousin, Philly. For his first 50 years, thedevelopmentally disabled Philly had lived at home with his parents inQueens, never venturing into the world. Wohl now wondered how Phillywould survive once his ailing parents were gone.
\”Send in the Jews!\” Mel Brooks shouted, throwing the floodgatesopen for the scores of fans who valiantly fought the drizzle lastWednesday evening, Nov. 19, to meet him and his \”Your Show of Shows\”partner-in-crime, Carl Reiner.
The People of the Book is the Los Angeles area\’s first attempt at a Jewish book festival
In every other Mickey Rooney-Judy Garland movie, there came apoint when one or the other would pipe up with, \”Hey, kids, let\’s puton a show,\” followed by a glitzy Hollywood production number.
At the heart of \’A Life Apart: Hasidism in America\’ is aculture war that mirrors the conflict in today\’s Jewish community
Once-sleepy Haifa is now a tourist mecca, and MayorAmram Mitzna is spreading the word
Yvonne Sylva Maritza Josephine Kálmán, sixtyish,blond and glamorous, is named for all her father\’s favorite operettaheroines. So perhaps not surprisingly, she has dedicated much of herlife to seeing that her father\’s operettas have been performed allover the world.
Stuart Flack is a communications director by day and a playwright the rest of the time
Author Annie Reiner is tall, elegant, poised — and politelyexasperated when you ask about her famous father and brother.\n\nYou can hardly blame her: It\’s the umpteenth time she\’s beenasked.
This earthy, lyrical film by writer-director Ali Nassar is easilyone of the festival\’s brightest highlights.
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