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Something in Common

Tom Tugend January 25, 2001

One of Hitler\’s first fiats in 1933 led to the dismissal of all Jewish professors from German universities.\n

Study in Self-Hatred

Naomi Pfefferman January 25, 2001

Screenwriter Henry Bean was riveted by the story the instant he heard it 25 years ago.

Here Comesthe Bride

Naomi Pfefferman January 25, 2001

It was the first time in U.S. history that the cast and producers of a play were hauled down to police headquarters and convicted on obscenity charges.\n

Rocky Mountain Chai

Naomi Pfefferman January 18, 2001

Move over Sundance, Slamdance, Digidance and Nodance. The two-week showbiz schmoozefest in Park City, Utah, traditionally a launching pad for Jewish indie cinema, is now home to SchmoozeDance, a forum for Jewish filmmakers, journalists, observers and studio execs to celebrate Jewish film.\n

Opening the Closet

Naomi Pfefferman January 18, 2001

In Sandi Simcha DuBowski\’s searing new documentary, \”Trembling Before G-d,\” about Orthodox gays and lesbians, David, a handsome L.A. doctor, describes struggling to change his sexuality.

Tough Dames in a Tough Game

Ellen Jaffe-Gill January 18, 2001

Glamour, betrayal, influence and heartache, all in a day\’s work. In her first book, \”Is That a Gun in Your Pocket? Women\’s Experience of Power in Hollywood,\” Rachel Abramowitz, a former writer for Premiere magazine, lays out in impressive detail what the first significant wave of women in the film trade, a wave that hit the studios in the 1970s, had to go through to get women to be taken seriously by the industry.

Deconstructing Harry

Michael Aushenker January 18, 2001

When Harry Blitzstein decided to open up his Blitzstein Museum of Art (facetiously subtitled \”Formerly Moe\’s Meat Market\”), the neighboring merchants on Fairfax Avenue had a unanimous reaction. \”They thought I was just kidding,\” the painter said.

Fred TV

Naomi Pfefferman January 11, 2001

He\’s interviewed Tom Hanks, Robert Zemeckis, Annette Bening, Snoop Dogg, Ron Howard, even President Clinton. Cameron Diaz flirted with him outrageously at the Directors Guild Awards.

Divine Inspiration

Ellen Sandler January 11, 2001

Why do most people want to believe that a successful career in show business happens by luck? Maybe it\’s because for people who haven\’t made it, that\’s a good explanation or excuse.

Too Jewish? No Way!

Ellen Sandler January 11, 2001

One of the reasons, perhaps the reason, Bette Midler has been a very big star for a very long time is her enormous gift to let us in on who she is, and that includes being Jewish, with no apologies.

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