Gershwin at CSUN
Naomi Pfefferman
November 16, 2000
\”Gershwin the Klezmer\” aims to show their continuing contribution to the musical zeitgeist: \”It\’s really about the Jewish soul of American music,\” Vass says.
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Entertainment
Well Versed
Gene Lichtenstein
November 9, 2000
The trouble with reading Judith Viorst\’s delightful new book of verse, \”Suddenly Sixty, And Other Shocks of Later Life,\” is that you recognize another decade has gone by in her life and so, presumably, in yours as well. \”Suddenly Sixty \”follows on the high heels of those earlier guideposts – \”It\’s Hard to Be Hip Over Thirty,\” \”How Did I Get to Be Forty,\” and \”Forever Fifty\” – and like them charts the changes and new quirks in her life as another 10 years flit by.
Comedy Is Not Pretty
Naomi Pfefferman
November 9, 2000
Mark Schiff\’s friends looked at him funny after reading an early version of his play, \”The Comic.\” \”It ends with a murder-suicide,\” the comedian concedes. \”But it\’s funny.\”
Reflections of War
Naomi Pfefferman
November 2, 2000
\”Kippur,\” the first Israeli movie to grace the New York Film Festival, tackles the traumatic war that was previously taboo in Israeli cinema.
Fall Film Festivals
Naomi Pfefferman
November 2, 2000
Two film festivals are offering sneak peeks of the best Jewish movies of the year.
Sophisticated Kid’s ‘Lit’
Michael Aushenker
November 2, 2000
The RAW anthologies not only influenced alternative cartoonists, but publishers of alternative cartoonists such as Fantagraphics and Drawn & Quarterly continue to present alternative comics with reverence in classy, lush formats.
The Ladino Lens
Naomi Pfefferman
November 2, 2000
\”The reason SEC exists is to catch up to the Ashkenazi world, to show the overall Jewish experience,\” Neil Sheff explains. \”Come to the festival and you\’ll learn about the \’other\’ Jews.\”
Sugihara’s Mitzvah
Naomi Pfefferman
November 2, 2000
\”Sugihara\” tells of the diplomat who defied his government by issuing thousands of visas to help Jews flee Kovno, Lithuania, on the cusp of the Shoah.
Behind the Scenes
Naomi Pfefferman
October 26, 2000
Every Jew in Los Angeles cheered when Holocaust denier David Irving lost his libel suit against author and historian Deborah Lipstadt this year. But the actual proceedings against the former UCLA professor remained shrouded in mystery (cameras aren\’t allowed inside British courts).
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