Haggadah
Jewish Journal
February 25, 1999
A 1998 article about Chicago collector Stephen Durschslag\’s haggadah collection set the number of different haggadot on his shelves at 4,500, increasing almost daily.
Category
Entertainment
Raising Eyebrows
Naomi Pfefferman
February 18, 1999
It\’s not always easy to contend with an artist who decides to bite the hand that feeds him.
Movie Memoirs
Diane Arieff
February 18, 1999
Some of the best recent American documentaries are nonfiction, highly subjective narratives that explore the Sturm und Drang of family relationships.
Valley Briefs
Jewish Journal
February 18, 1999
When Roberto Benigni won the grand prize at Cannes for his Holocaust tragicomedy, \”Life is Beautiful,\” he rushed to the stage and kissed the feet of juror Martin Scorsese.
From Paltrowitch to Paltrow
Naomi Pfefferman
February 18, 1999
Gwyneth Paltrow, the beautiful, blond Oscar-nominated heroine of \”Shakespeare in Love,\” is descended from a distinguished rabbinical dynasty, called Paltrowitch, which may stretch back to 17th-century Russia.
An Advertising Tale
Rob Eshman
February 11, 1999
After two years of nonstop global touring in support of her band\’s two albums, a weary Powell found herself in a state of flux earlier this week — without a permanent place to call home — just days away from recording the follow up to Save Ferris\’ 1997 major label debut, \”This Means Everything.\”
A Hero’s Welcome
Naomi Pfefferman
February 11, 1999
To read this straightforward and endearing memoir is to understand why its author would add his maternal grandparents to an honor roll of the rich and famous.
‘Three Stories’: From Krakow to L.A.
Michael Aushenker
February 11, 1999
The world was a different place for writer-director Pavel Vogler when he arrived here from Poland six years ago.
Cinema Judaica
Michael Aushenker
February 11, 1999
In years past, the Sundance Film Festival — a two-week marathon of industry schmoozing, skiing and screenings in Park City, Utah — has served as the launching pad for Jewish independent cinema.
A Study in Betrayal
Tom Tugend
February 4, 1999
When David Mamet, the son of brilliant but emotionally abusive parents, was growing up in Chicago, his mother told him, according to The New Yorker profile of the playwright, \”I love you, but I don\’t like you.\”
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