The Soundtrack for Life and Love
Orit Arfa
May 21, 1998
One in three Israeli families ownat least one David Broza recording; for two generations of Israelis,Broza provided the soundtrack for life and love.
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Entertainment
Payback Time
Marlene Adler Marks
May 14, 1998
You\’ll never find \”The Cadillac,\” on any critic\’s list of top 10 \”Seinfeld\” episodes, but I don\’t care. \”The Cadillac,\”episode 124 in the Seinfeld oeuvre, IMHO (in my humble opinion, for those who don\’t use Internet shorthand), is the real thing, among the show\’s most authentically Jewish episodes, revealing the uncircumcised heart within a sitcom generally acknowledged to reflectonly callousness, narcissism and an urbane hipness in post-shtetl America. And, in a small way, \”The Cadillac\” changed my life.
Here\’s the plot of the show that ran February 8,1996 as a 60-minute \”Seinfeld\” special.
Seining Off
Jewish Journal
May 14, 1998
American Jews woke up in a different country today, now that \”Seinfeld\” signed off.\n
Musical and Comic Legends
William Yelles
May 14, 1998
If all you knew about composer George Gershwin washis body of work — \”An American in Paris,\” \”Rhapsody in Blue,\”\”Porgy and Bess,\” plus countless enduring melodies — you would thinkhe lived to a ripe old age. But, in fact, the musical legend was only38 when he died.
An Unlikely Inspiration
Larry Derfner
May 14, 1998
Early Sunday morning, just before 1 a.m. Israelitime, a roar was heard coming out of living rooms across the country.Israel had just won the annual Eurovision Song Contest, held thisyear in Birmingham, England, and watched by as many as 100 million TVviewers in Europe and Asia. Wildest of all, Israel\’s representativeat the contest was singer Dana International, a tall, dark,thirtysomething transsexual who had grown up as a boy named YaronCohen.
Casting His Vote
Ivor Davis
May 14, 1998
Sixty one and still full of surprises, that\’sWarren Beatty. This weekend, Beatty goes head to head at the boxoffice with \”The Horse Whisperer,\” starring that other senior iconRobert Redford. Redford, like his contemporary Beatty, not only starsbut also directs and produces his movie. May the best man win.
Owing It All to Jerry
Jewish Journal
May 14, 1998
Elon Gold is an Orthodox Jewish comedian whoplayed an offbeat Jewish guy from Long Island on the recent WBsitcom, \”You\’re the One.\” Though the short-lived series wascancelled, Gold has plenty of Jewish-themed TV and even movieprojects in the works. During a recent conversation with TheJournal\’s Naomi Pfefferman, he said he owes it all to\”Seinfeld.\”
Recalling the Danish’Miracle’
Naomi Pfefferman
May 14, 1998
For Davis, who grew up in a Jewish home inColorado, \”Miracle at Midnight\” is a family story.
Desperate Gambles
Jewish Journal
May 7, 1998
Although the surface of Patrick Marber\’s play\”Dealer\’s Choice\” appears to be concerned with the exigencies ofpoker, on a subtextual level it is about surviving the punishments ofcruel gods.
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