“Girl Power”
Jewish Journal
March 11, 1999
Cult filmmaker Sarah Jacobson can one-up any L.A. Jewish reader who felt like an outcast in high school.
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Entertainment
Community Briefs
Jewish Journal
March 11, 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.
Hoffman on Hollywood, Judaism and the Holocaust
Ivor Davis
March 4, 1999
What moviegoer can forget the scene: a graduation party around a Beverly Hills swimming pool, where a callow, young graduate named Benjamin Braddock gets a little career advice — one word: \”Plastics.\”
Going After Generation Next
Ruth Stroud
February 25, 1999
The dynamics of the boiler room have levels of exploitation. While it functions as a concerted effort to part suckers from their money, the brokers are often not fully conscious of the complexity of the scam.
The Jewish Community’s ‘Utility Infielder’
Tom Tugend
February 25, 1999
Before moving to Los Angeles, Vogler lived in Krakow, where he directed and produced documentary films. His life as a Jew in Poland was rather sedate.
Paula Vogel’s ‘Lolita’
Naomi Pfefferman
February 25, 1999
Playwright Paula Vogel grew up in suburban Maryland, where the country clubs did not accept her Jewish father.
Finding God Among the Ruins
Rick Richman
February 25, 1999
In \”Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith\” (Pantheon Books, $23.00), a gentle and touching memoir, Anne Lamott tells a variation of an old story:
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.
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.
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