Stars Searching for the Perfect Home Sing ‘My Sharona’
Michael Aushenker
November 20, 1998
\”If you were my client, you\’d have six hours of my time.
Category
Culture
Pitch-Black
Naomi Pfefferman
November 19, 1998
Peter Berg\’s \”Very Bad Things,\” the tale of a Las Vegas bachelor party gone terribly wrong, is the season\’s most twisted black comedy.
A Magical Season
Jewish Journal
November 19, 1998
A typical seventh-grade essay might be about a soccer game, a trip to the mall or a favorite pet. But Mathew Rudes isn\’t a typical 12-year-old.
Hasta la Vista, Yentl
Naomi Pfefferman
November 12, 1998
Goodbye, Columbus.\nAnd goodbye Portnoy, Tevye and Yentl, too.\n\nA glance back at the films of 1998 reveal Jewish characters who break the mold, overturn the stereotype, and stretch the image of Jews on-screen.
‘Ballyhoo’ Fails to Inspire
Tom Tugend
November 12, 1998
\”The Last Night of Ballyhoo\” arrived at the Cañon Theatre in Beverly Hills last month with impeccable credentials.
An Art Form
Ruth Stroud
November 12, 1998
Artists from places as far afield as Brooklyn, Baltimore and Tal-Shahar, Israel, and as near as Beverly Hills will be exhibiting at the 18th annual Festival of Jewish Artisans at Temple Isaiah on Nov. 21-22. Among the crafts on the display will be sandblasted glass, ceramics, gold and silver jewelry, textiles, calligraphy, papercutting, photography and inlaid wood. Eleven of the 28 artists are new to the festival, but many have been exhibiting in the social hall of the Pico Boulevard synagogue for years.
Everybody Loved Kosher Comedy
Jewish Journal
November 12, 1998
\”It\’s an Italian-Jewish mother thing. They don\’t understand that you\’re not hungry anymore!\”
And the Nominees Are…
Naomi Pfefferman
November 12, 1998
If you think the Academy Awards are unfair, biased and arbitrary, wait until you see what we\’ve come up with for our first Jewish film awards.
Notes From Friday Night
Teresa Strasser
October 29, 1998
Here\’s a list of nicknames that friends have given various men in my life: Dead Dad Guy, Dead Sister Guy, Institutionalized Mother Man, Dead Dad Guy II, The Gambler and the ever-popular Mack Truck Collision Victim.
Screenings
Naomi Pfefferman
October 22, 1998
In Roger Hanin\’s semi-autobiographical film, \”Soleil\” (1997), 13-year-old Meyer is kicked out of school for being Jewish in Vichy North Africa. It is a sign that things have changed for his family in Algeria, where Jews had peacefully lived for centuries amid the Moslems. Now, Meyer\’s communist father must go into hiding; his mother, Titine (Sophia Loren), must raise her children alone, charming black marketeers into giving her food. She manages to talk authorities into keeping Meyer out of jail when he is caught writing anti-government graffiti.
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