Spielberg feted by ADL, gives midrash
Tom Tugend
December 11, 2009
Steven Spielberg, a man of many talents, revealed a new one when he delivered his own commentary on the meaning of Chanukah Wednesday night.
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Palestinian grocer sues Sacha Baron Cohen over portrayal in ‘Bruno’
Jewish Journal
December 8, 2009
A Palestinian grocer is suing actor Sacha Baron Cohen for $115 million over his portrayal in \”Bruno.\”
Oren Moverman’s ‘The Messenger’: The unseen casualties of war
Naomi Pfefferman
November 20, 2009
When filmmaker Oren Moverman returned to Tel Aviv, on leave from his paratrooper unit during the first Lebanon War, he often shut himself in his room and repeatedly watched the Vietnam War saga “Apocalypse Now.”
Mad Men’s Don Draper and Jewish Tradition
Jewish Journal
November 11, 2009
Who is the most influential man of the year? Last year it was Barack Obama, but this year it is fictional TV character Don Draper of the Emmy-winning show “Mad Men,” according to Askmen.com. Draper is an ad executive who on the surface seems to have a perfect life: handsome, beautiful wife, three kids, great home and career. But it’s an American dream not satisfied — and ultimately the antithesis of a Torah-led life. To better understand this powerful fictional…
Madonna brings Kabbalah rabbi Michael Berg to Rio
Jewish Journal
November 10, 2009
Pop star Madonna brought a rabbi on a mysterious visit to Brazil.
A Private Eye’s Adventures Are Author’s Dream
Naomi Pfefferman
October 28, 2009
Uninhibited author Jonathan Ames — creator of HBO’s quirky detective comedy, “Bored to Death” — once followed a pursuit he describes as “religious cross-dressing”: primping his blond hair and donning blazers to “infiltrate WASP society” in his 20s. While at Princeton University, Ames had become smitten by what he calls “the aesthetics of the WASPy young gentleman” as depicted in the works of F. Scott Fitzgerald and W. Somerset Maugham. When this charade put him in hearing distance of an anti-Semitic remark, he often said nothing, hoping to “pass” and to be liked.
Sharon Waxman Takes on Hollywood
Danielle Berrin
October 14, 2009
In August, when Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein gave his first on-the-record interview addressing the widespread speculation that his company was failing to a New York Times reporter who had written little about Hollywood, Sharon Waxman was, well, pissed.
Dan Glickman: Hollywood’s man in D.C.
Jewish Journal
October 12, 2009
After six years as agriculture secretary and five years as chairman and CEO of the Motion Picture Association of America, Dan Glickman knows something that might surprise some people: You can find plenty of Jews in both industries.
Tarantino and “Basterds” Come to Israel
Jewish Journal
October 2, 2009
Quentin Tarantino winced as the young Israeli journalist took the microphone and asked what must rank as one of the heavier questions he\’s ever encountered: \”How do you relate to the Jewish tragedy of the Holocaust personally?\”
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