A controversy has erupted after reports that a British charity set up to aid German Jewish refugees accepted royalties from the sale of Hitler\’s \”Mein Kampf\” — even though the group no longer accepts the royalties.
The proverbial apple may not fall far from the tree. Often, though, the question is: which tree?
If you make a movie with animals in the post-"Babe" era, the critters had better do more than talk. "They have to, like, do kung fu," says Larry Guterman, director of "Cats & Dogs," about a secret war between man\’s best friends.
Mordecai Richler, a Canadian Jewish literary giant, died of cancer Monday. He was 70.
While leading a tour of Israel for a group of college kids in the summer of 1995, I read a newspaper headline that described a newly issued halachic ruling by 15 rabbis — with former Chief Rabbi Avraham Shapira at their helm: "The evacuation of West Bank IDF military bases poses a threat to Jewish life, and therefore, by halachic decree of this rabbinic council, all religious soldiers in the IDF are to refuse military orders to take part in any such operation."
Years ago, Mike Bookman got it into his head to write a novel rich in sex, violence, mystery, passion and betrayal.
It wasn\’t the idea of a McFalafel that sparked the ire of the American Jewish Committee (AJC), but a McDonald\’s ad campaign in Egypt for the new falafel patty.
\”Amy\’s Answering Machine\” by Amy Borkowsky (Pocket Books, $14.95).
(Beep.) \”Yeah, hello, Amila. They just said on TV, \’It\’s 10 p.m., do you know where your children are?\’ And I\’m thinking, I don\’t know, so I figured I\’d call you, mamascheinz. You must be in the bathroom or something. Give me a buzz when you\’re done, OK? All right, bye-bye.\”
In his first visit to a Jewish site since a controversial May appearance in Syria, Pope John Paul II paid tribute this week to thousands of Ukrainian Jews killed by the Nazis in one of the bloodiest slaughters of the Holocaust.
