A Nice Jewish Porn Star
Naomi Pfefferman
November 29, 2001
\n\”I\’m just a nice Jewish boy with one vice,\” says Queens native Ron Jeremy. \”Twenty-three years of porn films.\”
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November 29, 2001
A Fusion in Denmark
Tom Tugend
November 29, 2001
\”From these two heads the future will emerge…. Who will live and who will die\” — Margrethe Bohr in \”Copenhagen.\”\n\nThe two heads cited in this apocalyptic pronouncement belonged to two of the most brilliant theoretical physicists of the first half of the 20th century, Niels Bohr and Werner Heisenberg, both Nobel Laureates.
Southern Scandals
Naomi Pfefferman
November 29, 2001
TV writer Loraine Despres dreamed up her award-winning debut novel, "The Scandalous Summer of Sissy LeBlanc," (William Morrow, $24) after a creative writing class stirred her memories of growing up Jewish in Amite, La.
Diamant Finds a Harbor
Naomi Pfefferman
November 29, 2001
While writing \”Good Harbor,\” about the midlife friendship between two Jewish women, Anita Diamant says she suffered a bout of \”second-novelitis.\”\n\nHer 1997 debut novel, \”The Red Tent\” — a sexy spin on the biblical story of Dinah — had been a runaway best seller that\’s still on the New York Times list. Julia Roberts told Oprah magazine that \”Tent\” was one of her favorite books. The book has sold more than 1.5 million copies in the United States alone, and publishers have bought the rights in 18 countries.
Light Eight Candles to Honor our Heroes
Rabbi Daniel S. Brenner
November 29, 2001
On the nights of Chanukah, Dec. 9-16, Jews around the country will remember a little pitcher of olive oil.
Holiday Heroine
Linda Morel
November 29, 2001
Each year, Jews light Chanukah candles for eight evenings in a row, repeating the story of the Maccabees, the ancient guerrilla warriors who launched surprise attacks on the occupying armies of Syria.
What Is the Holiday Miracle?
Jane Ulman
November 29, 2001
Nes Gadol Hayah Sham.
We all agree that the letters on the sides of the dreidel stand for \”A Great Miracle Happened There.\” (In Israel, of course, the letters stand for Nes Gadol Hayah Po — \”A Great Miracle Happened Here.\”)
But — and this is why there\’s a book titled \”Two Jews, Three Opinions\” — what miracle are we talking about?
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