Un ‘Common’ Characters
Mike Levy
January 24, 2002
Two garbage bags full of dead birds separate four Brooklyn buddies from their dreams in actor-playwright Matthew Klein\’s debut production, \”The Common Man.\”
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January 24, 2002
Actor of ‘Favor’
Amy Klein
January 24, 2002
\”I am not Menachem.\” So says Israeli heartthrob Aki Avni, referring to his character in \”Time of Favor,\” the Israeli psychological thriller opening in Los Angeles movie theaters Feb 1. The film, winner of six Israeli Oscars last year, including picture of the year, tells the story of a religious settler army unit in which one student, Pini, takes to heart his rabbi\’s ideological rantings about the Temple Mount, and crazily decides to blow it up.
Still Got ‘Game’
Michael Aushenker
January 24, 2002
Like Budd Schulberg\’s \”What Makes Sammy Run?\” Phillip Roth\’s \”Portnoy\’s Complaint\” and other milestones of Jewish American literature, Will Eisner\’s \”Name of the Game\” explores the depths of Jewish self-loathing and assimilation. But what separates \”Name\” — a tale chronicling two immigrant families that merge through marriage for social advancement and then suffer destructive consequences — from the others, is that Eisner\’s work is a comic book.\n\n
Raymond Barone, Crypto-Jew?
Ellen Sandler
January 24, 2002
Is it an Italian sensibility? Or is Raymond a crypto-Jew?
Watching Big Brother
Ruth Andrew Ellenson
January 24, 2002
In the culmination of what has been a tumultuous year for the Jewish Big Brothers (JBB) of Los Angeles, Executive Director Jeff Kahn stepped down from his position last week to serve as interim director until a replacement is found.
Coming Out on Top
Michael Aushenker
January 24, 2002
Despite a downturn in the economy, 2001\’s United Jewish Fund (UJF) general campaign closed at $45 million, ahead of the previous year.
Charter Schools or Terrorist Front?
Wendy J. Madnick
January 24, 2002
The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) is investigating a link between a troubled system of charter schools in California and the Muslim terrorist organization Al-Fuqra.
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