Filmmakers Bring Maturity to Cinema
Tom Tugend
April 22, 2004
Israeli filmmaker Shemi Zarhin is a gourmet cook and baker, whose diet-defying cakes, especially, soothe the vilest temper.
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April 22, 2004
How to Pick a Film That Translates
Naomi Pfefferman
April 22, 2004
How do you plan an Israeli film festival to screen in American cities? Very carefully, according to Paul Fagen, program director of the 20th annual Israel Film Festival.
Complex Heroines Mirror Director
Naomi Pfefferman
April 22, 2004
Since actress Michal Bat-Adam became the first woman to direct an Israeli feature film in the late 1970s, she\’s created some of the most striking heroines in Israeli cinema.
Chicks in Flicks Play Big Role in Israel
Naomi Pfefferman
April 22, 2004
Just as Charlize Theron had her \”Monster,\” Ayelet July Zurer has \”Nina\’s Tragedies\” the opening night film of this year\’s Israel Film Festival.
Israel’s New Wave Brings Diverse Voices, Stories to Screen
Dan Fainaru
April 22, 2004
Fresh winds are blowing through the Israeli cinema these days. In the course of the last year, Israeli films have made appearances and garnered awards at festivals around the world from Cannes to Tokyo.
Behind the Festival: Poogy the Producer
Amy Klein
April 22, 2004
How do you go from being a member of one of Israel\’s most popular bands to being the creator of a vibrant film festival in America? Well, the story is a long one, and if you\’ve got some time, Meir Fenigstein will be sure to tell it to you.
Q & A With Jonathan Kirsch
Sandee Brawarsky
April 22, 2004
With best-selling books like \”The Harlot by the Side of the Road\” and \”Moses: A Life,\” Jonathan Kirsch has been pioneering an unusual genre that combines themes religious, historical and literary, written with a Jewish sensibility.
The New Color of Rock
David Finnigan
April 22, 2004
Does New York\’s Orthodox Jewish rock band Blue Fringe have groupies? \”It\’s not really sex, drugs and rock \’n\’ roll,\” lead singer Dov Rosenblatt, 22, said. \”One father e-mailed us and he wrote it reminded him of \’Beatlemania.\’\”
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