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March 3, 2005

On Stage, Off Screen

Tom Tugend March 3, 2005

Jewish talent didn\’t make the headlines at Sunday evening\’s Academy Awards, but found some consolation in the less glamorous categories. Tom Rosenberg briefly shared the spotlight with Clint Eastwood as one of the three producers of best picture \”Million Dollar Baby,\” which also collected Oscars in the best director, actress and supporting actor categories.\n\nCharlie Kaufman, the favorite, won the best original screenplay Oscar for his \”Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.\” After a \”normal Jewish upbringing\” on Long Island, Kaufman has become one of the hottest Hollywood writers for scripts that tend to blur the line between fantasy and reality.\n\nIn the documentary feature category, often dominated by Holocaust-themed entries in the past, the winner was \”Born Into Brothels,\” about the children of Calcutta prostitutes. Sharing the award were director Zana Briski, whose Iraqi Jewish mother now lives in Israel, reports Jewhoo.com, and her Jewish co-producer Ross Kauffman.

Stein Scores Grammy

Wendy J. Madnick March 3, 2005

In the midst of all of the glamour of the 47th Annual Grammy Awards, one could easily miss the hurrahs of one local cantor. But it was a proud moment for Chazzan Mike Stein of Temple Aliyah in Woodland Hills, one of a group of musicians honored Feb. 13 with an award in the Best Children\’s Music category for \”\”cELLAbration! A Tribute to Ella Jenkins.\”

Calendar

Keren Engelberg March 3, 2005

Keren\’s Corner, calendar of events around Los Angeles.

Lights, Camera, Ventura

Ivor Davis March 3, 2005

While some Jewish film festivals around the country often use older films or films playing at nearby theaters, the Ventura County Jewish Film Festival will show five new films never seen in Ventura County — as well as host their stars.

The festival starts on March 10 at 7 p.m. with the opening night film, \”The Aryan Couple.\” In the World War II thriller based on a true story, Oscar winner Martin Landau plays a Hungarian businessman who is forced to make a terrible pact with Himmler and Eichmann so he and his family can escape certain death. Landau and director-producer John Daly (\”The Last Emperor\”) will have a Q & A after the screening.

Another Chance

Rabbi Lisa Edwards March 3, 2005

With great sadness my friends decided to divorce in January 2001. They had given themselves one year into the new century to see if they could make it work, and it didn\’t seem as if they could. Then, in 2002, they happily reconciled. When asked why, they say Sept. 11 brought them back together; it helped them refocus their priorities.

Not for Hahn After All

Idan Ivri March 3, 2005

Six prominent members of the Jewish community have sent a letter of protest to Mayor Jim Hahn, claiming Hahn\’s re-election campaign used their names in endorsement advertisements without their permission.

Buenos Aires Let Me Dance to Your Beat

Anthea Gerrie March 3, 2005

In Buenos Aires you wouldn\’t know about the Argentine economy\’s disastrous crash — except, perhaps, by chatting with your taxi driver and discovering he was a former tycoon.

BA, as old hands call it, has retained its prosperous appearance and cosmopolitan cool, and it remains one of the world\’s most fabulous cities. In fact, given the peso devaluation, the once-pricey Argentine capital should be visited soon, while its delectable cuisine and shopping, some of the finest in South America, are a relative bargain.

No wonder this glittering capital was so inviting to the upwardly mobile Evita in the early 20th century — this huge but green city boasts a level of European-style opulence and elegance equal to anything in Europe, and most closely recalls the finest residential neighborhoods of Paris.

He’s Wandered the Earth an Exiled Man

Jay Michaelson March 3, 2005

\”Chronicles: Volume One\” by Bob Dylan (Simon & Schuster), $24.

Toward the end of last year\’s rambling, barely coherent film \”Masked and Anonymous,\” Bob Dylan, its masked and anonymous star, spoke in voice-over one of his most direct and self-revelatory addresses. Fittingly, it was about the limits of what we are allowed to know:

A Key to the Soul

David Lieber March 3, 2005

The Book of Psalms

The history of any people consists of more than the study of the events that have influenced the course of its development. Even more important is the record of the people\’s inner life, its values and aspirations, its views of the good life, its speculation about man and his place in the scheme of things. This is especially true of the Jewish people, whose long and turbulent career has spanned three and a half millennia, as well as six continents.

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