As Israel\’s top representative in this region, the consul general has always exerted a strong symbolic influence in the Los Angeles Jewish community, and his actual impact has varied according to his own priorities and changing circumstances.
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Many interfaith couples are raising their children to be Jews, even without conversion of the non-Jewish parent.
The documentary complements the audio from the trial with visuals of the Nazi era and death camps and features extensive in-person interviews with prosecutors and others involved in the trial.
David Hosley thinks a scene in which a group of devious Jews slash the throat of a young boy in a ritual slaughter to cull his blood for Passover matzah is not the type of thing that should be shown on television. Yitzhak Santis thinks it\’s exactly what we should be seeing.
Even today, Bresnick \”listens to everything,\” and his own compositions have a uniquely American eclecticism.
The film, \”Alpha Dog,\” based on the 2000 kidnapping and murder of 15-year-old West Hills resident Nick Markowitz, has received mixed reviews but growing notoriety.
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