With three Israeli films competing at this year\’s 60th Cannes International Film Festival, running May 16-27, as well as several Israeli student films, Israel Film Fund director Katriel Schory credits the country\’s success to the \”strength and power of our stories.\”
Nathan Englander\’s new novel, \”The Ministry of Special Cases\” (Alfred A. Knopf), begins on a dark night in a dangerous time: \”Jews bury themselves the way they live, crowded together, encroaching on one another\’s space. The headstones were packed tight, the bodies underneath elbow to elbow and head to toe.
For those who love the experience of shopping for real estate, \”Open House: Architecture and Technology for Intelligent Living,\” on display in Pasadena at Art Center College of Design\’s south campus, is not the usual collection of modish conceits by residential architects.
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