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June 22, 2007
Briefs: Tel Aviv Museum of Art gets new building named for the Amirs
Community briefs.
Teriton ‘landmark’ status upheld but residents still face eviction
A contested Santa Monica apartment complex owned by a Jewish nonprofit, which had hoped to raze the property in favor of a synagogue and condos for Middle East refugees, has had its landmark status upheld. But Teriton residents are still facing eviction.
‘Evan Almighty’ production designer Linda DeScenna: I built the ark
In an accident of timing that surely has more to do with happenstance than with divine strategy, there will be a second Noah\’s Ark unveiled in Los Angeles this weekend, in addition to that at the Skirball. \”Evan Almighty,\” a sequel of sorts to the 2003 hit film, \”Bruce Almighty,\” is a comic updating of the biblical story. In it, God (Morgan Freeman, reprising his role) orders newly elected U.S. Rep. Evan Baxter (Steve Carell) to build an ark and fill it with animals.\”
On screen, Danny Pearl’s story astounds
As the credits rolled after a preview screening of the docudrama, \”A Mighty Heart,\” the audience, consisting of a small group of film critics, sat in stunned silence.\n
L.A. Film Festival features a history of hate and an Israeli spy
As a schoolboy, Oren Jacoby once gave a research report about the Crusades, without \”having any idea about the Jewish communities that were massacred. We were taught a sanitized version of events,\” he said.
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