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November 16, 2007

Yiddish theater documentary opens, thanks to WWW

Tom Tugend November 16, 2007

For independent filmmakers Dan Katzir and Ravit Markus, making \”Yiddish Theater: A Love Story\” was the easy part; booking the documentary into a commercial venue where people could see it was the real struggle. After two years of rebuffs, the director and producer of \”Yiddish Theater\” can now pop open the champagne. The feel-good, feel-sad film is opening this month in Tel Aviv, New York and Los Angeles, thanks to persistence and the Internet.

Hebrew course piques Iranian Jews’ interest

Karmel Melamed November 16, 2007

Also known as \”Read Hebrew America,\” the course has been picked up by nearly 700 synagogues in North America during last 10 years through the National Jewish Outreach Program (NJOP), a nonprofit organization based in New York. The objective is to promote Hebrew learning among American and Canadian Jews who have lost touch with their Jewish identities. While this is the first year Nessah has participated in the program, its leaders said the free Hebrew course has attracted more than 600 local Iranian Jews to its first three sessions.

Special needs program puts spotlight on the siblings

Nancy Sokoler Steiner November 16, 2007

A collaborative project of The Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles, Jewish Family Service and seven other Jewish community agencies, HaMercaz (which means \”the center\”) assists families with children up to age 21 who have developmental and learning disabilities such as autism, ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder) or mental retardation. The two-year-old program serves as a \”one-stop-shop\” for families, providing guidance, support, education and referrals. Programs include a toll-free warmline; support groups for mothers, fathers and grandparents; and referrals to agencies that can provide assistance, such as interest-free loans or parent respite.

Local diabetes fighter goes global with Discovery Health Channel documentary

Nancy Sokoler Steiner November 16, 2007

Dr. Francine Kaufman has seen the incidence of diabetes skyrocket in the last 30 years. The pediatric endocrinologist is director of the Comprehensive Childhood Diabetes Center at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, and she says the disease\’s local increase is part of a worldwide phenomenon. Now Kaufman is turning to the small screen to bring attention to this global epidemic in a one-hour, commercial-free Discovery Health documentary narrated by actress Glenn Close, \”Diabetes: A Global Epidemic,\” on Sunday, Nov. 18.

Life on the picket lines — a striking writer reports

Ellen Sandler November 16, 2007

When I was asked by The Jewish Journal whether I\’d like to write something funny about the WGA strike, I thought — hey, there\’s nothing funny about this: corporate bullies refusing to pay writers for their work. This is serious. But as my friend Rob Lotterstein, creator and executive producer of Fox\’s \”The War at Home\” says, \”Just because we\’re not writing doesn\’t mean we\’ve lost our sense of humor.\”

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