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January 11, 2008

William Castle makes spine-tingling return in Jeffrey Schwarz docupic

Jay Firestone January 11, 2008

Aside from overrated CGI explosions, deafening sound systems and validated parking, the movie-going experience isn\’t exactly as thrilling as it once was. That\’s why director Jeffrey Schwarz wants to remind audiences of cinema\’s earlier pleasures with the documentary \”Spine Tingler,\” which highlights the career of horror director and crazed \’50s and \’60s film marketer William Castle.

Obituaries

Jewish Journal January 11, 2008

Obituaries – December 2008

Oh, you sons of Moses — with your crooked noses

Danielle Berrin January 11, 2008

In slight self-mockery, the young American volunteers who went over in 1947 and 1948 as riflemen, sailors, pilots and nurses to fight for the independence of the Jewish state, sang this song.\n\nNow, 60 years later, they came together again, along with their children and grandchildren, to greet old comrades and tell their stories at the Machal West celebration on Dec. 9.\n\nThere was Mitchell Flint, the honoree of the luncheon at the American Jewish University, who had been shot down over Midway as a U.S. fighter pilot during World War II, fought for the fledgling Israeli air force and served in Korea.

There won’t be blood

Rob Eshman January 11, 2008

Bill Clinton, Ann Coulter, James Carville — over the years American Jewish University\’s top-notch lecture series has hosted plenty of people who have infuriated plenty of people.\n\nBut evidently, when it comes to being infuriating, Karl Rove is in a class unto himself.

Egypt-Israel love fatwa highlights split on peace

al-Qatb January 11, 2008

An Israeli Arab woman sent an e-mail some weeks ago to Sheikh Farahat Al-Mongy, an Islamic scholar from Egypt, complaining that her Egyptian husband, who used to live with her in Israel, had decided to break up their marriage and leave Israel for good.

News of the broken marriage thrilled Al-Mongy. To him, this meant that his latest fatwa, or religious edict, about the \”sinfulness\” of Egyptians getting married to Israelis, which he issued a month and a half ago, was having an effect.

Mother pens memoir on life with heroin addict son

Jay Firestone January 11, 2008

Rita Lowenthal raised her family in a nice Jewish home, lived in a nice Jewish neighborhood and belonged to a nice Jewish temple. So how did her son become a heroin addict at age 13?

The need for an answer to that question, as well as a desire for closure, is what inspired Lowenthal to pen \”One-Way Ticket: Our Son\’s Addiction to Heroin\” (Beaufort Books, $14), a memoir that compiles her experiences and correspondence with her son and his journal entries while in and out of San Quentin State Prison.

Peace in the Mideast remains an illusion

Arthur Cohn January 11, 2008

President Bush\’s historic visit to Israel and the Middle East can only delay the inevitable disappointment.

Why? It follows the enormous anticipation of the Annapolis conference in late 2007 — a conference the overwhelming majority of Israelis believe failed. Since then, the expectations of Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, as expressed in Annapolis, that an agreement can be ready in 2008, have proven to be naive and utterly unrealistic.

Comics invade Sderot

Avi Liberman January 11, 2008

Just 45 minutes from the hustle and bustle of beautiful downtown Tel Aviv is Sderot. Just 47 minutes from there is the Gaza Strip.

Location, location, location.

You know the old joke.

So who books Sderot? Answer is Avi Liberman.

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