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November 20, 2009
November 21-27, 2009
Venezuelan playwright Moisés Kaufman brings the historical drama surrounding fallen English playwright Oscar Wilde to the stage in “Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde.” Using transcripts and real quotes from Wilde’s infamous trials, as well as newspaper articles and the personal accounts of those involved, Kaufman chronicles how the darling of Victorian England was shunned for “committing acts of gross indecency with other male persons.” An L.A. Theatre Works audio performance, recorded live without sets or costumes, to be broadcast on public and satellite radio nationwide. Sat. 2:30 p.m. Also, Sun. at 4 p.m. $40-$48. Skirball Cultural Center, 2701 N. Sepulveda Blvd., Los Angeles. (310) 827-0889. latw.org.
Defining Morethodoxy (a repost of an earlier Morethodoxy essay)
Six powers urge Iran to ‘reconsider’ nuclear deal
Senior officials from six world powers expressed disappointment on Friday that Iran had not accepted proposals intended to delay its potential ability to make nuclear bombs and urged Tehran to reconsider.
New Mammogram Recommendations Betray Women, Doctors and Science
Oren Moverman’s ‘The Messenger’: The unseen casualties of war
When filmmaker Oren Moverman returned to Tel Aviv, on leave from his paratrooper unit during the first Lebanon War, he often shut himself in his room and repeatedly watched the Vietnam War saga “Apocalypse Now.”
Author writes about overlap between Torah of Dylan and Torah of Moses
While in his mid-30s, author Seth Rogovoy began what he calls “a mostly self-directed study of Jewish scripture”—the Bible, Talmud, the mystical writings constituting theKabbalah, the traditional prayer liturgy.
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Setting the Record Straight on RFK, Jr. and Antisemitism
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