No longer constrained by the limitations of her role and her marriage, she spoke her mind, lending her name, presence, prestige, talents and energies to the post-war refugee crisis.
For Gayellen Davis, bringing dance, music and fun to her students brings her as much joy as it does to them.
This unique program sent the Los Angeles high school students thousands of miles around the globe to help Uganda’s Abayudaya Jewish community begin the cultivation of spirulina, a blue-green algae with purported health and nutritional benefits.
“Cinema Sabaya” has already won five Ophir Awards (Israeli Academy of Film and Television), including Best Picture, Best Director for Rotem, and Best Supporting Actress for Joanna Said.
“When you have content that actively incites or promotes violence or teaches people to do things like pedophilia, I mean, those are easy. We don’t allow those, those are straight-forward decisions.”
The Jerusalem Post reported that social media influencer Ian Miles Cheong tweeted to Twitter CEO Elon Musk that a group called the Jisr Collective media group has been “promoting and celebrating violence against the Jews.”
Richman is now on tour and making a rare Los Angeles appearance at Zebulon, an intimate club in the arts district, for seven shows, December 13-17.
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