Lessons From a Film Festival
Sally Ogle Davis
March 18, 2004
Three Jews, four opinions — right? Of course right. Now mix in something as subjective as one\’s taste in movies.
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A One-ManRevolution
Naomi Pfefferman
March 18, 2004
When Soviet film schools banned Vladimir Alenikov due to anti-Semitism, he risked arrest to make his own movies in 1973.
Between the Sheets
Carin Davis
February 19, 2004
So what does a nice Jewish girl know about porn? Quite a bit.
Viva la Cinema!
Corrie MacLaggan
February 5, 2004
In Veracruz, Mexico, there lived a group of people who for generations had avoided eating pork and lit candles on Friday night without knowing why. In the early 1980s, some members of the group discovered their Jewish roots and converted to Judaism, and now, 20 years later, are still struggling for acceptance from the Jewish community in Mexico.
Their story is being told in \”Eight Candles,\” a 2002 Mexican documentary, one of nine Jewish films being shown in Mexico\’s first Jewish film festival.
The Circuit
Michael Aushenker
September 18, 2003
Community members turned out in full force when Geoffrey Gee, former Israel Humanitarian Foundation Chair and University Synagogue president, was honored at a Cure Familial Dysautonomia fundraiser at University Synagogue in Westwood.
7 Days In Arts
Jewish Journal
September 4, 2003
Betty Green\’s paintings work on so many levels — seriously.
Polish Director Honors Legacy With Classic Tale
Naomi Pfefferman
August 7, 2003
Before her Jewish father died in Polish police custody in 1961, director Agnieszka Holland saw the legendary 1937 Yiddish film, \”The Dybbuk,\” based on S. Ansky\’s play.
Star of the Canyon
Mojdeh Sionit
June 12, 2003
The only store nestled in the verdant Laurel Canyon, Canyon Country Store, built in 1919, has served as a location for several films and is also a hangout for many artists, musician and actors.
7 Days In Arts
Jewish Journal
May 29, 2003
Linda Richman types be warned. The American Cinematheque\’s \”Can\’t Stop the Musicals!! A Celebration of Hollywood Musicals of the 1970s and 1980s\” presents the plotz-inducing Barbra Streisand Double Feature tonight.
Women Directors ‘Reflect’ on Israeli Life
Naomi Pfefferman
May 22, 2003
After Keren Margalit\’s boyfriend died in an army-related accident a decade ago, she envisioned the drama that would become "All I\’ve Got," the opening-night film of the 2003 Israel Film Festival.
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