fbpx
ADVERTISE
pick up locations
donate

Jewish Journal

Connect. Inform. Inspire.

Category

french

Meant to Be

Rob Eshman January 1, 2004

Earlier this year, two remarkable authors came to town and changed the way I thought about being Jewish.\n\nFrederic Brenner, the French photographer, came to speak about his new book, \”Diaspora: Exiles at Home\” (HarperCollins). The product of 25 years of work, the book contains photographs of Jews living very different kinds of lives in 45 different countries. The images are powerful, as are the accompanying analyses by some of the great thinkers and writers of our time.

Morocco Bombings Shock Emigres

Philip Carmel May 22, 2003

\”We are deeply shocked, but we are not afraid,\” Serge Berdugo said. \”People here know it is a global fight against the terrorists, the same for Muslims as for Jews. There were no victims from our own community, but this has come like a bolt from the blue.\”

Jews Say Bonjour to Club Lampadaire

Gaby Wenig November 28, 2002

In between the prayers at the Pinto Shul in the Pico-Robertson area, people who only speak English might feel a little lost.

Terrors of the Resistance

Robert Sklar November 14, 2002

The highly controversial French documentary film, \”Terrorists in Retirement,\” offers a striking revelation that, on reflection, should come as no surprise at all — Eastern European Jews played a prominent role in the most daring exploits of the World War II French resistance movement. This truth comes as a jolt only because French popular myth and official histories have so thoroughly suppressed it, considering it harmful to the nation\’s heritage to admit that stateless immigrants, facing deportation and almost certain death, fought harder for France\’s freedom than did many citizens who were content to collaborate with their German conquerors.

French Teens in L.A. Share Their Fears

Sharon Schatz Rosenthal August 8, 2002

From a distance, the 23 teens hanging out in the Adat Ari El courtyard in Valley Village look like American high school students on a break between classes.

Open France’s Eyes to Hatred

Gaby Wenig August 8, 2002

Although Shelley Ventura-Cohen had been to France several times before as a tourist with an interest in French culture,this visit — on an American Jewish Congress (AJCongress) mission to counteract French anti-Semitism — was unique.

‘Old’ Cast Young-at-Heart

Tom Tugend January 17, 2002

Mathilde Giffard, the title character of \”My Old Lady,\” is a 94-year-old Parisian, though she tries to pass for 92. She has a spinster daughter, Chloe, who is around 50. They are visited by an American, Mathias \”Jim\” Gold, also fiftyish, and Jewish.\n\nThat\’s the whole cast. No well-endowed ingenue, no muscular hunk, no rebellious teenager within 50 kilometers.

My Best French Weddings

Michael Aushenker July 12, 2001

Of all the weddings I\’ve attended, nothing compares to the spectacle that is the Jewish French wedding.

New Articles

More news and opinions than at a
Shabbat dinner, right in your inbox.

More news and opinions than at a Shabbat dinner, right in your inbox.

Jewish Journal

Connect. Inform. Inspire.
© Copyright 2024 Tribe Media Corp • Powered by Lightdrop

More news and opinions than at a Shabbat dinner, right in your inbox.