A revision of Holocaust studies in California\’s schools is on its way. On May 23, the Assembly unanimously passed Assembly Bill 2003, the Holocaust Genocide Education Act.
A full-page advertisement in Variety last Monday marked the entertainment industry\’s first public show of support for Israel since the outbreak of the second intifada.
Linda Hamilton, the buff action star, is studying Yiddish-language tapes. The image is startling for anyone who remembers her as Sarah Connor, the all-American waitress-turned-warrior in James Cameron\’s \”Terminator\” flicks. It\’s even more startling when you consider that the Yiddish is for a play, Lou Shaw\’s \”Worse Than Murder: Ethel and Julius Rosenberg,\” which opens tomorrow at the Ventura Court Theatre in Studio City. Hamilton plays Ethel Rosenberg, who was strapped into the electric chair in 1953 and executed, along with her husband, for conspiring to pass atomic secrets to the Soviets. Sitting on a faded gold couch in the bland rehearsal space at the Court, the petite, smoky-eyed actress says even she was surprised she accepted the part. \”I\’d sworn off heavy roles since \’Terminator 2\’ because I was just so sick of playing these very earnest, strong women,\” she says. Instead, Hamilton did some acclaimed TV movies, films such as \”Dante\’s Peak\” and a comedy or two.
Earlier this week, the Jerusalem Post ran an editorial strongly criticizing some of the most visible American Jewish personalities for neither speaking up in the defense of Israel, nor visiting the country.
Mili Avital is describing the difference between paparazzi here and back home in Israel. \”It\’s not hysteria in Israel, except about politics,\” she says.
The Peninsula Hotel Beverly Hills was the site of a distinguished gathering of literary stars.
When one person helps another person, it\’s a mitzvah. When 1,500 people from 30 different organizations join together to help out in over 50 volunteering projects, it\’s Temple Israel of Hollywood\’s (TIOH) Mitzvah Day.
Ephraim Kishon had come to Los Angeles in 1964, when his initial filmmaking effort, \”Sallah,\” became the first Israeli movie to be nominated for an Oscar as best foreign-language film.
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