Pollsters in a Pickle
Jewish Journal
June 4, 1998
There\’s going to be a national Jewish population survey in the year 2000, and it\’s got researchers in one heck of a pickle.
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Up Front
Jewish Journal
June 4, 1998
\”He\’s a nice Jewish boy,\” Michal Finkelstein says of her son Shimon. \”He likes to sing in shul, he\’s an A student…. He never uses his strength or skills to bully others.\”\n\nExcept on the wrestling mat.
Owing It All to Jerry
Jewish Journal
May 14, 1998
Elon Gold is an Orthodox Jewish comedian whoplayed an offbeat Jewish guy from Long Island on the recent WBsitcom, \”You\’re the One.\” Though the short-lived series wascancelled, Gold has plenty of Jewish-themed TV and even movieprojects in the works. During a recent conversation with TheJournal\’s Naomi Pfefferman, he said he owes it all to\”Seinfeld.\”
‘Watts Side Story’
Tom Tugend
March 5, 1998
Michele Ohayon was nursing her 2-month-old baby when the phone rang at 5:45 a.m. and the caller answered a silent prayer: Ohayon\’s film, \”Colors Straight Up,\” had been nominated as one of five documentary features in contention for an Academy Award.
An Officer and a Peacenik
Rob Eshman
November 13, 1997
\nRetired Maj. Gen. Oren Shachor, former Israel Defense Forces chiefintelligence officer, held a field briefing for his subordinateofficers and field operatives last week at Cava restaurant on westThird Street.\n\nActually, it was just an interview with a Jewish journalist.
Touch and Go
Naomi Pfefferman
August 21, 1997
TV writer and CBS executive Eugene Stein exposes a darkerside in his latest book of fiction
Charting a
Tom Tugend
July 3, 1997
The Holocaust has been the professional focus of Dr. Michael Berenbaum\’s life for 30 of his 51 years — as student, teacher, scholar, author, journalist and administrator.
Navigating Sexual Turmoil
Rob Eshman
June 26, 1997
Naomi Wolf, author of \”Promiscuities: The Secret Struggle for Womanhood\”\nSex will always be with us, but thoughtful, non-hysterical conversations about sexual issues are few and far between. With the publication of her newest book, \”Promiscuities: The Secret Struggle for Womanhood\” (Random House, $24), social critic Naomi Wolf has helped bring the subject of girls\’ sexuality to the national spotlight in a serious way — for at least as long as it takes to conduct a book tour.
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