Everything’s Relative
Tom Tugend
September 2, 2004
Simply named \”Einstein,\” the nearly nine-month-long exhibit, the largest ever mounted by the Skirball Cultural Center, opens Sept. 14 and closes May 29, 2005.
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Short Films, Big Messages
Naomi Pfefferman
August 26, 2004
In Sidney Lumet\’s searing short film, \”The Rachel Aria,\” a fanatical Jew tears a Torah scroll while making a horrific vow: He\’s decided to let himself and his adopted child be boiled alive rather than convert to Christianity; he won\’t save her by revealing she\’s actually the daughter of the cardinal, his arch-nemesis.
Anti-Semitic Sing-A-Long
Gaby Wenig
August 19, 2004
Borat is a fictional Kazahkstanian reporter distinguished by his utter lack of social propriety who allegedly films segments on American culture for Kazakhstan television. Like the spectacularly stupid pseudo black rapper Ali G and the unashamedly vapid gay Austrian fashion reporter Bruno, Borat is a creation of British Jewish comic Sacha Baron Cohen. And, like the other characters, Borat uses his lack of shame to expose people\’s darker sides by asking them uncomfortable questions.
Our Cross to Bear?
Judy Gruen
June 17, 2004
At first blush it seemed an odd thing for an observant Jew to do: Slogging my way through morning rush-hour traffic to get downtown to demonstrate against the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors\’ decision to remove a small cross from the county seal.
And yet, I felt compelled to be there. The supervisors had already capitulated, in a 3-2 vote, to a threat by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) to sue the county over the cross. Surprised by the public outcry, the supervisors called for another vote to consider a so-called \”compromise\” with the ACLU in which the cross on the seal — just one of a dozen various symbols of the region\’s history — would be replaced by a mission. But as one clever observer noted, a mission without a cross just looks like a Taco Bell.
Young, Hip, Heeb
Rachel Pomerance
January 8, 2004
\”Heeb is a special subset of the genus Jew,\” explained Joshua Neuman, 31, the new editor-in-chief and only paid staffer of Heeb magazine, a hipper-than-thou take on modern Jewish identity. With its gritty irony, the nearly 2-year-old magazine taps into a young Jewish generation that thirsts for Judaism but rejects its standard trappings.
The Last Jew
Andrew Muchin
January 16, 2003
The train stopped at a country town, and the conductor asked if Rosenbush was Jewish. Hearing that he was, the conductor told Rosenbush that nearby Demopolis was home to several Jewish businessmen.
What’s in a Name?
Michael Aushenker
August 15, 2002
Eric, Matt and Chris are three musicians who refuse to give away their last names. But if you guessed it was out of a lack of ethnic pride, you\’d be wrong.
7 Days in the Arts
Keren Engelberg
May 23, 2002
The band is called JEW and blatant Jew pride is reason enough for a shout-out. But these guys also have a show tonight.
Oscar buzz for ‘Beaufort’ builds
Tom Tugend
February 21, 2002
Joseph Cedar, director of the Oscar-nominated Israeli film, \”Beaufort,\” and an Orthodox Jew, has resolved a thorny Shabbat dilemma.
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