VIDEO: Israeli Olympic athletes remembered
Jewish Journal
August 5, 2008
Photo montages, vintage news footage, music (Enya.)
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Munich massacre survivor still carries Olympic scars
Jewish Journal
July 31, 2008
Thirty-six years on, Munich survivor Dan Alon still carries the scars of the 1972 massacre of Israeli athletes at the Olympic Games, which he and four others escaped.
Briefs: 100th birthday for Workmen’s Circle; ‘Kosher’ is numero uno
Jewish Journal
January 4, 2008
100th birthday for Workmen\’s Circle; \’Kosher\’ is numero uno; Billionaire Leviev Leaving Israel; Israeli Airport Profiling Reviewed; Nazi HQ to be Learning Center
Kushner’s (old) testament to Lincoln
Naomi Pfefferman
October 26, 2007
Interview with playwright Tony Kushner.
Weisz Gets Gold; ‘Munich’ Out in the Cold
Tom Tugend
March 9, 2006
\”Munich\” and \”Paradise Now,\” two films subjected to considerable controversy in the American Jewish community and Israel, came up empty-handed at Sunday evening\’s Academy Awards ceremonies.\nNot at all controversial was the selection of Rachel Weisz as best supporting actress in \”The Constant Gardner,\” in which she plays a passionate activist fighting an international pharmaceutical company.
Community Briefs
David Finnigan
February 23, 2006
Even with Republican sponsors and a largely Republican audience, the panelists at a recent discussion on Steven Spielberg\’s \”Munich\” covered most of the spectrum from left to right.
Seven Thumbs Up
Christine Pelisek
December 29, 2005
An unscientific, random sample of moviegoers who turned out for the new Steven Spielberg\’s film, \”Munich,\” overwhelmingly liked what they saw. All of these patrons saw the film at the ArcLight Cinemas in Hollywood.
‘Munich’ Portrays Real World Issues
David A. Lehrer
December 22, 2005
In recent days, several pundits have criticized \”Munich,\” the new film by director Steven Spielberg and screenwriter Tony Kushner, for drawing a \”moral equivalency between the Israeli assassins and their targets — both explicitly … and implicitly.\” Furthermore, they argue that it has inaccurately portrayed the Israeli avengers as morally conflicted about their mission to eliminate the perpetrators of the Munich massacre.
‘Munich’: The Missing Conversation
Rabbi Marvin Hier
December 22, 2005
For me, the most telling moment in Steven Spielberg\’s \”Munich\” was the final scene, when the young, distraught Mossad team leader, Avner, takes a walk along the East River with his Israeli case officer, Ephraim, the man who supervised his mission.
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