The Arts
Naomi Pfefferman
June 11, 1998
Lisa Cholodenko\’s edgy debut film, \”High Art,\” won a screenwriting award at Sundance and made the Directors Fortnight at Cannes.
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Community
Rabbi Bradley Shavit Artson
June 11, 1998
\”This is a story about my brother, Moriel. Moriel has autism.
Singles
Teresa Strasser
May 28, 1998
I\’ve noticed certain oft-used combinations of words that are not at all what they seem. They are linguistic red flags, harbingers of doom, subtle clues that a big, fat lie is on the way. I\’ve learned to be weary of such phrases, translating them for myself as I nod, wincing.
A Woman’s Voice
Marlene Adler Marks
May 21, 1998
I\’ve used \”The Voice\” as a guide, a casebook, anentry into the male psyche. See, I tell my teen-ager, men yearn too.Sinatra\’s face on album and CD covers hangs on our mantle. Part ofthe family. Part of our history. Under our skin.
Torah Portion
Rabbi Yosef Kanefsky
March 19, 1998
Context is everything. Certainly, this must besaid concerning the curious opening of this week\’s Torah portion. Forthe portion opens with a command that has been issued many timesbefore: the command to observe the seventh day as a day of rest.
The Female Woody Allen
Harry Medved
February 26, 1998
Julie Davis, a 28-year-old Dartmouthgraduate and former Playboy Channel editor, shot \”I Love You, Don\’tTouch Me!\” for an amazing $68,000.
Twelve Quick Years
Jewish Journal
February 26, 1998
Try as I will to guard against it, thepersonal always seems to intrude on my professional life.
Up Front
Jewish Journal
February 26, 1998
Yes, Israel has bigger problems than its cats anddogs. But, as the cliché goes — we think it was original whenGeorge Bernard Shaw said it — the truest measure of a society\’sadvancement is how it treats its animals.
A One Woman Show With a Vengeance
Charles Marowitz
February 19, 1998
Harriet Tubman, the fugitive-slave andabolitionist, was a kind of African-American Mata Hari.
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