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Hearts remarried

Jewish Journal November 13, 2013

Marriage means so much, to all of us. Including to unmarried people. We all want to live paired up, don’t we? To die not alone? What’s sadder than a grave all by its lonesome? Two side by side, we feel we can protect each other through all eternity.

Ravages, rape, Rodriguez and real estate

Jewish Journal June 13, 2012

Once again, there is rich fare to be unearthed for the summer season, despite the glut of over-the-top and youth-oriented commercial product. Documentaries abound, some of which have intensely political or social implications, while others deal, in sleuth-like fashion, with searches that end in unexpected places or uncover unpleasant truths.

Obama’s Rabbi, Sundance Social Action Man, Tim Rutten, Shapiro Family

Danielle Berrin April 15, 2009

The man whom many are calling “Obama’s rabbi” paid a recent visit to Los Angeles to pray with local Jews. Rabbi Capers Funnye Jr., cousin to first lady Michelle Obama and spiritual leader of Chicago’s Beth Shalom B’nai Zaken Ethiopian Hebrew Congregation, attended Encino’s Nachshon Minyan on April 4. It was a prescient invitation, since Funnye made national headlines the following day when he was featured on the cover of The New York Times Sunday Magazine.

A Blizzard of Flicks for Jewish Eyes

Naomi Pfefferman January 19, 2006

At the Sundance wintertime festival, which began Jan. 19 and runs through Jan. 29, Jewish viewers can check out a blizzard of flicks.

Leonard Cohen Film Toasts Songwriter

Steven Rosen January 19, 2006

Cohen became first an accomplished poet and then, starting with 1967\’s \”Songs of Leonard Cohen\” (which contained the oft-recorded \”Suzanne\”) a singer-songwriter. According to Ira Nader\’s Cohen biography, \”Various Positions,\” Cohen\’s Judaism has influenced his songs greatly — \”Who By Fire\” is based on the melody of a Yom Kippur prayer, \”Mi Bamayim, Mi Ba Esh,\” and \”If It Be Your Will\” is derived from a \”Kol Nidre\” phrase.

Two Dark Tales Illuminated at Sundance

Robert David Jaffee January 12, 2006

Martin Scorsese has famously influenced a whole generation of American filmmakers, from Abel Ferrara and Quentin Tarantino to Rob Weiss and Nick Gomez. But his influence is not limited to filmmakers in this country.

Sunrise, Sundance, Swiftly Fly the Films

Amy Klein February 3, 2005

\”West Bank Story\” was one of a handful of Jewish-themed films screened at the Sundance Film Festival, which ended Sunday night in Park City, Utah. With the deafening chatter around this small town about which studio picked up which film for how many millions of dollars, it\’s hard to sniff out, not the hottest films — but the most Jewish.

Boys Will Be Boys in ‘Harold,’ ‘Garden’

Naomi Pfefferman July 29, 2004

\”Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle,\” a stoner grossout comedy about roommates on a burger run, transcends its genre to become a clever spoof on racial stereotyping. (The beleaguered protagonists are Korean American and Indian American.)\n\nZach Braff\’s Sundance hit, \”Garden State,\” meanwhile, is a quirky dark comedy about a slacker-actor who is emotionally reborn after returning home for his mother\’s funeral.

Israel’s Sundance Pics Garner Praise

Tom Tugend January 15, 2004

\”The Garden,\” which is having its world premiere at Sundance, tackles the unusual and unexplored problem of gay Palestinian teenagers, rejected by their own families, who cross the Green Line to work as male prostitutes in downtown Tel Aviv, in constant danger of deportation.

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