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Category Archives: Hollywood
The Coen Brothers On Judaism
From the Boston Globe: Earlier in the evening, I had attended a screening of the remarkable new Coen brothers film, "A Serious Man,” hosted at Brandeis by the National Center for Jewish Film. The film is being compared to Job … Continue reading
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Tagged boston globe, coen brothers film, hebrew school, jewish concepts, jewish film, pastoral counsel
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The Story Of The Hasidic Actors Guild
Yisrael Lifschutz writes: HAG: The Story of the Hassidic Actors Guild is a serio-comic (HAG logo "Pay Us For Payos") hybrid of fact and fiction focusing on the life of Ysrael "Izzi" Lifschutz who has served as an actor and/or … Continue reading
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Tagged basketball hall of fame, jcc of manhattan, jcc on the palisades, jewish film festival, kaplan jcc, sports hall of fame
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A Serious Man
AP reports: Joel and Ethan Coen took the title of their latest film, "A Serious Man," from the dialogue they created for the characters in their surreal, darkly affectionate look at a Midwest Jewish community. In one scene, a rabbi … Continue reading
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Tagged ap reports, ethan coen, jewish community, joel and ethan coen, upright man, yiddish word
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Jane Fonda, Danny Glover Support Destruction Of Israel?
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 5 (UPI) — A Los Angeles rabbi says movie stars Jane Fonda and Danny Glover support the "destruction of Israel" if they boycott the Toronto International Film Festival. TMZ.com reported Friday that Rabbi Marvin Hier of the … Continue reading
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Tagged eve ensler, festival officials, international film festival, rabbi marvin hier, simon wiesenthal center, toronto international film festival
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