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One-Woman Play Profiles Three First Ladies’ Travails in the White House

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The late Jewish broadcast journalists Barbara Walters and Morley Safer came in for criticism or perhaps plaudits–depending on how you look at it — in the one-woman play Tea for Three: Lady Bird, Pat &...
A still from the 2004 short film “Uncle Chaim” by Rabbi Avi Schwartz. Credit: Courtesy.

Orthodox rabbi’s films share ‘relatable stories’ based everyday life

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His 2023 film “The Quest: Get Back Your Ex” is a “dramatic tale of love and self-discovery” of six divorced couples who “undergo trials of redemption to win back lost loves and mend broken hearts.” The one-hour...
Bernard-Henri Lévy at Tel Aviv University. Credit: Itzike/Wikimedia Commons.

Bernard-Henri Lévy’s latest book examines ‘America’s Abdication and the Fate of the World’

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From fighting for human rights to advocating for the Kurds and their desire for a homeland, Bernard-Henri Lévy, 70, has sounded the alarm on contemporary issues and issued warnings about the decline on the...
A promotional photo for "Fauda" on Netflix. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

New trailer released for next season of ‘Fauda’ set in Gaza

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trailer for the third season of the hit Israeli TV series “Fauda” was released on Sunday. While the show’s last two seasons took place primarily in the West Bank, the third season, which was partly...

‘Witnesses’ Brings Voices of Teenage Holocaust Victims Back to Life

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The musical Witnesses was conceived by Jordan Beck a decade ago, after his reading of Jacob Boas’ book, We Are Witnesses: Five Diaries of Teenagers Who Died In the Holocaust. Of the five diarists quoted in the...

Donald Harrison returns with new adventures and discoveries about San Diego and the community.

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In his new book, Schlepping and Schmoozing, (volume 1 of two) Harrison takes us by the hand, along the 5 freeway from the US-Mexico border to Old Town, discovering in each exit a trace,...

Atlanta Jewish Film Festival: Opening, Closing Lineups Announced

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The Atlanta Jewish Film Festival, the largest film-fest in Georgia drawing nearly 40,000 movie-goers each year, has announced its 2018 line up for several key nights, including opening and closing. The festival, held at various...

A Cloak and Dagger Israeli Spy Thriller

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Damascus Cover, a 2016 film adapted from the 1977 novel of the same name by Howard Kaplan, is currently streaming on paid Amazon Prime. Kaplan, a native of Los Angeles, has lived in Israel and traveled...

Debut Novel Takes Us to a Dystopian Planet

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The Melody of Memory by Cheryl Brin, (c) 2021, ISBN 9781953-034694; 307 pages, available on Amazon. The action in this debut novel by San Diego County resident Cheryl Brin occurs sometime in the distant future on a...

Author Tells of Survivor Mother and the Extraordinary Medical Campaign that Saved Her

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This is an academic work, yet a very personal one for Bernice Lerner of Boston University’s Center for Character and Social Responsibility. The Jewish girl referred to in the subtitle was author Lerner’s mother,...