While one could argue that anyone, using the term “lynching” when the victim is not being murdered is engaging in objectionable hyperbole, it is very unfair to say it is objectionable because it is about race. While in the US, most lynching victims were African-Americans, a significant proportion were not. Leo Frank was an example of a Jewish victim of a lynching.
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“Variations” clever twist with at least two ways to serve the same ingredients in each recipe
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It is not so easy to obliterate the past. A stranger in a strange land often learns more about himself and the life he wishes to flee. So, too, in this outrageously irreverent film does Yoav, a storyteller who learns that every country has its rules, quirks, and absurdities.
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With “Anne Frank a Musical,” producer-director David Serero has broken new ground. He and the work’s creator, composer and lyricist Jean-Pierre Hadida, are currently presenting American audiences with a cantata that is more of a tone-poem, a deeply felt response to an iconic story that persists as a shining beacon to a Jewish future whose mantra is “Never Again.”
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Parents—and children—who remember with nostalgic fondness the award-winning animated film, “The Swan Princess” are in for a treat.
read moreTwo perspectives “Steve Greenstein .. created an environment to showcase the breadth and talent of the cast.” While “There is no comparison between the Nazis’ ruthless Nuremberg decrees and America’s immigration laws. In the US, no one, not even Hersh, the Holocaust survivor factory owner, is seeking to murder, enslave, starve, or torture anyone.”
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David Serero is a whirlwind, a force of nature whose good humor, generosity of spirit, Jewish sensibility, and inborn affinity for theatrical presentations combine to make all of his productions delightful recreations infused with new insights and charm. He should be declared a national Jewish treasure.
read moreLouis Garrel’s “A Faithful Man” is a film with heart, showcasing the value of trust which transcends time.
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