Daniel Treiman
By Daniel Treiman
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Film & TV Woody Allen in Eilat?
Israeli news site Y-Net reports that Woody Allen is expected to go to to the Israeli Red Sea resort town of Eilat for its film festival. The thought of the consummate New York nebbish in Eilat brings to mind that scene in “”Annie Hall” of a very uncomfortable Woody Allen in sunny Southern California. I…
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Life He Said, Then She Said What He Said Was Hateful, Then He Said It Wasn’t, But He’s Still Sorry (Oy, Black-Jewish Relations Are Fraught!)
Okay, so this story from the L.A. Jewish Journal is a doozy. To summarize: Israeli-born philanthropist Daphna Ziman was honored at an event by a black fraternity for her work helping African-American foster children. Then, along came the event’s keynote speaker, the Rev. Eric Lee, head of the local chapter of the Southern Christian Leadership…
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Life The Jewish Press vs. Albert Einstein
Was Albert Einstein “the first post-Zionist”? Jason Maoz, editor of the right-wing Orthodox weekly, The Jewish Press, thinks so. In fact, Maoz goes so far as to suggest that the famed physicist could properly be labeled a “villain.” “Einstein, because of his iconic status as the 20th century’s preeminent scientific genius, has largely escaped Jewish…
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Life In Other Jewish Newspapers: Kinder Gentler Hagee, Elizabeth Berkley Speaks, Canada’s Vanishing Jews
KINDER GENTLER HAGEE?: Pastor John Hagee, founder of Christians United for Israel, has had a rocky past few weeks. First, he landed in the national media spotlight after being accused of being anti-Catholic. Then, last week, the leader of the Union for Reform Judaism urged the Jewish community to steer clear of the philosemitic preacher….
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Israel News Woody Allen Fights Back
The holy rebbe is not happy. Last spring, trendy underwear purveyor American Apparel, known for its sexually charged advertising, put up an unusually tame pair of billboard ads. The billboards, in Los Angeles and New York, featured an image of Woody Allen dressed as a Hasidic Jew from his masterpiece “Annie Hall,” alongside Yiddish script…
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Film & TV American Apparel to Woody: We’re Sorry (and We’re Parodists)
American Apparel is apologizing to Woody Allen after he filed a $10 million lawsuit against the trendy T-shirt monger for its unauthorized use of an image of him dressed in Hasidic garb on a pair of billboards. “We deeply admire Woody Allen as a filmmaker and an inspiring social and political satirist,” the company said…
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Life In Other Jewish Newspapers: Alternative Aipac?, ‘Haymish’ Hockey, Yobs vs. ‘Becks’
ALTERNATIVE AIPAC?: The New York Jewish Week reports on the impending launch of a new Israel lobby. Jewish doves are flocking together to form the “J-Street Project,” which, the newspaper reports, “is expected to raise money for congressional candidates who advocate a stronger U.S. leadership role in ending the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and multilateral solutions to…
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News Yid Vid: Israel Through British Eyes
Staffers from the British pro-Israel advocacy group Bicom took to the streets to find out what ordinary Britons know about Israel. They compiled some of the sillier responses into a YouTube highlight reel: I personally like how the woman in the kaffiyeh thought the capital of Israel was “Iran.” Of course, I’m sure one could…
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