Marianna Evenstein
By Marianna Evenstein
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News Friday is Cuomo’s last daily briefing. Meet his silent, Jewish co-star
Gov. Andrew Cuomo of New York has never met Arkady Belozovsky. Yet their faces have appeared inches away from each other on millions of television screens daily for the last few months. Belozovsky, who came to New York 30 years ago as a Jewish refugee from the former Soviet Union, has provided American Sign Language…
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News Etgar Keret on Making ‘Jellyfish’
Etgar Keret’s unconventional, often surreal and highly entertaining short stories have earned him an international reputation as one of Israel’s best contemporary writers. Now, he’s garnering acclaim as a film director. Keret and his wife, Shira Geffen — a playwright, theater director and actress — co-directed “Jellyfish,” which won the Camera d’Or prize for best…
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