Nathan Burstein
By Nathan Burstein
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Israel News Jewish Films Take On Sundance
The January 2010 Sundance Film Festival, the hypercompetitive showcase of indie cinema held annually in Utah, has announced a lineup that includes films inspired by Brooklyn Hasidism and the Holocaust. “Holy Rollers,” a drama about a naive Brooklyn Hasid who becomes a mule in the international ecstasy trade, was chosen as one of 16 films…
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Israel News Details Mag: Jews Are Smoking Hot
Congratulations, Jewish women: You are officially “the ethnic fetish du jour.” So says the men’s magazine Details, which bestows the dubious honor in an article in its December issue, informing readers that “America can’t get enough smoking-hot Semitic tush.” Reporting that Jewish women’s unglamorous “Fran Drescher rep” is a thing of the past, the article…
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Israel News Shakira Adds Dose of Klezmer to New CD
South America’s biggest pop star is a fan of klezmer, if her latest CD is any indication. Colombian singer Shakira, who has topped charts with her Spanish and English lyrics, samples the Jewish musical genre on her new album, “She Wolf,” which debuted at 15 on the Billboard album chart dated December 12 . The…
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Israel News Vienna Event Misplaces the ‘Hatikvah’
Talk about “Hope”-less. Organizers of an international fencing competition outside Vienna claim to have misplaced a recording of Israel’s national anthem — nearly preventing the piece, “Hatikvah,” from sounding during an awards ceremony. In the end, the event’s Israeli winner, Daria Strelnikov, sang the anthem herself, aided by compatriot bronze medalist Alona Komarov and the…
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Israel News Costco Gets Into the Torah Business
A Seattle-based wholesale giant famed for its gargantuan 10-gallon tubs of mustard and 76-pound containers of detergent is about to start selling Jewish scripture. In late November, Costco plans to begin offering copies of “The Illustrated Torah,” a colorful and appropriately supersized rendering of the Old Testament, at select stores around the country. Weighing in…
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Israel News Sir Ian Knows What It?s Like
His years as a closeted gay man gave actor Ian McKellen an understanding, he says, of Jews who hid during the Holocaust. ?It was horrible living this secret life,? the two-time Oscar nominee says in the current issue of Details magazine. ?You could feel a little bit what it was like to be a Jew…
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Israel News First Israeli NBA Player Scores Big
It’s been a slam dunk transition for the first Israeli in the National Basketball Association. First, Omri Casspi, a 21-year-old forward from central Israel, got off to a quick start for California’s Sacramento Kings on October 28 at his NBA debut, scoring 15 points and logging three rebounds during the team’s season opener — a…
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Israel News Is Your Recipe Worth $25,000?
One of TV’s top chefs has signed on to judge a kosher recipe contest that will award prizes worth $25,000. Jacques Pépin, author of more than a dozen cookbooks and host of a trio of celebrated cooking shows, will serve as a celebrity judge March 18 during the finals of the Man-O-Manischewitz Cook-Off, hosted in…
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