Olivia Wiznitzer
By Olivia Wiznitzer
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Culture Documentary Offers New Breast Cancer Treatment: Sensitivity
Joanna Rudnick’s poignant new documentary, “In the Family,” opens to soft, sad music and an unlikely story. Joanna, a dark-haired young woman with expressive eyes, is laughing somewhat nervously as she confides in her boyfriend, Jimmy. “I wasn’t exactly going to tell you I had a genetic mutation and I’m making a film about it…
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Culture Fighting Pain — With a Paintbrush
Beautiful paintings and other works of art line the room. A rapt and attentive audience looks upward at the sea of color, expressing the personalities and feelings of those struggling with what it means to have a genetic disease. Expression of Hope, an exhibit sponsored by Genzyme Corporation, is designed to bring awareness of Gaucher…
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Culture Israel Textbook Paints a Complex Portrait
A new textbook written for young students presents a nuanced, critical and yet beautiful portrait of Israel, one that is designed to encourage these students to visit the country and embrace their Jewish heritage. “Artzeinu: An Israel Encounter” is an insider’s guide to the geography, history and culture of Israel, documenting the country that exists…
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Culture Y.U. Undergrads Create Shoah Project
Two Yeshiva University students have helped create an outreach project that combines history lessons and multimedia techniques to provide Holocaust education for public high-school students and others outside the mainstream Jewish culture. Avi Kopstic and Yudit Davidovits helped develop the Holocaust Education Outreach Project. Run by college students, the project is modeled after an earlier…
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Israel News Brad Pitt: American Jewish Hillbilly
He’s been a casino hound, a secret agent and a brawny Greek warrior, but now Brad Pitt can add a completely new role to his repertoire: a Jewish hillbilly from Tennessee. Pitt has signed on to play Aldo, aka “Aldo the Apache,” in Quentin Tarantino’s upcoming World War II film, “Inglorious Bastards,” about a handpicked…
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Israel News ‘The Sound of Music’: A Family Tradition
In a movie scene permanently etched in the minds of many, Julie Andrews holds a golden-haired girl close to her chest while hiding in the tomblike chamber of a convent in Austria. “You must be very quiet. Hold tight to me,” she says as SS soldiers rush into the room, boots pounding and whistles shrilling….
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Israel News Movie History Made in the Middle East
Last month marked a small step toward progress through cultural understanding in the Middle East. “The Band’s Visit” became the first Israeli film to be screened in Egypt in nearly 30 years, Variety reported. Officials in Egypt had seen Eran Kolirin’s award-winning film soon after its release in 2007, but concern about protests made them…
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Israel News Pickle Vendor Crosses Delancey
Joe Singer knows a thing or two about crunchy cukes and brine. Having worked as a manager at Guss’ Pickles since 2003, Singer has witnessed the recent opening of the vendor’s latest outpost, in Manhattan’s industrial-chic Chelsea Market. Founded in 1920, Guss’ is a well-established staple on the Lower East Side. But pickle purists need…
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