Sarah Kessler
By Sarah Kessler
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Israel News Make Me a Match
In a dark Manhattan bar one evening last month, the eyes of about 70 young women and one young male hairdresser were focused — dubiously and tipsily — on Ziva Kramer, headliner at Jewish International Connection’s “How To Get Quality Guys To Commit To You and Stay Married! Ladies only” event. “There are too many…
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News Reeling in Hagiography
Compared with Anne Frank, her most obvious counterpart, Hannah Senesh is relatively unknown in America, but she is a hero of saintly proportions in Israel and in the Zionist youth movement. “Blessed Is the Match: The Life and Death of Hannah Senesh,” a recently released documentary film directed by Roberta Grossman, seeks to change this….
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Culture A Cross-Denominational Approach to High School in the U.K.
To send her 11-year-old son to a Jewish high school was an obvious decision for Helena Miller, who until recently was director of education and development at a rabbinical college in London. But Miller noted that the process wasn’t as simple for the parents of some of her son’s friends: Their children were denied admission…
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Culture Israeli Film: All Grown Up and Leaving Home
With Israel’s 60th anniversary as its theme, the 23rd annual Israel Film Festival is an opportunity to reflect on life in a country that is ever shadowed by its military and political contexts. Opening in New York on October 29, and running till November 13 at the Clearview Cinemas, the event presents more than 30…
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Israel News Danny DeVito on Hair Loss and Peace
“Entertainment, vision and chutzpah,” was the battle cry of New York’s Israeli consul general, Asaf Shariv, on October 29 at Manhattan’s Ziegfeld Theatre. It was the opening night of the 23rd Israel Film Festival, and Lifetime Visionary Award winner Danny DeVito worked hard to include all three elements in his acceptance speech. “Look around. A…
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