Tina Barry
By Tina Barry
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News A Filmmaker’s Intimate Portrait of ‘Molly Goldberg’
Documentary filmmaker Aviva Kempner sat comfortably in a Manhattan editing room, one sandaled foot extended to admire her pedicure. Her bright-red tunic, busy with flowers, matched her red toenails. “I don’t know why more women don’t have their toes done,” she said with a sigh. That was the extent of the girlish banter. Kempner is…
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Culture Looking for Doctor; Will Settle for Turkey Sandwich
There are no single men in New York, and everyone knows that. Everyone except my mother. To her, the city is filled with men waiting to make me their wife. I just needed a creative plan for finding them. “If you want to meet a doctor, eat in a hospital,” she advised. Any objections I…
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News Many U.S. synagogues display the Israeli flag on their bimahs. After the hostages were released, one NYC shul decided to move theirs.
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Film & TV What the new season of ‘Nobody Wants This’ gets right — and very wrong — about Judaism
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