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A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS
Bobby Roth’s “Manhood” (2003) makes its West Coast premiere at the 23rd San Francisco Jewish Film Festival, which features some 51 films from 13 countries. The sequel to 2001’s “Jack the Dog,” “Manhood” follows Jack (Nestor Carbonell), a reformed womanizer who is now divorced and living with his 14-year-old son, Sam (Andrew Ferchand). Jack has…
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CAMPAIGN CONFIDENTIAL
Hamptons Holiday: Connecticut Senator Joseph Lieberman is spending the weekend of July 26 and 27 in New York’s posh Hamptons resort area, in particular Westhampton, where he is speaking on the Sabbath at the Westhampton Synagogue and attending a fundraiser on Sunday at The Prime Grill. The Orthodox synagogue is led by Rabbi Marc Schneier,…
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Activists: Ethiopians Die As Care Is Denied
A dozen Ethiopians, including nine children, reportedly died last month after being refused care by American Jewish relief organizations as they waited for permission to immigrate to Israel. Among the dead were starvation victims Emaye Molla, 18, and her 8-year-old brother, Berhane, Ethiopian activists said. According to the activists, others died from treatable cases of…
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Spotlight Shifts to Lieberman’s Children
The presidential campaign of Connecticut Senator Joseph Lieberman lost its two top finance staffers this week in a staff purge that drew attention to the six-figure salaries the campaign was paying to Lieberman’s children for their work as fundraisers. Finance director Shari Yost and her deputy, Jennifer Yocham, resigned, in what the campaign described as…
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Sharon Faces Ire As He Eyes Hamas Prisoner Release
JERUSALEM — Prime Minister Sharon braced for fierce Cabinet opposition this week in the wake of his decision to release Palestinian security prisoners belonging to the Hamas and Islamic Jihad terrorist groups. Sources in the Prime Minister’s Office told the Forward that following next week’s planned meeting between Sharon and the Palestinian prime minister, Mahmoud…
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Green Dreams and Red Tape: A Tale of Innovation, Squelched
Tilting at Mills: Green Dreams, Dirty Dealings, and the Corporate Squeeze By Lis Harris Houghton Mifflin, 241 pages, $25. * * *| The City of New York publishes a little booklet called the Green Book, which is a directory of every government agency in the city and all their leading officials. A copy sits on…
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Palestinians Head to D.C. To Fight West Bank Fence
WASHINGTON — A team of young Palestinian policy advisers is coming to Washington this week in an effort to sway political opinions about the security fence that Israel is building in the West Bank. The group’s presentation on the subject has already influenced at least one member of the Bush administration: National Security Adviser Condoleezza…
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Knesset Vote Scandal Puts Democracy in the Dock
JERUSALEM — The fraud squad of Israel’s national police is expected to complete its investigation into the Knesset double-voting scandal this week and will make its recommendations to Attorney General Elyakim Rubinstein on whether to pursue a full prosecution. The scandal involves Knesset members, most of them from Likud, who are suspected of casting dual…
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Too Much or Not Enough? Examining Jewishness on the Small Screen
The Jews of Prime Time By David Zurawik Brandeis University Press (Published by University Presses of New England), 256 pages, $29.95. * * *| Something Ain’t Kosher Here: The Rise of the “Jewish” Sitcom By Vincent Brook Rutgers University Press, 240 pages, $60. * * *| Was “Seinfeld” too Jewish or not Jewish enough for…
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The Tortilla Steps Up to the Plate, Filling the Hole Left by the Bagel
MILLBURN, N.J. — Surveying his colorful, recently opened restaurant, David Fishman points to the smoky, saucy and decidedly untough meat being devoured by a reporter. “That’s not your bubbe’s brisket,” he said, raising an eyebrow and smiling. Indeed. While the word “brisket” conjures images of Passover Seders and home-cooked meals, Fishman’s version of the Jewish…
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That’s Entertainment!
Growing up in “Jewish New York” in the 1950s and 1960s, I didn’t think too much about the fact that Betty Boop was a nice Jewish girl from Brooklyn, out for a little fun. The wonderful conceit of the Jewish Museum’s “Entertaining America” is that the viewer obligingly slips into the pew of the secular…
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