CULTURE
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A remarkable Jewish family — Jewish Renaissance
The poet dominated the show’s last room, which featured a draft of his 1917 protest letter, A Soldier’s Declaration, decrying…
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Don’t Destroy Me ★★★★ — Jewish Renaissance
They may be onto something, however, for George (Timothy O’Hara), a bookie and the other lodger on the same floor…
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Queen of the Deuce ★★★★ — Jewish Renaissance
Born into a Sephardi Jewish family in Salonika (now Thessaloniki), Greece, in 1908, Wilson was forced into an arranged marriage,…
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Rock ’n’ Roll ★★★★ — Jewish Renaissance
What makes this extraordinarily multifaceted drama worth close attention is the debate, ongoing over decades, between the two protagonists. Jan…
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One Life ★★★★ — Jewish Renaissance
The film, directed by James Hawes, shifts between two separate time frames: one set in 1939 and the other in…
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Less Than Kosher ★★★ — Jewish Renaissance
Although there’s scope here for plenty of hilarity, many of the jokes don’t land. Often the scenes feel tonally oblivious,…
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Pacific Overtures ★★★★★
Small is beautiful in this intimate iteration of Sondheim’s inspired musical in which East meets West When Japan famously featured…
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The Goldman Case ★★★★★ — Jewish Renaissance
Cédric Kahn’s account of the little-known trials of Pierre Goldman is both gripping and pertinent The trials of Pierre Goldman…
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Vishniac ★★★★★ — Jewish Renaissance
Vishniac’s self-promotion was also self-preservation. When the family immigrated to America, he had to support himself and his family. He…
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Omer Friedlander — Jewish Renaissance
Our series of ‘Urgent Voices’ continues with New York-based Israeli author Omer Friedlander, who reflects on the current crisis The…
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