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family
Chasing parental boredom while catching some foreign films
Teresa Strasser
April 11, 2012
I was in seventh grade when my dad took me to see a Turkish movie exploring the lives of five prisoners given a week’s home leave in the aftermath of a coup d’etat.
Brotherly Advice
Adam Wills
July 13, 2007
In the last year, my younger brother has been asking for and taking my dating advice on an almost daily basis. It\’s a fact that continues to astound me. This isn\’t to say I don\’t have anything worthwhile to say on the topic, despite the fact that I\’m married now and raising two kids. It\’s more that I\’ve simply never had this kind of relationship with him before.
I’ll love him like a brother … in-law
Jay Firestone
June 8, 2007
When I saw how happy my sister was, I realized that this wedding experience wasn\’t about me. It wasn\’t about creating a gender balance in my family. It wasn\’t about gaining a big brother.
Films: The trials and tribulations of fathers and sons
George Robinson
December 14, 2006
For so many Jewish men, it always comes back to fathers and sons, despite what Philip Roth might think. Look at the films of Daniel Burman, the rising young star of the New Argentine Cinema.
Violinist Joshua Bell walks in the footsteps of masters
George Robinson
October 12, 2006
Bell is, by his own admission, more of a cultural Jew than a religious one. \”My mother is Jewish, a very typical Jewish mother,\” he said. \”She was very involved in my practicing. Both my parents were behind me and loved music. But for me, Jewishness was very much a cultural tie. I feel very close to the Jewish side of the family. I grew up with my Jewish cousins, going to all the bar mitzvahs, so I feel very close to that side, and I identify myself as being Jewish.\”
From Agony to Acceptance — Documentary Delves Into Intermarriage
Tom Tugend
September 7, 2006
\”Out of Faith\” will screen at 7:30 p.m., Sept. 12, at the Laemmle Sunset 5 Theatre, 8000 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, to be followed by a discussion between the audience and the filmmakers. When Holocaust survivor Leah Welbel learns that her American granddaughter is about to marry a Christian, she cries out, \”When this happened in my old hometown, my family used to sit shiva. Here they expect me to open my arms. I can\’t do it.\”
Social Action Groups Fight for Cleaning Ladies’ Rights
Alice Alexiou
September 7, 2006
When Jews hire people to do household jobs — anybody who cleans, cooks, does the laundry, cares for children or elderly parents — we are the ones who represent the privileged class, with the funds to hire help. Jews today are generally wealthier and better educated than the majority of Americans.
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