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Seth Rogen’s ‘ An American Pickle’ Has Valuable Things to Say About Contemporary Jewish Life
Eli Fink
August 18, 2020
The culture clash that ensues is not uniquely Jewish but it has a uniquely Jewish flavor.
‘American Pickle’ Director on Seth Rogen’s Very Jewish Double Role
Gerri Miller
August 3, 2020
“That’s what the movie is at its core: what it means when Old World customs meet new ones.”
The Holocaust, the Mideast, cons and Americana
Jewish Journal
November 25, 2013
Scattered amid this year’s more traditional holiday fare are some ambitious, profound and illuminating films that should intrigue the discriminating audience.
Little-known stories live large on screen
Jewish Journal
September 6, 2013
Several tales largely unknown to mainstream audiences are brought to the fore in many of this fall’s cinematic offerings.
Seth Rogen waltzes to a dramatic beat in new movie [Q & A]
Jewish Journal
July 3, 2012
He\’s better known for big studio comedies like \”Superbad\” and \”Pineapple Express\”, but Seth Rogen strays from his beaten path when he stars in the low-budget comedy-drama \”Take This Waltz.\”
A woman’s world?
Danielle Berrin
September 7, 2011
It’s hard to tell, what with the requisite girdles, supervised weigh-ins and protocol panty hose (“not too dark; this isn’t a cabaret”), that the 1960s world depicted in “Pan Am” is supposed to be about the era’s most worldly women.
What’s Up for 2007?
Shoshana Lewin-Fischer
December 28, 2006
YeLAdim will be mixing it up next year with more movies, books, music and TV reviews than ever before.
Elliott Gould Thrives as Work in Progress
Tom Tugend
February 9, 2006
Elliott Goldstein grew up in a two-and-a-half room apartment in a section of Brooklyn populated by Jews, Syrians and Italians, the only child of a garment industry production manager and his wife. Both parents were born in the United States, but his grandparents emigrated from Russia, the Ukraine and Poland.
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