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miniseries
Keys to the ‘Kingdom’
Tom Tugend
May 8, 2003
"The ideals that form the moral compass of Western civilization, the belief that every human being has value, the belief that no one is above the law, the belief that how each of us treats our fellow human beings matters — these were all the gifts of the Jews."
A Personal ‘Uprising’
Jewish Journal
December 6, 2001
\”Uprising,\” the TV miniseries about the Warsaw Resistance, is being released in theaters Dec. 7, and on DVD and VHS Dec. 18. Some actors shared with The Journal their personal experiences on the set.\n\n
Courageous Acts
Tom Tugend
November 1, 2001
On April 18, 1943, as the vaunted German army marched in to liquidate the Warsaw Ghetto, a few hundred Jewish resistance fighters, armed with pistols, rifles and homemade Molotov cocktails, confronted the Nazi soldiers and held them at bay for almost a month.\n\n
‘Haven’ for Sweeps
Tom Tugend
February 8, 2001
\”Haven\” is an intriguing but seriously flawed depiction of how nearly 1,000 European refugees were transported and admitted to the United States in 1944, which CBS-TV will present as a four-hour miniseries on Feb. 11 and 14 at 9 p.m.
Surviving Hollywood
Ivor Davis
November 12, 1998
On the old Paramount Ranch deep in the San Fernando Valley, Woodstock has returned — as in the world\’s greatest love-in, the \’60s festival that affected a generation. Producer Lynda Obst, who is responsible for this unnerving flashback, watches intensely from the sidelines with a proprietary eye.
Uncovering Gulf War Syndrome
Ivor Davis
May 28, 1998
If you can, keep 8 p.m. on Sunday, May 31, free. The occasion: the Showtime miniseries \”Thanks of a Grateful Nation\” (the ironic title is taken from congressional hearings), a dramatization of real events based on real people.
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