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By Naomi Pfefferman
Profile of Lisa Loeb, a folk rock musician made famous in the 1990’s by her hit single "Stay" and who grew up Jewish in a largely non-Jewish environment.
Date: 02-21-2007
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By Ronnie Friedland
Review of Ed Harris’ Pollack, a film based on the life, work and interfaith relationship of painter Jackson Pollack.
Date: 02-16-2007
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By Ronnie Friedland
Review of Tony Kushner’s two-part HBO special, Angels in America, which follows the story of Jewish gay lovers and their bouts with AIDS, distrust, and outside relationships.
Date: 02-15-2007
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By Tom Tugend
Review of three new films that focus on the Holocaust: Amen, Blind Spot, and God is Great, I’m Not, as well as a look at how Hollywood treats the Holocaust through film.
Date: 02-16-2007
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By Ronnie Friedland
A review of the film Solomon and Gaenor, which follows the tale of a Jewish man who falls in love with a Welsh woman and hides his Jewish identity, which only results in pain and tragedy.
Date: 06-15-2007
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By Ronnie Friedland
Review of Bonnie Burt’s My Sister, My Bride, a documentary about the love and marriage of a Jewish lesbian couple.
Date: 06-18-2007
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By Naomi Pfefferman
Review of the television program 7th Heaven, which takes a turn from its normal plotline of a minister and his seven kids to the intermarraige of his eldest son to a rabbi’s daughter.
Date: 02-16-2007
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By Ellen Jaffe Gill
Review of Rita Ciresi’s Pink Slip, a story about a relationship between a Jewish man and an Italian woman.
Date: 07-05-2007
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By Ronnie Friedland
Review of Jonathan Metzger’s film Bit By Bit, about a Nintendo-obsessed Swedish Jewish boy, his non-Jewish girlfriend, and his family’s seder on the eve of a big Nintendo competition that he tries to keep secret.
Date: 02-16-2007
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By Naomi Pfefferman
Profiles of Jennifer Westfeldt and Heather Juergensen, co-authors of the play and film Kissing Jessica Stein, about an interdating lesbian couple.
Date: 02-22-2007