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About TziviahHuttner

Jan Lisa Huttner (aka "Tzivi") is an award-winning author/activist who writes a monthly column on Jewish culture for Chicago's JUF News.

Bashir GSFC

Posted on May 3, 2012

Chicago’s Gene Siskel Film Center is offering two screenings of the terrific, Oscar-nominated Israeli film Waltz with Bashir on Friday May 4 & Tuesday May 8. Click HERE to order tickets from GSFC. Click HERE to read my review of … Continue reading →

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MAHLER ON THE COUCH

Posted on April 25, 2012

From Tzivi’s May ’12 Spotlight — on Freud! “Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar…” Seventy-two years after his death in London at age 83, Sigmund Freud, the quintessential Viennese Jew, is suddenly hot again. This column will focus on … Continue reading →

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A DANGEROUS METHOD

Posted on April 25, 2012

From Tzivi’s May ’12 Spotlight: Tzivi’s DVD Collection One of our biggest disappointments at the 2011 Chicago International Film Festival last October was David Cronenberg’s A Dangerous Method, which he adapted for the screen with Christopher Hampton. (Hampton, an award-winning … Continue reading →

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SABINA SPIELREIN

Posted on April 25, 2012

From Tzivi’s May ’12 Spotlight: Tzivi’s DVD Collection One of our biggest disappointments at the 2011 Chicago International Film Festival last October was David Cronenberg’s A Dangerous Method, which he adapted for the screen with Christopher Hampton. (Hampton, an award-winning … Continue reading →

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Rich at Steppenwolf

Posted on April 25, 2012

From Tzivi’s May ’12 Spotlight: Returning to the 21st Century Just as this column was about to go to press, I learned that Frank Rich (longtime New York Times drama critic turned political pundit) will do a special program at … Continue reading →

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May ’12 Spotlight

Posted on April 25, 2012

Tzivi’s May ’12 Spotlight — on Freud! “Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar…” Seventy-two years after his death in London at age 83, Sigmund Freud, the quintessential Viennese Jew, is suddenly hot again. This column will focus on three … Continue reading →

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Agam Tours NMMA

Posted on April 18, 2012

Chicago Hadassah’s Agam members toured the National Museum of Mexican Art today, & I was asked to do an introduction during the luncheon (prior to the tour). I spoke on one of my favorite topics: The Far-Flung Jewish Diaspora. To … Continue reading →

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Adios Paula

Posted on April 18, 2012

Filmmaker Paula Markovitch has left Chicago & is now on her way to another film festival in Seoul, South Korea. She did Q&A sessions after the two screenings of her remarkable first feature The Prize at our Chicago Latino Film … Continue reading →

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CLFF The Prize

Posted on April 12, 2012

April 14 Update: OK now we’ve seen it & we all loved it (“we” = Jan & Rich plus Monica & Jim). HIGHLY RECOMMENDED, so attend the 2nd screening on Monday @ 6:15 PM if possible. This is a difficult … Continue reading →

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Nathan Englander’s Parsha

Posted on April 12, 2012

From April ’12 Spotlight: Nathan Englander came to the Harold Washington Library Center in February to read from What Do We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank, his latest collection of short stories. As the translator of New … Continue reading →

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