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Bashir GSFC
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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Rich at Steppenwolf
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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Agam Tours NMMA
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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Nathan Englander’s Parsha
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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We Are Here
From April ’12 Spotlight: Ellen Cassedy spoke about her new book We Are Here: Memories of the Lithuanian Holocaustat KAM Isaiah Israel in Hyde Park in March, and she is returning for a program sponsored by the Balzekas Museum of … Continue reading
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Brava Marie!
“Sholem Aleichem’s Women” From Intro: “I have 5 daughters,” brays Tevye in the opening moments of the beloved musical Fiddler on the Roof. “I have 5 daughters!” Close your eyes and I’ll bet you can summon Zero Mostel’s voice—Zero Mostel’s … Continue reading
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Women Unchained
From March ’12 Spotlight: On Sunday, March 11, Spertus Institute will host the local premiere of Women Unchained, a new “Get-o-nomics 101″ documentary by Chicago filmmaker Beverly Siegel. When the husband of a married woman refuses to grant her a Jewish divorce … Continue reading
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The World Was Ours
From March ’12 Spotlight: In February, the Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center in Skokie hosted a screening of The World Was Ours: The Jewish Community of Vilna before Its Destruction in World War IIwith special guest Mira Jedwabnik Van … Continue reading
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Sacred Trash
From Jan ’12 Spotlight: “The Ben Ezra Geniza was the size of a glorified walk-in closet. Yet here was an entire civilization… a kind of holy junk heap… composed of hundreds of thousands of scraps of paper.” So say Peter … Continue reading
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Spertus OB/OC (2011)
From Dec ’11 Spotlight: The complex relationship between Poles and Jews is also the subject of A Day of Small Beginnings, chosen for the inaugural season of Spertus Institute’s new “One Book/One Community” project. (Spertus partnered with JUF News on … Continue reading
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