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...named Lolita in Look At Me, who tries desperately to win affection in a world dominated by a famous, self-obsessed father. She followed up with another impressive portrayal as the teenage double-bass virtuoso and aspiring jazz musician Hannah, whose sweet struggles with sexist bandmates, a stiflingly affectionate Jewish family and her own ample waistline in 1960s Paris provided the heart and laughter of the comedy The First Time I Turned 20. In her new release, a Franco-Algerian tale of confused identity, she plays the supporting role of Nadège, who becomes ensnared in a romance while...
...Egypt, to Nazareth, where they settle down and go into business. Rice does a thorough job of re-creating the domestic realities of 1st century Judaea: the babble of languages--Greek, Aramaic, Hebrew, Latin--the labor of carpentry; the regular visits to the synagogue (he's a very Jewish Jesus); and above all the turbulent politics of the time, some of it Jews rebelling against Roman rule, some of it Jews against Jews...
...temptation for the Palestinian team. Though the talks have focused mostly on the security of the settlers, Friedman demonstrated that the Arabs of Hebron are also at great risk. Even under Palestinian self-rule, the site of the attempted massacre as well as all the areas of Jewish settlement will remain under exclusive Israeli control. Palestinian negotiators, however, resisted the lure of reopening this issue, mindful of the fact that Netanyahu will have a difficult time as it is in getting the Hebron agreement through his right-wing Cabinet. Seven of the 18 government ministers have said they will definitely...
...cemented his reputation as a true genius.Shapiro, a professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia, is best known for a highly-acclaimed 1996 study, “Shakespeare and the Jews.” In that book, he explores the resonance between Shakespeare’s portrayal of Jewish characters—most famously Shylock—and English attitudes toward Jews in the 16th and 17th century. Just as the anti-Semitism of the era is reflected in Shylock’s character, the tumult of 1599 can be seen in Shakespeare’s works from that...
...their Muslim friends as the exceptions to the rule instead of the rule. The Salient’s decision also points to a deeper problem in today’s society: the double standard that exists regarding discrimination. Had this ad been about a Black doll or a Jewish doll and expounded stereotypes about “Black values” or “Jewish values,” it would have immediately been condemned. I doubt it would have even made it to print. But an ad that supposedly represents “Islamic values?...