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...Rachel Weisz plays Tania, the woman who must choose between our two young Russian heroes. Her decision seems simple at first she should pick the handsome and famous hero who kills people over a simple propaganda officer. However, Annaud wisely complicates the plot by making both Tania and Danilov Jewish. They also have a familial connection, especially after Tania's family has been brutally murdered by the Germans. This religious connection brings a depth to the film that is especially needed at the moment it is brought up, when the cat-and-mouse game is a little slow. Tania...
...most of today's alumni have little connection--and even less in common--with the present population of the College. We're not just female and Jewish--we're even further from the traditional Crimson WASP than that. With whom at the College would alumni specifically seek connection, anyway? Their houses have been randomized, their final clubs rejected and their fellow Harvardians (gasp) diversified. A few vestiges of the Old Boys' Club still prosper, thank goodness, but even those are fading fast. (The Fly Club now includes four--four--minorities...
Summers also has the distinction of being the first Jewish president of the University. He is a member of Temple Sinai on Military Road in Washington...
...world in which Richard Gere is the Dalai Lama's right-hand man and city-dwelling yuppies clamor for classes in Jewish mysticism at the Y, Sharon's predilection for spiritual fads is nothing new. And given her estranged relationship with her alcoholic mother and rigid father, Sharon's story is a typical one psychologically as well. What distinguishes Paradise Park from many of the other novels that explore spiritual questions is the fact that Sharon eventually gets her answer--she finds her bashert. Goodman's novel is an affirmation of spirituality and an exploration of the way in which...
...Sharon's other journey in Paradise Park, apart from her religious exploration, is her attempt to find love. She endures many unsatisfying romantic relationships in Paradise Park, and when she finally settles on Mikhael, a man who is also seeking to find his Jewish roots in a Hasidic community, Sharon's personal growth is evident. She has finally forged her own identity so that she is ready to have a relationship of equals with Mikhael. Sharon is a musical perfomer, and Goodman uses music to trace Sharon's development throughout the novel. With her previous boyfriends, Sharon wrestled...