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When is revenge justified? What is the price to pay? How come one overcome the need for revenge? These issues are raised in cinematic fashion in these excerpts from the Batman movie - comment below what you think!
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One of the most powerful uses of modern media is the Dove Self-Esteem video ads - the purpose is to educate women of all ages (and men) that real beauty is inner and to warn of the massive dangers of allowing our children to be assaulted by the fashion industry. This message is wholly Jewish and is encapsulated in the concept of "tzniut" (often translated as modesty but better understand as 'inner focus'). This is the latest video message: "Under Pressure".
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Miri Ben-Ari's "Brotherhood of Symphony" Music Video - Miri Ben-Ari, a Grammy Award-Winning violinist originally from Israel, has created her own unique sound by a revolutionary fusion of classical style with jazz, R&B and hip hop. She has been recognized as a musical pioneer. This classically trained musician has helped sell millions of records by collaborating with other Grammy award-winning artists such as Kanye West, Jay Z, Wyclef Jean, Alicia Keys, Wynton Marsalis, Britney Spears,...
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Legendary Jewish actress Lauren Bacall was born Betty Joan Perske in New York City, the only child of Natalie (Bacal or Weinstein), a secretary, and William Perske, who worked in sales. Her parents were Jewish immigrants, their families having come from France, Poland, Romania and Germany. Her first cousin is former Prime Minister and current President of Israel Shimon Peres. Her parents divorced when she was six. Bacall no longer saw her father and formed a bond with her mother, whom she...
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Winner of the audience award at the Jewish Film Festival in Berlin, this astonishingly moving film depicts a group of elderly kibbutz inhabitants who wake up one morning to find that everyone else has abandoned them. It seems their beloved kibbutz is broke, and with it their old-fashioned dreams for a meaningful, cooperative future end. Rapacious Yuppie developers are salivating over the land, which they want to transform into a disco-gambling complex a la Las Vegas. The 12 self-styled...
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