Added: 17th November 2008 Posted By:moviejewie Views: 39 Comments:0
The 'Hasidic Steven Spielberg' is torn between his passion for filmmaking and his socially conservative community that frowns upon it. "Film Fanatic" is the story of a man who struggles to make great films while still being accepted by his fellow ultra-Orthodox, or Haredi, Jews, who don't...
Added: 16th November 2008 Posted By:isralife Views: 18 Comments:0
Rabbi Meir Lau went from being the youngest survivor from the Buchenwald death camps in Nazi Germany to becoming the Chief Rabbi of the modern State of Israel. Rabbi Israel Meir Lau was born in 1937 in Pyotrekov, Poland. A survivor of the Buchenwald concentration camp, he lost both of his parents...
Added: 14th November 2008 Posted By:shoahstories Views: 41 Comments:0
"God On Trial" - PBS - Antony Sher, Rupert Graves, Dominic Cooper, and Stellan Skarsgard star in this harrowing drama about believers and non-believers coming to terms with a world drenched in evil and suffering. Celebrated screenwriter Frank Cottrell Boyce's script is based on the often told,...
Added: 6th November 2008 Posted By:israelreporter Views: 56 Comments:0
How instrumental has the Mossad been in delaying Iran's nuclear program? According to recent media reports Israel's Mossad led by Meir Dagan may have succeeded in carrying out such attempts. Based on supposition rather than facts, the reports list a number of malfunctions that have occured in the...
Added: 26th October 2008 Posted By:mishpacha Views: 53 Comments:0
"For Making Me a Woman" - Being an orthodox Jewish woman in the 21st century is no easy task. Women can be traditionally deprived from the public arena, no matter how educated they are. Hadar, an actress and playwright, defies the conventions while trying to remain orthodox. (Hebrew, English...