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Jazz clarinetist Anat Cohen - Live musical performance by Anat Cohen and John Pizzarelli - "I Wanna Be Around" - Jazz stays vital by virtue of the young players who step up and bring something new to the music. One of the most delightful "arrivals" to the jazz world in the past several years is Israeli-born clarinetist and saxophonist Anat Cohen. She combines virtuosity with warmth, the experimental with the universal, and an eclecticism that avoids the pitfalls of mish-mosh. In Anat...
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Formerly called, "Judaism and Race", 400 MILES TO FREEDOM is the story of co-director Avishai Mekonen's search to remember and reconcile what happened to him at age 10 in 1984, when he was kidnapped by slave traffickers in Sudan. Throughout his life-long journey from Ethiopia to Sudan, Israel, and finally America, his fundamental identity is challenged: "What does it mean when others insist that you can't be who you know you are?" His search for answers leads him to other African, Asian and...
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"The Beetle" Trailer - Yishai Orian, The film director, is married to Eliraz, and is in love with his old VW beetle. Eliraz is about to give birth to their first child. She is anxious to get rid of the jalopy which she feels is unsuitable for a baby. As the argument about the car heats up, Yishai goes on a journey that starts with the previous owners of the beetle, and ends with an attempt to save his old love. The Beetle received an Audience Top Ten Laurel at this year's Hot Docs, the...
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Middle East commentator Shai ben-Tekoa focuses on the recent announcement of "peace" talks with Syria including the transfer of the strategic Golan Heights which was won in a defensive battle at great cost of Jewish life. According to this analysis - the Golan Heights may be remaining in Jewish hands despite the current leadership's desire to hand it over to a sworn enemy, Syria. (more at deprogramprogram.com)
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The sagely commentator of Israel and Middle East affairs set in historical and Biblical context, Shai Ben-Tekoa, delivers an important analysis of current status of Israel - "Morality Central". This segment aired on May 20th, 2008 - go to his website for more info and subscriptions (deprogramprogram.com)
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