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Dana Eden, co-creator of the International Emmy Award winning drama series, was found dead in her hotel room.
The 84-year-old told JNS, on a tour of his American Jewish Historical Society retrospective, that wanted to document “Jews who didn’t look like Jews.”
“I’ve never had someone shoot an intercontinental ballistic missile towards me,” the executive producer of “Red Alert” told JNS on the red carpet. “It’s very odd. It’s a messed up feeling.”
“It is extraordinarily moving to witness a manuscript of this magnitude continue its journey with such strength,” stated Sharon Liberman Mintz, international senior Judaica specialist at Sotheby’s.
“We were able to read certain sources against the grain to extract women’s voices or women’s experiences,” Debra Kaplan, coauthor of the new book “A Woman Is Responsible for Everything,” told JNS.
Her brother Gil, who was with her in the car to celebrate their mother’s birthday, is in critical condition at Soroka Medical Center.
The Anti-Defamation League has said in the past, “How many false claims and antisemitic tropes can Macklemore fit into one song?”
The Fine Arts Theatre’s president apologizes for canceling Guy Hochman and says he hopes the show can be safely rescheduled.
Immediately after the Hamas attack, Israeli filmmakers, out of personal and national urgency, interrupted their regular programming and shifted toward stories shaped by the national trauma.
“I don’t think it’s particularly brave to rip into Israel,” Eli Lebowicz, a stand-up comedian in New York City, told JNS. “It’s more brave to defend Israel.”
Opposition to the newly founded national film awards represents more than a political dispute. It raises the deeper question of who gets to define Israeli culture in moments of national crisis.
The Hollywood star won best actor in a musical or comedy for his role as a 1950s Jewish ping-pong prodigy.
