Posts Tagged: Alan Zeitlin
Is This the Jewish Tony Robbins?
While good and bad things happen every day, shootings like the one at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh don’t. Terrorist attacks in Israel...
The Man Who Walked Every Street of New York City
If a New Yorker tells you to go take a walk, usually you’ve done something wrong. But not Matt Green. The Virginia native, who has...
‘Observance’: A Touching, Relevant Play About Modern Judaism
Tracey Goldblum wants her daughter to stop smoking marijuana, practice safe sex, and avoid punching men in the face. Her wishes come true when her...
Yeshiva University Grad Writes Book to Help Children Understand Death
What should parents tell their children when a loved one dies? It’s a difficult question to grapple with, and more often than not, the parent tells...
New Movie Takes a Look Back at the Tumultuous Oslo Accords
Is there any reason to be optimistic that there can be a true peace deal for the Israelis and Palestinians? “I don’t think there is another...
Israel’s Glushko Qualifies for US Open
Moments after her match was over on Court 9 on Friday, Julia Glushko put her hands over her eyes -- as if she could not...
New York Jewish Professional Looks for Love on ABC Reality Show
Michael B. Chadwick has baked challah from scratch, rented an apartment to Grammy-winner Joss Stone, and been to every American state except Alaska. Now he...
An Interview With the Director of the Controversial New Film ‘The Captain’
Robert Schwentke has directed films such as "The Time Traveler's Wife" and "Insurgent." His new film, "The Captain," which he wrote and directed, is based on the...
Documentary on Jewish Brothers Separated at Birth Is Stranger Than Fiction
It starts out like a scene from "The Twilight Zone." But even Rod Serling would have thought it too unbelievable to write the fascinating and...
A Brilliant ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ in Yiddish
Why is this Fiddler different than all others? I’ll tell you. Fiddler on the Roof is arguably the most important Jewish contribution to musical theater. Now, the National Yiddish Theatre...
Amazing Story of Jewish Baseball Player and Spy Is Only an Average Movie
The story of a Jewish baseball player risking his life to potentially assassinate the Nazis’ top physicist seems tailor-made for a movie. But "The Catcher...
Readers Should Take a Walk on the Wildes Side
When your father is one of the best immigration attorneys on the planet -- and saves John Lennon from getting deported -- there is pressure to follow...
‘Fauda’ Creators Talk BDS, Critics, and Whether There Will Ever Be Peace
When Lior Raz and Avi Issacharoff pitched their TV series about an undercover Israeli unit that hunts Palestinians preparing to launch terror attacks, Israel's Keshet...
At Tribeca Film Festival, Spielberg Reflects on ‘Schindler’s List’
Shooting "Schindler’s List" took an emotional toll on director Steven Spielberg, but he got by with a little help from a friend. Spielberg told a sold-out crowd...
