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05Apr

What the Westchester Jewish Film Festival Has in Store for Kids

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The other night, it was Sunday, I ventured to the Westchester Jewish Film Festival at Jacob Burns Film Center in Pleasantville to catch a showing of Everything is Copy, a documentary about one of my favorite writers and filmmakers, Nora Ephron. I could have easily just stayed at home and watched it on HBO, but the thought of watching it with other Ephron fans and getting to hear from her son, Jacob Bernstein, who made the film, was too enticing. And it was truly a great decision. The film was engaging - he was engaging - and I went home with an open Read More

10Jul

A List of Favorite Jewish Films, Inside and Out

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When I polled a group of friends recently about their favorite Jewish films, I got a beautiful mishmash of responses. This is to be expected - you always get the usual suspects like Fiddler's Roof, but you also get a list of comedies that touch on the Jewish experience from writers and directors like Woody Allen and Nora Ephron. Most have incredible heart and have left a mark on our minds for our entire lives. Because in these movies we discover our people's histories and learn more about ourselves by watching. Films don't have to be overtly Read More

26Jun

Remembering Nora Ephron

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Nora Ephron, the celebrated screenwriter and director, died of leukemia tonight in New York. And I, for one, am so sad. She shepherded me through my youth into adulthood with films like "When Harry Met Sally," "Sleepless in Seattle," "You've Got Mail," "Heart Burn," "Cookie," "This is My Life," "Silkwood" and "Julie and Julia". As a Journalism/Film major, we talked about her writing in University and I have read her many prolific books over the years like Crazy Salad . In that book in her short essay "A Few Words About Breasts," she wrote: "If I had Read More