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Here are a few favorite movies of mine that celebrate Jewish American heritage.

While it isn’t as popular as Chanukah or Passover, the Jewish holiday of Shavuot (Feast of Weeks, which counts the weeks between Passover and this holiday), which Jews celebrated this week, represents what I think are some of the best parts of Jewish observance and peoplehood. Refreshingly, the holiday is not based on the theme…

A couple of years back I reviewed “Into Great Silence” for Idol Chatter, a several hour film that chronicles the lives of Carthusian monks at Grande Chartreuse in the French Alps. These monks take a vow of silence and so, well, the film about their lives was almost entirely silent in and of itself. To…

It seems like images of Jesus and other holy figures have been appearing on all kinds of food lately–grilled cheese, pierogies, tortillas, just to name a few. Which is why I was skeptical, yet intrigued, when I received a press release yesterday from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) claiming that a member…
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