Sure, you’ve heard of Anne Frank. But what about Hannah Senesh? In 1944, Hungarian-born poet Hannah Senesh was safe in Palestine, working the land with a group of young Zionist immigrants, most of whom had fled European persecution. But when word of Hitler’s Final Solution reached Senesh and her friends, a small group of them…

If the Bible were being made into a movie, who would play the characters? Paul Asay has a piece on Beliefnet’s current homepage which poses some possibilities. Who would De Niro play? How ’bout Denzel? Adam Sandler? Glenn Close? How ’bout Keisha Castle-Hughes, Richard Dreyfuss, Shia LaBeouf, and Jeremy Irons? Who would play Joseph? Or…

If you turned to People magazine’s website immediately following the Golden Globes, you would’ve read about Kate Winslet’s fabulous two wins, about the late Heath Ledger’s victory, and numerous other highlights. But hardly a word about Danny Boyle’s makes you feel-oh-so-good exuberant movie, ‘Slumdog Millionaire,’ which cleaned up big at the awards show: Best Director,…

Fresh thoughts while my bride (of 23 years) and I watched the 65th Golden Globes, live from the same Beverly Hilton ballroom as our Senior Prom… The simple beauty of an awards show that sits friends with each other around tables, with the winners going straight back to their seats (rather than through a backstage…

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