Filmmaker Daniel Anker examines Hollywood's depiction of the Holocaust and its incomprehensible atrocities in this award-winning documentary narrated by Gene Hackman and featuring interviews with Steven Spielberg and Sidney Lumet. Through film clips, newsreels, scholars' comments and firsthand accounts, the documentary also questions the responsibility of filmmakers in retelling history and the effects of film portrayals on the social psyche.
Saturday, October 27, 2012
Thursday, October 11, 2012
Deb's Search for a Liver Donor: In Search of a Liver Donor
Deb's Search for a Liver Donor: In Search of a Liver Donor: Dear Friends, Seven months ago our family received devastating news when our daughter, sister, wife, Mother, Aunty Deb was diagnosed with a ...
Sunday, October 2, 2011
A Jewish Athlete
A Jewish Athlete
Before Mark Spitz, there was Kurt Epstein - who had the courage to participate as a Jewish competitor (swimmer) - in the 1936 Nazi Olympics.
Available on Amazon's Kindle.
Before Mark Spitz, there was Kurt Epstein - who had the courage to participate as a Jewish competitor (swimmer) - in the 1936 Nazi Olympics.
Available on Amazon's Kindle.
Friday, August 5, 2011
Movie Review - 'Sarah's Key' Unlocks Historical Coincidence : NPR
Movie Review - 'Sarah's Key' Unlocks Historical Coincidence : NPR
A new film, about France's collaboration with Nazi Germany against its French Jewish population. (August, 2011)
A new film, about France's collaboration with Nazi Germany against its French Jewish population. (August, 2011)
Saturday, July 23, 2011
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
The Muslim Brotherhood (Egypt) - a current description in the year 2011
cited from Time Magazine July 25, 2011
"The Rise of Modern Islam" - by Bobby Ghosh
"Organization has always been the Muslim Brotherhood's strong suit. Founded in 1928 to promote Islamic law and values, .... Estimates of its membership vary from 100,000 to many time that number.... association with the Brotherhood (has been) an invitation to police harassment or worse. The group has long been feared in The West as a source and supporter of the Brotherhood. Some scholars trace the origins of terrorist groups like al-Qaeda to the Islamists.
In Egypt, however, the group long ago rejected the rhetoric of violent jihad, and it is seen as a social movement as much as a political entity. Egypt's' poor have long associated the Brotherhood with its social, service, like free clinics and schools. (p.44)
"The Rise of Modern Islam" - by Bobby Ghosh
"Organization has always been the Muslim Brotherhood's strong suit. Founded in 1928 to promote Islamic law and values, .... Estimates of its membership vary from 100,000 to many time that number.... association with the Brotherhood (has been) an invitation to police harassment or worse. The group has long been feared in The West as a source and supporter of the Brotherhood. Some scholars trace the origins of terrorist groups like al-Qaeda to the Islamists.
In Egypt, however, the group long ago rejected the rhetoric of violent jihad, and it is seen as a social movement as much as a political entity. Egypt's' poor have long associated the Brotherhood with its social, service, like free clinics and schools. (p.44)
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
The Hebron (Palestine) Massacres - 1929 A Farhud legacy of hate - Mixx
http://www.mixx.com/stories/33743334/a_farhud_legacy_of_hate?vote=1
What happened - time for reconciliation and peace.
What happened - time for reconciliation and peace.
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