Get the inside scoop on TJC’s award-winning features and documentaries. Forward Arts and Culture Editor Alana Newhouse is your guide, offering incisive interviews with writers, directors and cultural critics.
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Louis B. Mayer and Jews in Hollywood: What kind of legacy did Jewish MGM mogul Louis B. Mayer leave for today’s Jewish celebrities? Stars of David author Abigail Pogrebin has the scoop. |
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Divine Food: A taste of New York delis and the film Divine Food: 100 Years in the Kosher Delicatessen Trade. |
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Sephardic v. Ashkenic Jews: What’s so different about Sephardic Jews anyway? The Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue’s Rabbi Marc D. Angel explains with the help of Trees Cry For Rain. |
Previous Episodes
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TJC Movie Talk 03 *Isaac Bashevis Singer’s oeuvre explored with novelist Dara Horn. *A reggae-full field trip with Awake Zion director Monica Haim. *The films of Oscar-nominated director Joseph Cedar, including Time of Favor. |
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TJC Movie Talk 02 *New York magazine’s David Edelstein on interfaith romantic comedies. *Three provocative films explore immigration issues in Israel. |
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TJC Movie Talk 01 *Woody Allen’s biographer tells all about Zelig. *How Jewish Labor fought to save Jews during WW2, the scoop on They Were Not Silent. |
Episode 03. Leading Forward journalists share insight on Israel at 60, the influence of Jewish Superdelegates on the Democratic presidential race, Black-Jewish relations and the impact of Israeli culture on Americans. With special guest Ami Eden of the JTA.
Episode 03. Forward’s J.J. Goldberg digs deep on Americans’ health. He gets to the bottom of the healthcare industry with the head of the Partnership for Quality Care, and examines the surprising effects of agricultural trends on consumers with the Assoc. Director of the American Council on Science and Health.
Episode 04. Forward’s Alana Newhouse gets the scoop on Louis B. Mayer’s Hollywood legacy with Jewish celebrity profiler Abigail Pogrebin; Spanish-Portuguese Rabbi Marc Angel shares Sephardic traditions as seen in Trees Cry For Rain; and a taste of NY deli’s Divine Food.
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What do rabbis have to say about Barack Obama’s relationship with the Reverend Jeremiah Wright? On this premiere edition, rabbis of different denominations and perspectives debate this and other hot-button issues, including Pres. Bush’s policies on Israel, ex-Governor Eliot Spitzer’s infidelities, and interfaith marriage.
