Jews in the News Posted by Nate Bloom At the Movies “Ender’s Game” is a big-budget sci-fi flick based on a best-selling novel of the same name. In the near future, an alien race’s attack on Earth is barely fended off by the heroics of Fleet Commander Rackham (Ben…
Jews in the News Posted by Nate Bloom Halloween-y Stuff If and when your kids, grandkids, or friends come home laden down with Halloween candy—you’ll no doubt find a few Tootsie rolls in their haul. The candy was named, in 1896, for CLARA “Tootsie” HIRSHFELD, the (then)…
Jews in the News Posted by Nate Bloom At the Movies “Carrie”, which opens on Friday, Oct. 18, is the third film production of the Stephen King horror novel about a teen girl with telekinetic powers. The 1976 film version, which most have seen, starred Sissy Spacek as Carrie…
Jews in the News Posted by Nate Bloom Portman Goes to Shul with "Baby"NATALIE PORTMAN, 32, who has just started directing a film in Israel based on a novel by AMOS OZ, gave a wide-ranging interview to the November (2013), British version of "Elle". One interesting part came as she…
Jews in the News Posted by Nate Bloom More New Season TV HebrewsCBS: “The Crazy Ones”. I previously wrote that this CBS series about an ad agency, that began on Sept. 26, co-stars Robin Williams and SARAH MICHELLE GELLAR, 36, as a father and daughter who run an ad agency. I also…
