The entertainment industry’s rabbis say that in the eight weeks since Oct. 7 — a horrific chapter in Jewish history encompassing Hamas’ massacre, Israel’s ensuing Gaza invasion and the worldwide response to it all — their congregations have been roiled by crises of identity and safety not experienced in America since the Holocaust.
These faith leaders tell The Hollywood Reporter that, on the eve of Hanukkah (for many a Christmas-adjacent holiday of gift-giving, but also more consequentially the commemoration of a biblical battle over Jewishness in the land now known as Israel) their temples’ members are confronting anew millennia-old questions about assimilation, anti-Semitism and the fraught notion of Jewish power itself.
“This has been the hardest period for the Jewish people since the Shoah,” says Rabbi Joshua Aaronson of Temple Judea in Tarzana, using the Hebrew word for the Holocaust. He observes that for many Jews, especially those self-identified liberals and...
These faith leaders tell The Hollywood Reporter that, on the eve of Hanukkah (for many a Christmas-adjacent holiday of gift-giving, but also more consequentially the commemoration of a biblical battle over Jewishness in the land now known as Israel) their temples’ members are confronting anew millennia-old questions about assimilation, anti-Semitism and the fraught notion of Jewish power itself.
“This has been the hardest period for the Jewish people since the Shoah,” says Rabbi Joshua Aaronson of Temple Judea in Tarzana, using the Hebrew word for the Holocaust. He observes that for many Jews, especially those self-identified liberals and...
- 12/4/2023
- by Gary Baum and Seth Abramovitch
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Round-Up: The Hallow Blu-ray / DVD, Road Games Release Details, I Fall Down VOD Info, The Samaritans
The Hallow Blu-ray / DVD will feature a “making of” documentary along with behind-the-scenes videos and much more. Also in this round-up: updated release details for Road Games and news on I Fall Down and The Samaritans.
The Hallow: Press Release: “Vividly atmospheric and brimming with tension, the twisted modern fairy tale The Hallow makes its Blu-ray and DVD debut April 5th, 2016 from Scream Factory, in conjunction with IFC Midnight. Wonderfully horrifying, this compelling and creepy film comes loaded with bonus features, including audio commentary with director Corin Hardy, a Surviving the Fairytale: The Making of The Hallow documentary, three behind-the-scenes vignettes, creature concept art, storyboard and sketchbook galleries, and more! Fans can pre-order their copies now by visiting ShoutFactory.com
When a London-based conservationist is sent to Ireland with his wife and infant child to survey an area of forest believed to be hallowed ground by superstitious locals, his...
The Hallow: Press Release: “Vividly atmospheric and brimming with tension, the twisted modern fairy tale The Hallow makes its Blu-ray and DVD debut April 5th, 2016 from Scream Factory, in conjunction with IFC Midnight. Wonderfully horrifying, this compelling and creepy film comes loaded with bonus features, including audio commentary with director Corin Hardy, a Surviving the Fairytale: The Making of The Hallow documentary, three behind-the-scenes vignettes, creature concept art, storyboard and sketchbook galleries, and more! Fans can pre-order their copies now by visiting ShoutFactory.com
When a London-based conservationist is sent to Ireland with his wife and infant child to survey an area of forest believed to be hallowed ground by superstitious locals, his...
- 3/8/2016
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
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