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Here are a few favorite movies of mine that celebrate Jewish American heritage.

By Amy & Nancy Harrington, Pop Culture PassionistasCelebs were spreading the good vibes this week. A “Desperate Housewives” star was spotlighted for her good deeds on NBC Nightly News, primetime network anchors joined forces to Stand Up to Cancer, two musicians launched charity auctions. Oh, and the Dalai Lama went on a whirlwind tour of…

While it isn’t as popular as Chanukah or Passover, the Jewish holiday of Shavuot (Feast of Weeks, which counts the weeks between Passover and this holiday), which Jews celebrated this week, represents what I think are some of the best parts of Jewish observance and peoplehood. Refreshingly, the holiday is not based on the theme…

A couple of years back I reviewed “Into Great Silence” for Idol Chatter, a several hour film that chronicles the lives of Carthusian monks at Grande Chartreuse in the French Alps. These monks take a vow of silence and so, well, the film about their lives was almost entirely silent in and of itself. To…
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