Jesús

Despite several very disquieting factors about Chilean filmmaker Fernando Guzzoni’s story about a dysfunctional father/son relationship, the drama does nevertheless make for compelling viewing.   For most of the week 18 year old Jesús (Nicolás Durán) is left alone to his own devices in Santiago whilst his father (Alejandro Goic ) is away working, and rather than go to school or … Continue reading

Jesus and his Muscle Daddy Followers

  So this is what the rabid right wing in Europe are bursting blood vessels this week.  Swedish lesbian photographer  Elisabeth Ohlson  has an exhibition in the corridors of the European Parliament Building in Belgium and included the picture above.    Jesus surrounded by leather-clad muscle daddies has been branded “vulgar”, “disrespectful” and “blasphemous” by … Continue reading

JESUS HENRY CHRIST

This is an absurd and strange comedy that hooked me at the beginning  (weird in my book is a very good thing) but then it went off on so many tangents that  it spoilt what I had thought/hoped would be a really funny wee movie. Henry is the brilliant kid at the center of the … Continue reading

JEWS AND BASEBALL : AN AMERICAN LOVE STORY

An intriguing documentary that traces how a Jewish presence on the baseball field and in the stadium bleachers evolved over the years. For someone like me who could write what I know about the game on a post-it,  and who is hardly an authority of American Judaism it was quite an eye opener …..although there times … Continue reading

JEWTOPIA

Once upon a time there was a play that ran Off Broadway for 3 and a half years. Most of the play’s humor involved jokes about Jewish stereotypes with occasional humor about body parts and bodily functions, and it made numerous references to the Jewish online dating website, JDate. The play’s two authors  Bryan Fogel and … Continue reading

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