Sholem Naumovich Rabinovich was born in 1858 in a shtetl in a remote part of Russia that eventually became Ukraine, and when he grew he eventually became Sholem Aleichem the most celebrated Yiddish writer of all time. His father was a wealthy merchant who managed to go bankrupt make the family penniless, which was something Sholem would repeat often … Continue reading
Just when you may have felt that there could be nothing more new to say about the Holocaust comes one the most powerfully disturbing movies ever that plunge you into the abysses of hell from the very first scene. This brilliant new movie is the debut feature written and directed by Hungarian filmmaker László Nemes that … Continue reading
After Arnon Goldfinger’s 98 year old grandmother Gerda had died, he and his family descended on the Apartment in Tel Aviv where she had lived for over 70 years. Grandmother was a compulsive hoarder so Arnon and his siblings and Hannah their mother had their work cut. When Gerda and Karl her husband had re-located … Continue reading
If this was my One Word Review (as opposed to 5 mins.) then I would unhesitatingly describe this Oscar Nominated Documentary by Dror Morah as ‘maddening’. Morah achieved an extraordinary feat in interviewing the six men who have headed up Israel’s very shadowy counter-terrorism agency Shin Bet. This ultra super-secretive organisation reports directly to the … Continue reading
The film opens in 1969 and we see a young priest precariously careering through heavy traffic the streets of Paris as he is late for a meeting with his Bishop. Instead of receiving news about his expected move to Jerusalem he is told instead that the Pope has appointed him Bishop of Orleans. Totally … Continue reading