|
Impassioned
debate over Passion film
In 1997, almost
ten years after the release of Martin Scorsese’s epic film The
Last Temptation of Christ, the film’s star, Willem Dafoe,
sat down and watched the final cut of the two-hour, 40 minute depiction
of Jesus’s struggle to come to terms with his responsibilities
as a leader and a Messiah.
Celebrity
Mystics: Hollywood Adopts Kabbalah
Hollywood is
certainly the last place that Judaic scholars centuries ago would
have expected Kabbalah to end up, but the ancient practice of Jewish
mysticism seems to have found a place in the lives of some famous
Jews as well as Gentiles—such as Britney Spears, Liz Taylor,
Paris Hilton, Mick Jagger, Courtney Love and Barbara Streisand,
to name a few.
All-star
cast for sub-par book
Stars of
David is a book that wants to be great. Its author, Scott Benarde,
appears to want to make some grand, insightful comment about Judaism’s
influence on a variety of musical artists.
|
