by Pier Marton | Jul 12, 2011 | Antisemitism, Art, Ego, France, Human Rights, Humor, Jewish, Juif, Poet, Politics, Racism, Review, Shoah
Besides the homage to Gainsbourgโs musical talents, this film about one of France most famous singers is, as it should be, made by a connoisseur, a (multi-talented) French Jew, Joann Sfar, who understands what stands behind Gainsbourgโs purchase of the original...
by Pier Marton | Jun 12, 2011 | Afri, Asia, Doc, Film, France, Hispanic, History, Human Rights, Humor, Ideas, Idรฉes, Jewish, Magyar, Media, Middle-East, Politics, Shoah, Site, Time, Wars, Women
The โonline cinemathequeโ presents until December 11, Cannesโ La Semaine de la Critique offers a retrospective with many free features. Where you will NOT see the blockbusters but the richer, rarer treasures. Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)...
by Pier Marton | May 30, 2011 | Antisemitism, Art, France, Human Rights, Humor, Idรฉes, Jewish, Juif, Poet, Politics, Shoah, Theater
A friend forwarded me this biography of Marceau: Marcel Marceau was a Holocaust hero. He was born Marcel Mangel on March 22, 1923, in Strasbourg, Alsace. His father Charles, was a kosher butcher who loved the arts. Marcelโs mother Anne nรฉe Werzberger, took him to a...
by Pier Marton | May 23, 2011 | Antisemitism, Books, Death, Human Rights, Jewish, Juif, Politics, Racism, Shoah, Time, Wars
[Ed. while campus politics were in full gear, this speech was given] In order to obtain and hold power, a man must love it. โ Leo Tolstoy From the campus paper, The Record: Do not stand idly by if you witness injustice, Elie Wiesel, Holocaust survivor and human rights...
by Pier Marton | May 16, 2011 | Death, Doc, Film, History, Human Rights, Middle-East, Politics, Shoah, Time, Wars, Women
About Eric Friedler, the German documentary filmmakerโs film on the Armenian genocide. The Wikipedia entry for the 2010 film and its entry for the Armenian genocide. The filmโs website (auf Deutsch). Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email More...
by Pier Marton | May 10, 2011 | Antisemitism, Death, Doc, History, Jewish, Politics, Racism, Shoah, Wars
What the German government keeps wanting not to reveal about Eichman (in the NYTimes). Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email More Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit TweetShare on...