Tag Archives: Alan Arkin

waiting for god-oh!… a matter of memory

What is a jew? The question is more easily posed than responded to, or at least those responses differ in an agree to disagree manner. That could be predicted in avance, given that Jewish history has never conformed to reasonable … Continue reading

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willingly the ghetto: knowledge acquired in childhood

Eastside and Westside story. Two different worlds. Zionism in the form of Herzl was really the creation of white liberal social democratic thinking. A conjunction of the Enlightenment connected to a Jewish identity that could be refashioned in the age … Continue reading

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way out east : serpentine serpentine!

Its tough to find a decent tailor in the Tuva heartland. Picture that caught my attention, given the incongruity of their appearance within the context of Washington fashions and the overall chic of Western garb. Here Medvedev, Svetlana and Armenian … Continue reading

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some things you just can’t improvise

In Alan Arkin’s role as Singer in Carson McCullers’s screen adaptation of The Heart is Lonely Hunter, he plaus a deaf-mute whose silence was an articulation and metaphor for all the lonely life impaired citizens in a southern town whether … Continue reading

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Travelling With The Wandering Joke

 The 2001 Play Underneath the Lintel by Glen Berger is  a monologue by a Dutch librarian who delves into the history of  several rare volumes which are returned 113 years overdue. Upon investigation, he becomes convinced that the borrower is … Continue reading

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