Deborah F. Blum is a writer producing a documentary about her uncle Carl Laemmle, founder of Universal Studios and savior of German Jews.
Deborah F. Blum
By Deborah F. Blum
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Community Does Israel’s Macho Culture Protect Sexual Predators?
I was a victim of sexual assault in Israel, and also had numerous incidents of being cornered and aggressively “flirted” with in the United States. Travelling in Israel, as a wayward art school drop-out, at the age of twenty-three, I accepted a ride from two young truck drivers early on a Saturday morning. I was…
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Community The Westboro Challenge
When fringe groups seek to challenge our faith, how should we respond? Should we engage — or walk away? The fundamentalist group Westboro Baptist appeared right on time across the street from the modern Orthodox school where my older daughter graduated. And I don’t want to disappoint anyone, but I did not throw eggs. Demonstrators…
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Community BREAKING: Westboro Baptist Church To Protest Outside Modern Orthodox LA School
I just got word that an anti-Semitic, anti-LBGT group, the Westboro Baptist Church, plans to hold a protest outside a Modern Orthodox high school in our area on Monday morning, February 27. The school is called Shalhevet, which means small flame in Hebrew. It educates kids with a religious and secular education. It certainly isn’t…
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