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Sharon Rosen Leib is a former deputy attorney general in California’s Department of Justice, an award-winning freelance journalist and contributing writer for the Forward and the San Diego Jewish Journal.
Sharon Rosen Leib is a former deputy attorney general in California’s Department of Justice, an award-winning freelance journalist and contributing writer for the Forward and the San Diego Jewish Journal.
The exhibit celebrates Hollywood's Jewish founders while also not shying away from some hard truths
The museum's new 'Hollywoodland' exhibit offers a needed corrective for (some of) its previous oversights
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The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures' first permanent exhibit will explore Hollywood's Jewish roots
A problematic SNL monologue triggers a panic attack and a plea for mutual understanding
The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures’ recent decision to create a permanent exhibition showcasing Hollywood’s pioneers allayed the concerns of critics, historians, activists and another important museum constituency: donors. “Cheryl and I firmly believe that the Jewish contributions to the film industry, from its founding to today, must be highlighted,” said museum lead donor Haim…
After over a decade of delay caused by money problems, competing narrative visions and the COVID-19 pandemic, the $484 million Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles has finally opened to the public. The Academy heralds its new museum as the most important institution devoted to filmmaking in the world, and one visit bears…
In Portland this month, the daytime temperature reached 100 degrees. In Seattle, 111. Between June 26 and July 6, approximately 800 people died of heat -related causes in the Pacific Northwest. Hundreds more have died in extreme floods in Europe. No extreme heat or cold temperature event on record has come close in terms of…