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Robert J. Avrech: Emmy Award winning screenwriter. Movie fanatic. Helplessly and hopelessly in love with my wife since age nine.

Friday Photos: True Hollywood Confessions

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I’ve often said to young actresses whom I noticed were affected by the adulation – ‘Don’t let these people impress you; you know it doesn’t mean a thing when they make a fuss over you. They’ll forget you tomorrow.’”
—Carole Lombard

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Goodbye, America

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How is America to be defined? By its failures or its triumphs? Today, there seems to be an obsession with the former and a dismissal of the latter. Is this dark vision of the freest and most prosperous nation on earth an accurate narrative or a … [Continue reading] about Goodbye, America

Friday Photos: True Hollywood Confessions

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Torah Dedication in Memory of Ariel Chaim, Z’L

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In his 1899 Harper's Monthly essay, "Concerning the Jews", Mark Twain concludes his reflection on the Jewish people with a question. All things are mortal but the Jew; all other forces pass, but he remains. What is the secret of his … [Continue reading] about Torah Dedication in Memory of Ariel Chaim, Z’L

9-11 Eighteen Years Later: Never Forget, Never Forgive,

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The Torah teaches that we should forever remember what Amalek did to the children of Israel in the desert. Furthermore, the Torah commands us to wipe this evil off the face of the earth. Remember what Amalek did to you on the way as you came out of … [Continue reading] about 9-11 Eighteen Years Later: Never Forget, Never Forgive,