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YCDS Reviewed Steven I. Weiss The Yeshiva College Dramatics Society's production of The Island of Dr. Moreau, which opened on Saturday night, is yet another attempt by the society to assemble the first dramatic production of a story, adapting the screenplay by Richard Stanley, itself an adaptation of the novel by H.G. Wells. Moreau tells the story of a remote island's genetically-engineered, near-human inhabitants, called "chimeras,".... |
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Movie Review: Trembling Before G-d
Steven I. Weiss
"Even when you're sinning, you're sinning with G-d."
Trembling Before G-d's opening line is a tough concept to get one's mind around. It does not seem to advocate sinning, but does not seem to wholly condemn such actions either. As a preview of what is to come, this ambiguous opening line focuses the movie's message....
Chabad Club Lecture Spurs Messianist Controversy
Steven I. Weiss
Yeshiva hosted a controversial event on Wednesday, November 14th, when the Chabad Club presented lecures by Rabbis Shlomo Majeski and Heschel Greenberg, on the topic "Lubavitch and the Moshiach." The event was planned by Moshe Reichman and Steve Pollen of the Yeshiva College Chabad Club. Majeski and Greenberg strongly align themselves with the messianic movement of the Lubavitch sect, upholding the late Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson as the moshiach, or redeemer of Israel....
Holy War: A Textual Torah Perspective
Steven I. Weiss
Twenty students joined Mashgiach Ruchani Rabbi Yosef Blau on the evening of Wednesday, November 14th, for the first installment of a chavura dealing with issues raised by the September 11th attacks. Entitled, "Amalek, Holy War, and Relations With The State: Examining Jewish Texts In Light Of Worldly Occurrences," the chavura is planned to work through several sessions in the coming weeks....
Trembling Before G-D: An Interview With the Director
Steven I. Weiss
The Commentator's Steven I. Weiss sat down for an interview with Trembling Before G-d director Simcha Dubowski. A portion of that interview is printed here....
Creative Writing: Jewish Education
Jonathan Justin Lewis
Whatever happened?
I ought to be floating in pure waters,....
Author Ken Kesey Dies At 66
Rami Cohen
Many of us remember Ken Kesey as the author of the mandatory high school reading, "One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest." Some of us may have even opted to see the Oscar winning screen adaptation, but not Kesey....
Former Beatle George Harrison Dead At 58
Steven I. Weiss
To a generation that grew up without John Lennon and saw Ringo Starr mainly in television commercials and Paul McCartney occasionally mentioned in gossip columns, George Harrison's status as "the quiet Beatle" did not mean much. In looking backward from our perspective, his experiences, statements, and songs are just as accessible as those of the other Beatles; the quiet Beatle, for us, was hardly silent....