Category Archives: Jewish and Gay— Movies
From Tablet Magazine, An Article about the Cemetery feautured in the new documentary, “AN ORDINARY COUPLE”
Tablet Magazine Film Burial Plots At the newly trendy Hollywood Forever Cemetery, where half of the graves belong to Jews, a long history of criminal association lives on By Jacob Silverman|September 22, 2011 7:00 AM The Hollywood Forever Cemetery. (David McNew/Getty Images) On a Saturday night in late August, hundreds of people assembled outside one …
Jew Years Eve Party in New York
JEW YEARS EVE September 24 Time: 10:00pm-3:00am 27 Union Square West (between 15/16 Sts.) Hosted by: Jayson Littman Join your fellow gay heebs for the annual pre-high holiday party!
“Once Upon a Gay” from Heeb Magazine– On Being Jewish and Gay
Once Upon a Gay…. by Heeb on Sep 20, 2011 • 10:59 am 3 Comments By Jayson Littman Many people are surprised when I tell them I voluntarily entered reparative therapy at the age of 21 without pressure from family or religious leaders. I usually respond by telling them that during that time in …
“THE GARDEN”— In Electricity Park in Tel Aviv
“The Garden” (“Gan”) In Electricity Park Amos Lassen Gan Hahasmal (Electricity Park) is a famous landmark in Tel Aviv and it is no secret what goes on there. It is the place where Israeli hustlers come to find their johns and where male prostitution flourishes. It is located near the old central bus station in …
“AUGUST”— Reuniting
“August” Reuniting Amos Lassen I have decided to return to have another look at Eldar Rapoport’s “August” mainly because I have learned more about and I really want people to be aware of this very special movie, “August” grew out of a short film, “Postmortem” with the same characters but here it is more finely …
“MIND FUCK”—- Sex and Religion
“Mind Fuck” Sex and Religion Amos Lassen The title “Mind Fuck” sounds much nastier than it does in the original Hebrew which translated means “a dick on everything” and is idiomatic for, well, “mind fuck” or “bullshit”. Yaki wants to make a pornographic film. He was raised in a traditional Orthodox Jewish family in Israel …
“SEND ME AN ANGEL”— A Birthday Kiss
“Send Me an Angel” A Birthday Kiss Amos Lassen “Send Me an Angel” is a film of 24 hours in Ronny’s life. He is hopeless romantic who wants a kiss for his 30th birthday. His ex-boyfriend is still on his mind but he comes over to tell Ronny that he is moving to America to …
“SAY AMEN”— A Personal Documentary
“Say Amen” A Personal Documentary Amos Lassen David Deri is one of ten children and that adds up to 22 grandchildren and 10 grandchildren and more will be coming but David is not bringing any children to the family. David is gay. He lives in Tel Aviv and his family is not happy about …
“STEAM”— Stuck in a Steam Room
“STEAM” Stuck in a Steam Room Amos Lassen Two men are trapped in a steam room with no way out. As the heat rises, so do tempers as they try to understand what is going on. They cannot find a door and they do not know how they got there. Directed by Eldar Rapaport, we …
“POSTMORTEM”— Revisiting the Past
“Postmortem” Revisiting the Past Amos Lassen Troy (Murray Bartlett) and Thomas (Daniel Dugan) had once been lovers and now they have been apart for a few years, they meet and look at their breakup which was very painful. We do not know all of the details and in the first few minutes of the short …
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