The COHN-HADDOW CENTER FOR
JUDAIC STUDIES
and the
Jewish Historical Society of Michigan
invite you to join us for
two special lectures featuring.
Oscar Who?
JEVNA
WEISSMAN
JOSELIT
Author of
The Wonders ofAmeriaz:
ReinventingJewish Culture,
1880-1950
"Americanization Begins at the Foot:
History, Feminism and Fashion"
The lecture will be preceded by a tour
at 2 p.m. of the exhibit "Becoming
American Women," led by Judith
Levin Cantor, Guest Curator. There
is a $3 charge for the tour to be paid
at the door.
Sunday, March 2, 1997, 3 p.m.
Detroit Historical Museum
5401 Woodward at Kirby
(Nearby parking is available)
AND
"Surviving Freedom:
American Jewish Confront Modernity"
An Illustrated Lecture
Monday, March 3, 1997, 3 p.m.
McGregor Memorial
Conference Center
Wayne State University
(Guest parking is available across
the street from the Law School.)
Drawing on advertisements, etiquette
manuals, sermons and surveys, Dr.
Weissman Joselit will give us a lively
and humorous account of how three
generations ofAmerican Jews created
their distinctive American culture —
how they raised their children, deco-
rated their homes, shopped and
cooked, celebrated holidays, and
marked birth, marriage and death.
ere is one thing quibbling
critics Gene Siskel and Roger
Ebert agree on: They both
pick Fargo, written and di-
rected by the Coen brothers, as
the best film of 1996. Young Jew-
ish filmmakers, Joel and Ethan
Coen are best known for the
quirkiness of their scripts —
Blood Simple, Raising Arizona,
Miller's Crossing, Barton Fink
and The Hudsucker Proxy. All
quirkiness aside, though, when it
comes to the quality that Siskel
and Ebert most look for in an
award-hopeful film, Fargo has got
it in abundance: The film is ad-
venturous.
Not adventurous in a John
Wayne/Arnold Schwarzenegger
sense but in that it has, said
Siskel —in town with Ebert on a
recent visit to Detroit — superb
and groundbreaking form.
These are the qualities both
Siskel and Ebert find in only two
of the Best Picture-nominated Os-
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Wayne Slate Urifrently
Geoffrey Rush is nominated for Best
Actor for his performance in Shine.
backing it up, which
the Academy has
a history of lik-
ing, said Siskel,
who joins "The To-
day Show's" Gene
Shalit, "Good Morn-
ing America's" Joel
Siegel and "Enter-
tainment Tonight's"
Leonard Maltin
among a plethora of
on-the-air Jewish
movie critics.
Now, it's time for
you, our faithful
readers, to get in on
the Oscar action
and tell us what
you think. Whether
you've seen the
nominated movies
or you've been read-
ing about them in
our JN Entertain-
ment section, here
is your opportunity
to test your knowl-
edge and intuition,
and reap the re- The English Patient garnered the most nominations,
wards.
including one for Best Actress for Kristin Scott Thomas.
Because Jewish
News readers are
MI 48034; or fax to (810) 354-6069
an avid movie-going audience, (no-phone calls).
we anticipate that more than a
— Entries must be received no
few of you will come up with later than Wednesday, March 19.
many of the correct answers. So
— One entry per person (you
make sure you cast your vote in must use the entry form, but pho-
the all-important tiebreaker cat- tocopies are acceptable).
egory: Best Documentary. See
— Entrants must be at least 18
you at the movies!
years of age.
— In the event there are more
THE RULES
winners than prizes, winners will
— Choose the entry in each cat- be drawn at random from those
egory that you believe will win the entries with the most correct an-
Oscar. Check one box only in each swers.
category. (You will be disqualified
— Winners will be announced
if any categories are left blank or in the April 4 issue.
if there is more than one box
— Employees of The Jewish
checked per category.)
News, Olympia Entertainment,
— Mail your entry form to At- the Maple Theatre and their fam-
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THE DE TRO
car contenders this year. In addi-
tion to Fargo, the Chicago-based
critics list Secrets and Lies in their
top ten.
Siskel described Shine, though
a moving telling of the
true story of an Aus-
tralian Jewish pianist
replete with superb
performances, as "not
that adventurous, a
standard conquering-
a-disability film." The
English Patient was
born from an already
award-winning novel,
and Tom Cruise's
Jerry Maguire, he
said, is typical Holly-
wood fare.
Although a thor-
oughly entertaining
film, it has a lot of Producer/screenwriter Ethan Coen, director of photography Roger
names and money Deakins and director/screenwriter Joel Coen on the set of Fargo.
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Ausomr.
THE PRIZES
cocc 1 Grand Prize win-
(T. ner will receive:
— Concert/Theater
Tickets for 4 (concert to
'-be announced)
— 8 Maple Theatre
tickets
— The opportunity to
review an upcoming
film for our JN Enter-
tainment Reviews page
(optional)
10 Runners Up will
each receive:
— 4 Maple Theatre
tickets
PHOTO BY JAMES BRIDGES
Announcing thefirst annualJewish News
Oscar Contest.