SUZANNE CHESSLER

Special to The Jewish News

S

arah Weinstock comes from
a liberal, secular Jewish fami-
ly living on the Upper East
Side of New York. Frustrated
with her relatives' way of talking
about the woes of the world without
taking any action to confront them,
the Barnard student turns herself into
a make-love-not-war activist.
Sarah's connection with non-fam-
ily — often through anti-establish-
ment rallies — moves her into
young adulthood. On that journey,
she finds her own voice.
Sarah maneuvers through the
decade of the '60s as a character in
"The '60s," a two-part miniseries
that captures the issues of the time
— civil rights, the peace movement,
feminism — and the culture of the
time — hippies, rock 'n' roll, drug
experimentation. It airs on NBC
Sunday and Monday, Feb. 7-8, and
lingers on through a companion CD
with the same title as the film.
Blending history, fiction and
music, the drama tells the story of

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