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. the test. Along the way, he works
the counselor, author and
with parents to improve both
family therapist works with
their relationships with each
families in crisis
other and their children.
and chaos to help
Each new episode of
restore peace and
Rabbi Shmuley
Shalom in the Home debuts
tranquility. During
Boteach's own par-
10 p.m. Mondays on TLC,
the 10 one-hour
ents' divorce when
with
rebroadcasts during the
episodes — the
he was 8 years old
Week.
Check your local cable
series debuted April
shaped much of his
listings
or go to
10 — the rabbi vis-
adult life and child-
.
www.t1c.discovery.com
its the homes of the
hood. "Every. family
families in distress
is a system, and
Rabbi Shmul ey
and facilitates deep
when one part is
Boteach
conversations that
broken, the entire
& Mary II
get to the root of
unit breaks down:'
destructive
family
dynamics.
he says. In his view, parents must
Nate Borofsky, Doris Muramatsu
He spends five days with each
first focus on being good people;
and Ty Greenstein — all
family,
first
observing
them
from
then on having a loving, healthy
members
of the New York City
a
studio
in
his
Airstream
trailer,
relationship; and finally, on being
acoustic
singer-songwriter
trio
then
counseling
them
in
one-on-
the best parents they can be.
Girlyman
—
had
their
first
one
sessions
and
finally
commu-
In his new reality series
rehearsal together on Sept. 11,
nicating with them via earpiece
on the Learning Channel
2001;. the day's events helped
as
they
work
to
put
solutions
to
(TLC), Shalom in the Home,
Peter, Paul
shape the trio's vision.
"It brought us in touch -
with our own mortality:'
says Borofsky. "We realized
that we wanted to have fun,
to do what felt right to us
and to not take ourselves
too seriously. We started
Girlyman
out by calling ourselves
New On CD
Girlyman."
Fashioning themselves into a
The mission of Jewish Music
modern-day Peter, Paul & Mary
— only edgier and with a quirky Group Traditions, a new imprint
sense of humor — the group's
of Jewish Music Group — a label
dedicated to releasing a wide
harmony-driven style ranges
from contemporary folk to coun- variety of Jewish music and
entertainment — is the reissue
try rock to pop.
of classic albums by classic per-
Girlyman makes its solo show
formers.
debut at the Ark in Ann Arbor
The first three releases of
8 p.m. Monday, April 17. Tickets
the imprint are Don Rickles
are $13. (734) 761-1451 or
Speaks, first released 35
www.theark.org.
years ago by the "Master of
Gail Zimmerman,
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Special to the Jewish News
Playing Moses
Most of the actors who have played the
'on biblical Moses haven't been Jewish, but
a database check turned up three tribe
members who played the prophet.
Actor John Marley (1907-84)
played Moses in the big 1978 TV mini-
series Greatest
Heroes of the
Bible. Marley, who
was born John
Marlieb, is best .
remembered as the
crude Hollywood
movie producer in
The Godfather
who refused to give
a movie role to a
John Marley
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April 13 * 2006
Bad To The Shank Bone
singer tied in to the Mafia and woke up
The AP reports that Josh Bolten, 51,
to find the severed head of his expen-
who takes over as White House Chief of
sive racehorse in his fled.
Staff on April 15, is a longtime motor-
Non-Jewish actors with chiseled
cycle enthusiast
features get most of the dramatic
who likes to take
Moses roles, but when a comic
to the road on his
Moses is wanted, a Jew seems to
black-and-silver -
get cast. Mel Brooks and Soupy
Harley-Davidson.
Sales each played a funny Moses
As a matter-
in, respectively, History of the
of-fact, Bolten
World, Part 1 and And God
keeps an extra
Spoke, a low-budget comedy
motorcycle down
about the making of a biblical
Jos h Bolten:
at President Bush's
movie spectacular. .
"Ba d Mitzvah."
Texas ranch to ride'
However, Sales and Brooks can
during extended
barely compete with some of the
unintentionally funny lines in the 1956 . stays. The AP says Deputy Chief of Staff
Karl Rove even coined a biker handle
Charlton Heston version of The Ten
for the Jewish Bolten: "Bad Mitzvah?'
Commandments. Our all-time favor-
ite quote from this movie: "Oh Moses,
Jewish Characters
Moses, you stubborn, splendid, ador-
It sometimes takes me a bit of time to
able fool!"
.
catch up with Jewish
characters on TV.
One I recently
became aware of
is Addie Stein,
the star character
of Unfabulous, a
Disney series airing Emma Roberts
3 p.m. Saturdays and as Addie Stein -
7:30 p.m. Sundays
on Nickelodeon.
Addie is a teen with the usual teen
problems. Last season, Addie's brother
mentioned his bar mitzvah, and Addie
dated a Jewish boy and went to his bar
mitzvah
Unfabulous has just been renewed
for a third season. It stars Emma
Roberts, Julia Roberts' real-life niece, as
Addie. The show's creator is Sue Rose,
a nice Jewish woman who also created
Pepper Ann, a long-running Disney
.