I Arts int r a it n C Women And War Jewish filmmaker of documentary on Sri Lanka sees parallels in the lives of her Holocaust survivor parents. Curt Schleier Special to the Jewish News I n 1989, human rights activ- ist Dr. Rajani Thiranagama was shot down by Tamil rebels near her small village in Sri Lanka. A medical doctor, Rajani had lived in relative safety in London with her daughters, . yet decided to return home. She felt safe. After all, she'd been a loyal supporter of the Tamils and had doctored their wounded. But her crime was to resign from the group and call for an end to all violence. Filmmaker Helene Klodawsky tells Rajani's poignant story in a P.O.V. dcicumentary, No More Tears Sister, which debuts • nationwide on PBS stations June 27. P.OIV. is television's longest- running documentary series. Klodawsky, who has made a number of social and political films that have been screened worldwide and garnered more than 25 awards, is the daugh- ter of Holocaust survivors and sees similarities between Thiranagama and the experi- ences of her parents. "Coming from a background like my parents and going into communities where people have - suffered, the stories are never the same, but there are certain parallels: the importance of remembering, the importance of speaking out, the importance of bearing witness," Klodawsky said in a telephone interview from Nate Bloom Special to th e Jewish News Might Click Adam Sandler's new movie, Click, open- ing Friday, June 23, has good advance buzz. Sandler plays a workaholic architect who is given a universal remote that allows him to fast-forward and rewind to different parts of his life. But things go haywire when the remote starts to overrule his choices. Click has a large cast that includes Jewish actors Henry Winkler, Julie Kavner, Rachel Dratch and Jake Hoffman. Kavner is now best Julie Kavner known as the voice of Marge Simpson on The Simpsons, but older readers will remember her as Rhoda's sister, Brenda Morgenstern, on TV's Rhoda. Hoffman, 25, is the son of Dustin Hoffman and his Jewish wife, attorney Lisa 38 June 22 2006 Canada. •The filmmaker, 50, was asked to make the film about women and war by the National Film • Board of Canada. "I could choose any country, any subject. And, to tell the truth, I had not thought about Sri Lanka prior-to that," she said. Formerly Ceylon, the nation has seen decades-long strife between the Tamil and Singhalese people. "There •are so many ethnic con- flicts around the world; it's rarely understood what was happening to them. As I was about to start filming, I heard about a peace accord in Sri Lanka. I thought, `Wow, this is interesting. I'll make a film about how war is turned into peace.'" Unfortunately, it wasn't to be. Dr. Rajani Thiranagama Gottsegen. Jake appears in a Click rewind segment as a younger version of Sandler. Late last year, Jake was dating Henry Winkler's daughter — no word on whether or not they are still going out. King, of course, went on to a successful solo career as a singer-songwriter and is famous for such tunes as "I Feel the Earth -Move" and "You've Got a Friend." Oldies To Broadway Zach Braff, 31, the star of TV's Scrubs and . the hit movie Garden State, is reportedly going to travel to Israel next month with his longtime girlfriend, actress-singer Mandy Moore, 22. Ynet News says Braff called the Israeli consul general in Los Angeles and asked for help with tour plan- ning. Braff, who visited Israel when he was 19; has scheduled stops this time in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, at the Dead Sea and Masada. Moore has a maternal Zach Braff Jewish grandfather and while she was raised a Catholic, she recently told a magazine she is no longer a Catholic or Christian believer, but The music of Carole King and Gerry Goffin will be the centerpiece of a new play, titled Natural Woman. it's described as a contempo- rary New York love story and will feature hits co-writ- ten by the pair or written on their own. There will also be some new music written by Goffin and King. . A staged reading was held in New York this month, but no date has yet been set for a Broadway opening. King, 64, and Goffin, 67, were married from 1959-1968 and together produced such classics as "Will You Love Me Tomorrow?" "Natural Woman" and "Up on the Roof." But not everyone was con- vinced the film was a good idea. "When I started asking around, [Sri Lankan officials cautioned me],'Please, Miss Canadian filmmaker. This is a very limited peace:" Although there Were no specific threats, those early warnings are "Rajani's sister told me,'We've been waiting for you for 15 years, and by that she meant Rajani's family and the whole community of Tamils, who were critical of the movement and had been silent [in fear for their lives]. They had the feeling I could be a trusted partner." Braff Trip to Israel is "spiritual." A Moore conversion to Judaism seems possible if they finally do get hitched. Sci Fi, Motown Style - Spike TV, the cable outlet, premieres Blade: The Series Wednesday, June 28, at 10 p.m. It's based the Blade film series, which was based on a Marvel comic book character. Blade is an immortal half-man, half-vampire crea- ture. He has super powers David Gayer that he uses to battle evil creatures. The TV series opens with Blade, played by Kirk "Sticky" Jones, coming to Detroit to investigate some bad vampires. Blade quickly forms an alliance with a woman (Jill Wagner) who is also battling vampires. Blade: The Series is produced and co- written by David S. Goyer, who grew up in Ann Arbor. His screenwriting credits include Batman Begins and the Blade movies.