Arts & Entertainment Holocaust Remembrance PBS premiers new specials tied to the subject of the Shoah. Imagine This Professor David Roskies of the Jewish Theological Seminary has written that a little known poem, "Masada," by Isaac Lamdan, "more than any other text inspired the uprising in the Warsaw ghetto." A new musical play, Imagine This, tells the incred- ible story behind Roskies' quote. Under the auspices of British director Timothy Sheader, Imagine This opened in London's West End in November 2008. Written by Glenn Berenbeim with music by Shuki Levy and lyrics by David Goldsmith, it tells the tale of a group of actors in the Warsaw Ghetto who struggle to keep the dream of freedom and the will to resist alive among the prisoners of the ghetto by performing the epic tale of Masada, the ancient Judean mountain where 2,000 years ago a small band of courageous rebels held 10,000 Roman soldiers at bay. Even as their play merges with the reality they are trying to escape, laughter finds a way to rise above the tears and love manages to transcend the boundaries of the ghetto walls. Among the Righteous A new documentary, Among the Righteous: Lost Stories from the Holocaust in Arab Lands, chronicles one man's journey to chal- lenge the problem of Holocaust denial in the Arab world in the wake of 9-11. Narrated by Robert MacNeil, Among the Righteous is the story of Robert Satloff, head of a respected Washington, D.C., policy cen- ter, and his search to find an Arab, who in the face of the German and fascist occupa- tion of North Africa, took action to save his Jewish neighbors during the Holocaust. Among the Righteous chronicles Satloff's eight-year and four-continent journey to uncover situations that could change the way Arabs view Jews, themselves and their own history. Over the course of his journey, Satloff not only found the Arab heroes for whom he was searching, but he also made surprising discoveries about what really happened to the half-million Jews of the Arab lands of North Africa under Nazi, Vichy and fascist rule. ❑ Worse Than War With his first book, Hitler's Willing Executioners, Daniel Jonah Goldhagen — then a professor of political science at Harvard University — forced the world to rethink some of its most deeply held beliefs about the Holocaust. A decade later — and more than half a century after the end of World War II — Goldhagen is convinced that the over- all phenomenon of genocide is as poorly understood as the Holocaust had once been. Based on his book of the same title, Worse Than War is the first documentary to step back and focus on the general phenomenon of genocide. It documents Goldhagen's trav- els, teachings and interviews in nine coun- tries around the world as he speaks with victims, perpetrators, witnesses, politicians, diplomats, historians, humanitarian aid workers and journalists, all with the purpose of explaining and understanding the critical features of genocide and how to stop it. In Rwanda, perpetrators of genocide speak candidly about their participation in mass murders; in Guatemala, Goldhagen explores the concept of "overkill" with the country's leading forensic pathologist; in Bosnia, he attends the annual commemora- tion of the massacre at Srebrenica, the worst mass-killing in Europe since World War II; in Ukraine, Goldhagen returns with his father Erich (also a scholar of the Holocaust) to the town where Erich was nearly killed during the Holocaust. A scene from Imagine This Robert Satloff shakes hands with Old Mohammed. Daniel Jonah Goldhagen at a prison work camp for confessed genocide perpetrators outside Kigali, Rwanda Nate Bloom Special to the Jewish News 42 At The Movies Tina Fey (30 Rock) and Steve Carel! Clif (The Office) star in Date Night as a typical suburban couple whose lives 4:1) – including their weekly date nights – have become routine. They try to spice things up by visiting a trendy Manhattan restau- rant; while there, a case of mistaken identity leads them to "take a walk on the wild side." A large supporting cast includes James James Franco Franco, 31, and Mila 50 April 8 • 2010 JN Kunis, 26. The director is Shawn Levy, 41, who is best known for directing the hit Night at the Museum movies starring Ben Stiller. The film opens Friday, April 9. Tube Highlights See Season 8 American Idol finalist Adam Lambert, 28, in a VH1 Unplugged Adam Lambert performance 11 p.m. Friday, April 9, as part of the cable channel's Friday Night Alright series of concert presentations from around the world. The half-hour concert features acous- tic versions of songs from Lambert's debut album, For Your Entertainment. Check VH1.com for encore showings. The HBO dramatic series Treme premieres 10 p.m. Sunday, April 11. The series takes place three months after Hurricane Katrina as the residents of New Orleans try to rebuild their lives, their homes and their unique culture. Treme was co-created by David Simon (The Wire, Homicide), 50. Jer & Kath Kathy Griffin is one of three celebs appearing 10 p.m. Thursday, April 8, on The Marriage Ref. Produced by Jerry Seinfeld, the show is a throwback to a more taste- ful era: Three likable real-life married couples present their minor marital ❑ Imagine This airs 9 p.m. Saturday, April 10, on Detroit Public Television- Channel 56. Among The Righteous airs 10 p.m. Monday, April 12, on Detroit Public Television-Channel 56. ❑ Worse Than War airs 9 p.m. Wednesday, April 14, on Detroit Public Television-Channel 56. dispute to the celebs and the show's host and get a ruling on "who is right." Griffin and Seinfeld go way back. In the early '90s, Griffin had a small part on a Jerry Seinfeld Seinfeld episode and asked Seinfeld to sign an autograph. He was a bit surly about it, and she used the incident in her real-life standup routine. Seinfeld liked being kidded, and Griffin's character was brought back in another Seinfeld episode, playing a standup comic whose routine heavily relied on describing Jerry Seinfeld as a jerk. ❑