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February 22 • 2018

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Opening on Friday, Feb. 23 is Annihilation,
starring Natalie Portman, 36, as Lena,
a biologist and former soldier. A series of
expeditions enter into a sinister, mysteri-
ous and growing area labeled Area X. The
expedition members either die inside Area
X or shortly thereafter. Lena’s husband,
severely injured, returns from the last
expedition; Lena joins a new expedition,
hoping that she can find out how and why
he was injured and save his life. Jennifer
Jason Leigh, 54, co-stars as Dr. Ventress,
a psychologist and the de facto leader of
the all-female expedition.
Living Biblically, a comedy/drama,
premieres on CBS on Monday, Feb. 23
(9:30 p.m.). It’s based on The Year of
Living Biblically (2007), by A.J. Jacobs,
49, a self-described agnostic Jew who, for
one year, tried to follow the Bible’s rules
to the letter. In the TV series, the central
character is Chip Curry, a Roman Catholic
who decides to follow the Bible literally for
one year. He frequently consults his priest
(Ian Gomez). Recurring characters include
Rabbi Gil (David Krumholtz, 39) and Mrs.
Meadows (Camryn Manheim, 56). The
show’s publicity makes clear they have
no desire to disrespect religion, and they’ll
glide around tough issues such as homo-
sexuality in an effort to walk the fine line
of being funny, but thought-provoking.

Portman

Krumholtz

AN OLYMPIC ADDITION
AND ‘GRANDMA’ ALY

A Jewish Olympic athlete I neglected to
include in my last column: Adam Rosen,
33, is a British American luge athlete. He
was born and raised in New Rochelle,
N.Y., the son of an American father and a
British mother and has dual citizenship.
He lives in New York. He competed for the
UK in 2006 and 2010 in the one-man luge
event, finishing 16th both times. Injuries
prevented him from competing in 2014.
He’s named for his maternal (Jewish)
British grandfather, a WWII Royal Navy
combat veteran. His paternal grandfather
was a rabbi and a U.S. Air Force chaplain.
Aly Raisman, 23, of course, is the
great gymnast who won three gold
medals, two silver medals and a bronze
medal in the last two Olympic Games.
Virtually everyone in the Jewish com-
munity fell in love with Raisman when,
in the finals of the floor exercise event at
the 2012 Olympics, she performed her
routine to the music of “Hava Nagila”
and dedicated her routine to the Israeli
athletes murdered by terrorists at the
1972 Olympics. It was almost like a “too-
good-to-be-true” movie script when she
won the gold medal in this event and the

Raisman in Sports Illustrated

United States won the team gold medal.
A Jan. 24 profile in the New Yorker
beautifully details how Raisman is a role
model in other ways. Much of the piece
describes how she’s been a forceful and
articulate leader in the campaign to call
to account those who turned a blind eye
as Dr. Larry Nassar molested hundreds
of young gymnasts, including Raisman
herself. Raisman also joins other models
appearing nude with messages written
on their bodies in Sports Illustrated’s
special “empowering” swimsuit issue,
which focuses on the #MeToo movement.
Before the Nassar campaign, Raisman
was a U.S. Olympic team leader and a
super kind mentor to younger gymnasts.
In return, these “youngsters” constantly
praise her to the press and many fondly
call her “Grandma Aly.” The New Yorker
also reports that while “Grandma” “has
not officially begun training for the 2020
[Toyko] Games, she has told the press
that Toyko is on her mind.” •