We’re all familiar with the timeless adage “write what you know,” and it continues to guide writers both young and old. The NJFP has long offered a unique opportunity for young Jewish filmmakers to “film what they know,” taking us on tours of their homes, histories, streets, and cities—exploring their fears, passions, and dreams. And [...]
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Paint Your Street
Posted in Lee, NJFP, tagged A Little Too Young, Cabana Confessions, Chaim Potok, Da Vinci Code, Emopera, James Bond, JFK Assassination, Lee Goldin, Lee Sanger Goldin, My Name is Asher Lev, Santa Cruz, UC Santa Cruz, UCSC, Yours Truly on October 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Our Photographs Are Dying
Posted in Lee on September 26, 2009 | 1 Comment »
It’s a morbid thought, but not an exaggeration. Every day our most prized photographs are dying a slow death at the hands of dirt, dust, and time. And yet we use photographs to defy time. To capture our youth, hold it in our hands, hang it on walls, and show to others. With photos we [...]
Nexus Point
Posted in Lee on September 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
My grandmother’s family and my grandfather’s family were both from the same town of Soulwaki Poland Nobody realized this until years later. The Levitch and Beruvich clans. My grandmother speaks of them fondly. She points to an old cousin standing in the back of a family photo on a wall of such photos in a [...]
Namesake
Posted in Lee on September 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Being a namesake is often a mixed blessing, for sharing a name with an ancestor can be a source of great pride or great embarrassment. In my case, bearing the name of my great grandfather Lee Sanger Ettelson, a renowned right hand of William Randolph Hearst, is a bit of both. On one hand, he [...]
