You would need a dump truck to manage the weight of real names dropped here, but that is part of the point. No longer merely an appendage to her famous spouse, Ann, through her knowledge of literature, her insight into poetry, and her ability to communicate essential meanings to the Hollywood crowd, has carved out a glittering domain of her own, complete with media coverage and buzz. One day she is asked to put together a reading list for a friend and that request blossoms into a major, ever-metastasizing enterprise. His wife, Ann, an English lit Phd, is the daughter of a British diplomat. Shocked by his son’s treatment in Israel, he experiences a major mid-life crisis in which his early New York Jewish upbringing tugs heavily on his soul. Howard is a successful Hollywood executive. Shalom!Ĭhandler Burr - image from his GR profile Thus they consider him not only not Jewish, but unclean. He is recruited by local hard-core types for further education about his Jewish heritage, but is practically kicked out the door when they learn that it is his father and not his mother who is Jewish. When Howard and Ann’s 17-year-old son goes to Israel for two weeks of Senior year Spring break he learns something about Jewishness. There is a lot in here about language, Jewishness, literacy, Hollywood, religion, racism, snobbishness, insincerity, elitism, core truth, flock mentality, standing tall for what one knows to be true.
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