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Alan Zeitlin

Alan has written for many papers, including The Jewish Week, The Journal News, The New York Post, Tablet and others.

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Movie and Play Reviews / In Print

Controversial Hitler Documentary Is Powerful Despite Flaws

By Alan Zeitlin

Are we really trying to understand what made his brain feel it was acceptable to attempt to wipe out a people, or are we trying to figure out why in 2021 are there people who may want to do what he failed to do?

In Print / Features On The Jewish World

As Chasidic Jews Increasingly Become Targets, One Self-Defense Program Teaches Them To Fight Back

By Alan Zeitlin

“I felt safer fighting in England because I wasn't worried someone would pull out a gun. Here, you never know."

Featured / Blogs

Manhattan Jewish Ben & Jerry's Owner Caught Between A Scoop And A Hard Place

By Alan Zeitlin

Many who were interviewed by this reporter days earlier stated that they did not believe in a boycott of Israeli Ben & Jerry's owners because the situation was more complex and Jewish owners could lose their livelihood.

Blogs

Calls For Boycott – And Hashgacha Removal – Against Ben & Jerry's Grow

By Alan Zeitlin

There are arguments on both sides if the Kof-K should remove its certification of Ben & Jerry's.

In Print / Features / Sports

Elie Kligman Is Willing To Gamble, Due To His Faith

By Alan Zeitlin

Kligman, who is shomer Shabbat, said he will not play on Sabbos and whatever team he goes to will have to adjust their schedule to accommodate him... "It's important for me because that's not the way G-d intended me to use the day," he told The Jewish Press by phone.

Blogs / In Print

Speakers At D.C. Rally Decry Anti-Semitism And Vow More Support For Israel

By Alan Zeitlin

Meghan McCain, the daughter of the late senator John McCain, said that in one of her last conversations with her father before he died, he said to keep the flame of Israel burning.

In Print / US / Antisemitism

Chabad Rabbi's Response To Being Stabbed 8 Times: I Will Train 8 Emissaries

By Alan Zeitlin

When he ran into the street, he saw another man and tried to alert him to the attack. At that point, the attacker put the gun away but pulled out a knife.

In Print / Interviews and Profiles

Islamic Reformer: Attackers Of Jews In NYC Should Be Ashamed

By Alan Zeitlin

You would not find a single person in government telling Muslims not to wear their clothing or a hijab and if you did, they would be called an Islamophobe…. Instead of standing against evil, you have suppression of Jewish identity.’

In Print / Arts

Painting ‘Shtisel’

By Alan Zeitlin

An Affinity with the Character of Kive Motivated One Fan’s Latest Artistic Series

United Nations (UN)

Hillel Neuer ‘Not Surprised’ by Biden’s Return to UNHRC, but Sees Chance to Hold Abusers to Account

By Alan Zeitlin

UN Watch executive director spoke about anti-Semitism and COVID-19, the U.S. decision to rejoin the U.N. Human Rights Council and the treatment of the Uyghurs in China.

Movie and Play Reviews

A Testimony Of Atrocities: A Review of ‘Who Will Write Our History’

By Alan Zeitlin

The documentary, which includes simple re-enactments with actors, will make you cry and will make you angry.

Movie and Play Reviews

The Potent Story Of Capturing One Of The Worst Criminals: A Film Review of “Operation Finale”

By Alan Zeitlin

Kingsley is extremely convincing as a man who tries at first to say he only pushed paper and is not culpable for the crimes and thinks he can outsmart the Israelis.

Interviews and Profiles

With Historic Record Deal, Hasidic Singer Brings a Universal Message

By Alan Zeitlin

Lemmer said there wasn’t one big moment where he realized he could be a professional singer, but has been on albums since the age of 14 and rose up the ranks to be a featured soloist in the Shira Choir.

Features / Sports

From IDF Soldier To YU Shortstop

By Alan Zeitlin

Getting shot at is tough to describe. In the moment, you revert back to your training. You do what you were taught to do. You don’t really think about it. You just react.

Interviews and Profiles

Holocaust Survivor Reveals Cruel Irony

By Alan Zeitlin

Ironically, George Blank was bloodied after he survived the Holocaust.

Features / Arts

New Moshav Album Is Medicine For The Soul

By Alan Zeitlin

If you’re hearing this is when you’re driving and someone cuts you off, you’ll be able to breathe easy.

Features / Movie and Play Reviews / From the Paper

Haredi Comedian Is Hilarious

By Alan Zeitlin

After giving a talk at a melaveh malka about his work experience a few years ago, people told him he had enough material to do a standup routine. They were right.

Features / From the Paper

Eichmann Exhibit Shows Mossad’s Role in Capture

By Alan Zeitlin

It was not only the Mossad’s intelligence that allowed for the capture of Eichmann. It was also his son’s stupidity.

Arts and Entertainment / From the Paper

‘Menashe’ Is A Marvel

By Alan Zeitlin

Unfortunately, when it comes to the media and film, chasidic Jews are sometimes portrayed as people from another world who joylessly follow archaic laws.

Movie and Play Reviews

Theater Review: Silence Meant Safety, But One Woman Put Her Life In Danger

By Alan Zeitlin

“We Will Not Be Silent” tells the story of Sophie Scholl, a German college student who placed anti-Nazi leaflets at her college and was hanged for her "crime."

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