“Making Movies Moral”
Read a July 31, 2012 review in Christianity Today of William D. Romanowski’s book, “Reforming Hollywood: How American Protestants Fought for Freedom at the Movies.”
Category: Beliefs & practices
“Israeli film, Jewish-themed films up for Oscars”
The Jewish news service JTA filed a report noting that there were three Jewish-themed films and an Israeli film up for the 2010 Academy Awards. The best known of those films are A Serious Man, a Coen brothers movie that examines their Jewish roots in a retelling of the Book of Job, and Inglourious Basterds, in which a […]
Orthodox Union
The Orthodox Union is the educational and outreach arm of Orthodox Judaism. It is generally considered a Modern Orthodox organization. Among its main concerns is helping Jews keep kosher and strengthening their traditional rituals, practices and holiday observances. It posts a page that allows users to search for Orthodox synagogues by state. Rabbi Steven Weil is senior managing director.
“The Most Spiritually Literate Films of 2009”
The website SpiritualityandPractice.com has several lists broken down by documentaries, animated films, feature films and so on. Avatar was a top pick of the site’s founders, United Church of Christ members Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, even though other Christian critics felt the movie glorified pantheism.
“FIRST-PERSON: The best and worst movies of 2009”
Phil Boatwright, movie critic for the Baptist Press and author of Movies: The Good, The Bad and the Really, Really Bad, wrote a year-end wrap of the “best and worst” movies of 2009. Boatwright pointed to some good movies but felt Hollywood generally “continued its attack on people of faith.”
“Current abortion beliefs by various religious and secular groups”
An overview, by ReligiousTolerance.org, of various denominations’ stands on abortion.
Movieguide
Movieguide is a leading Christian movie reviewing website. Founded by Ted Baehr, an evangelical Christian, Movieguide lobbies Hollywood to make more religious and “family-friendly” films, and each year before the Oscars the organization presents awards to what it considers the best films of the year.
Union for Reform Judaism
The Union for Reform Judaism claims 1.5 million individual members in more than 900 synagogues. It maintains a directory of congregations and a directory of summer camps. Rabbi Rick Jacobs is president.
National Association for Temple Administration
The National Association for Temple Administration is the professional organization for administrators, managers and executives of Reform synagogues. Livia Thompson is president.