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Седер-Мазохизм

I’m heading to Russia in a few days for the Moscow Jewish Film Festival, for two screenings of my latest feature film, Седер-Мазохизм. It’s been 3 decades since my single semester of adult-education introductory Russian, but I did find a handy Cyrillic-to-phonetic-English alphabet chart online: At least I can try pronouncing a word or two. … Continue reading “Седер-Мазохизм”

Hypervigilance and Social Media

Some of you may know I embarked on a social media fast a few months ago. A big part of my recovery has been writing by hand. I am gradually transcribing those pearls of wisdom gleaned from my notebooks, but it’s taking a while. Jumping ahead of my backlog, here is today’s entry, hopefully to … Continue reading “Hypervigilance and Social Media”

Chag Sameach!

Blacklisting is familiar to many American Jews. Both Robert Naiman and I are “red diaper grandbabies”: his Jewish grandfather was blacklisted, as was my Jewish great-uncle, and my Jewish grandparents were terrified former Communist Party members in rural Indiana. When I was a child, my mother sternly warned me never to say her parents were … Continue reading “Chag Sameach!”

Blacklisted, Bullied, Threatened and Libeled

Robert Naiman, a local Urbana-Champaign activist and Jew, wanted to see my new film, Seder-Masochism, in a theater, during the week of Passover. So he arranged to rent the Art Theater for April 23rd. Then this happened: March 29, 2019Jerry PayonkPresident, Board of Directors, the Art Film Foundation Dear Mr. Payonk, I wish to rent the … Continue reading “Blacklisted, Bullied, Threatened and Libeled”

REMINDER: This is TODAY, March 23rd!

Panel: Does Sex Matter? Gender Identity vs. Material Reality Saturday, March 23rd, 3-5pmUrbana Free Library, Lewis Auditorium (downstairs)210 W. Green Street, Urbana IL 61801 A transwoman, a detransitioner, and a radical feminist walk into a Library…. Speaking from different perspectives on modern gender identity politics, these three panelists agree that all people broadly deserve civil rights … Continue reading “REMINDER: This is TODAY, March 23rd!”