Public Diplomacy and Diaspora Affairs Minister Yuli Edelstein told WIZO’s Enlarged General Meeting that how Israel treats the Diaspora has changed, saying that the Jewish state is “now willing to invest” in programs like Birthright. [Jerusalem Post]   Roger Cohen writes that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would be making a huge mistake if he attacked Iran this spring or summer, because it would damage relations with United States President Barack Obama. [New York …More

The trailer for “A Dangerous Method” makes the film look like a dark sexual thriller that happens to involve some of the most famous psychiatric minds of all time. The reality is far less impressive, and almost feels as arduous as a typical therapy session. This is not entirely director David Cronenberg’s fault. He does the best that he can with the script as written by Christopher Hampton, imbuing the overt symbolism of repressed desire into red sails of a long-awaited boat. As a movie based on …More

Ever since its debut at Venice, some have discredited A Dangerous Method as not being cinematic. The film is 99 minutes of nonstop conversations and not at a brisk pace regarding psychoanalysts and the collision of different ideas. Those conversations are acted out by Viggo Mortensen, Michael Fassbender, Keira Knightley, and Vincent Cassel, and directed by David Cronenberg. I dont see how thats not cinematic, and neither does Cronenberg. Just because theres no body horror involving Carl Jung and Sigmund Freud …More