Talking in Shul


Philissa Cramer & Broken Bird

This month we’re talking to Philissa Cramer, the new editor in chief of JTA. For our second segment we’re talking about a short film called Broken Bird. 

Show Notes

JTA

JTA.org

Broken Bird

Broken Bird is a moving coming of age film about a black jewish teen by Ariella Kaplan in alma 

Rachel Harrison Gordon on Giving Wings to Broken Bird by Stephen Saito in Movable Feast 

Rachel Harrison Gordon’s Dazzling Debut Short “Broken Bird” Part of SXSW Collection on Amazon Prime by Greg Carlson in HPR1 

‘Broken Bird’ Depicts a Biracial Girl’s Conflict with Culture & Identity by Michael Ford in indie activity 

Zahava’s endorsements are the video of Nina Simone recording “Eretz Zavat Chalav U’Dvash” with her band in 1962, and the fact that the members of the Netzach Yehuda unit of the Nachal Charedi in the Israeli Defense Forces have been able to hold minyanim and are offering to say kaddish on behalf of any Jewish mourner who needs it during the pandemic.

Mimi’s endorsements are Simmy Cohen chanting the children’s book “Chicka Chicka Boom Boom” and @RogueShul, a shul staff parody account on Twitter. 
Tamar’s endorsements are Caucasia by Danzy Senna and a twitter thread on Raavad’s one way rivalry with Rambam.