Archive for 2009
And on the third day the Demjanjuk trial was delayed
By Tom Teicholz at 2 December, 2009, 5:15 pm
Demjanjuk’s trial was postponed today because he had a fever. At 7AM Munich time Demjanjuk registered a temperature of 38 degrees Celsius (normal body temperature is 37 degrees). He was given a fever reducing medicine. An hour later, at 8AM his fever had only declined to 37.5 and the doctors recommended that he not be […]
Read More >>Prosecutors and Survivors accuse Demjanjuk as he turns his back on them
By Tom Teicholz at 1 December, 2009, 4:33 pm
On day two of the Demjanjuk trial, according to press reports, the prosecution began to make the case against Demjanjuk as some of the murdered victims’ relatives were allowed to address the court. Demjanjuk arrived in court once again on a stretcher and again wearing the leather jacket and blue baseball cap he wore the […]
Read More >>Demjanjuk trial opens in Munich
By Tom Teicholz at 30 November, 2009, 1:33 pm
The trial of John Demjanjuk, 89, who is accused of being an accessory to more than 28,000 deaths at the Sobibor extermination camp in Nazi occupied Poland during the time he is alleged to have served there as a guard, began today in Munich, Germany. I am writing this not from Munich, but from Santa […]
Read More >>“My Nazi Revenge” essay on Newsweek.com
By Tom Teicholz at 27 November, 2009, 9:44 am
Here is the link to my just-published essay on my encounters with two Nazi war criminals and my thoughts on revenge and justice for them. http://www.newsweek.com/id/224426/
Read More >>Beginning Friday: my essay on Nazi revenge on Newsweek.com
By Tom Teicholz at 25 November, 2009, 12:57 pm
While you are standing on line on Friday waiting for all those retail deals, check out an essay I wrote for newsweek.com that will be going live that day about Nazis I’ve seen and my feelings about revenge a la Inglorious Basterds and what real kind of revenge they deserve (and have received).
Read More >>Perfection: the all purpose literary interview questions….
By Tom Teicholz at 23 November, 2009, 4:43 pm
Part of the pleasure of the Proust questionaire a version of which appears each month in Vanity Fair magazine, and that James Lipton used on the Actor’s Studio interviews and was used on the French TV program ‘Apostrophes” is that seem to fit all sizes…. As an interviewer why knock yourself coming up with perfectly […]
Read More >>This SAT: ARTIST LAMP SHOW FOR INNER CITY ARTS
By Tom Teicholz at 18 November, 2009, 11:18 am
Daniel Cytrynowicz, the hardest working and most creative lamp entrepreneur I know has organized a terrific benefit ENLIGHTEN where he has corralled a great group of artists to make unique limited edition lamps (or lampshades as the case may be) all for Inner City Arts. The event takes place this Saturday night at the Helms […]
Read More >>NPR marketplace segment on SCRUBS magazine
By Tom Teicholz at 13 November, 2009, 1:01 pm
New magazine focuses on nurses A new lifestyle magazine aimed at nurses will soon hit stores. Ashley Milne-Tyte reports on a push to bring a little glamor into hardworking nurses’ lives. Cover of Scrubs magazine (scrubsmag.com). USE THIS LINK TO LISTEN TO PODCAST: http://marketplace.publicradio.org/display/web/2009/11/13/am-nurses-mag/
Read More >>Jim Caviezel: from “Passion” to “Prisoner” of TV
By Tom Teicholz at 13 November, 2009, 12:17 pm
Remember Jim Caviezel? He starred in one of the most financially successful films of all times Mel Gibson’s “Passion of the Christ” but afterwards, perhaps tainted by the film’s controversy and his own declarations that seemed to imply that his career choices would be informed by his strict faith — his movie career went nowhere. […]
Read More >>I’m quoted in Moment magazine (nov/dec issue)
By Tom Teicholz at 12 November, 2009, 4:16 pm
In a Film Watch column called “Dreaming of a White Hanukkah” Maxine Springer quotes me about Hollywood, Jews and Christmas movies — she had read my Tommywood column of a few years ago on the subject and wanted some more thoughts. Read it here: http://www.momentmag.com/Exclusive/2009/2009-12/200912-Film_Watch.html
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