Joseph Rose
Joseph Rose is an author at Religion News Service.
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FILM REVIEW: Emotional Film Depicts Widows Surviving Hindu Backlash in 1938 India: Also transmitting
By Joseph Rose — April 29, 2006
c. 2006 Religion News Service (UNDATED) The poignant import “Water” reflects on the plight of Indian widows. According to Hindu custom, women are not allowed to remarry after their husbands die. They are abandoned by their families to dwell in squalor in ashrams, where some of them are sold into prostitution. The film is set […]
A Kosher Cinematic Look at a Cloistered Community
By Joseph Rose — November 5, 2005
c. 2005 Religion News Service (UNDATED) The Israeli import “Ushpizin” is a movie about faith, miracles and unity. The protagonists are Orthodox Jews, husband and wife who play host to less-than-pious visitors over the holiday of Sukkot _ a weeklong harvest celebration during which guests are traditionally housed in a thatched hut known as a […]
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