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According to a consultant hired by the Princeton Council to study whether the Princeton Shopping Center neighborhood should be declared an area in need of redevelopment, the shopping center is a sea of underused parking fields, the courtyard area in the middle of the center rarely sees much activity, the configuration of the center is terrible, the infrastructure is ancient, and the vacancy rate is alarming but has nothing to do with the pandemic. “It’s about to go into the abyss if it hasn’t already,” planner Carlos Rodrigues told the Princeton Planning Board on Thursday evening when...

I still get a bit teary-eyed when I think about my old friend Harold Heft, whose life ended way too prematurely in 2015 at the age of 50 from a brain tumour. Harold grew up around the block from me in Côte Saint-Luc. We shared a love for writing and sports. Even after he moved to Toronto, where he married his soulmate Suzanne, we kept in touch. Harold became a very prolific writer, penning his own book and often gracing the pages of different newspapers. He also carved a successful career for himself as a fundraiser in the health sector. Suzanne and I connected via Zoom last week. She tol...

The real story behind 'Mank,' the new movie about the Jewish screenwriter who brought us 'Citizen Kane'   The real Herman Mankiewicz is pictured in 1943. (JTA) - Acclaimed director David Fincher's highly anticipated film "Mank," on the Jewish screenwriter Herman Mankiewicz and the story behind his writing of the classic film "Citizen Kane," hits Netflix on Friday following a short theater-only run. It's already being considered a front-runner for several Oscar nominations. Beyond "Citizen Kane," Mankiewicz worked behind the scenes on dozens of famous films from the silent era into the 1950s ...

Jewish Ledger The real story behind ‘Mank,’ the new movie about the Jewish screenwriter who wrote ‘Citizen Kane’ By Gabe Friedman (JTA) – Acclaimed director David Fincher’s highly anticipated film “Mank,” on the Jewish screenwriter Herman Mankiewicz and the story behind his writing of the classic film “Citizen Kane,” hit Netflix on Friday following a short theater-only run. It’s already being considered a front-runner for several Oscar nominations. Beyond “Citizen Kane,” Mankiewicz worked behind the scenes on dozens of famous films from the sil...