WOMEN’S STUDIES

Hadassah Southern California, the 22,000-member women’s Zionist organization, has selected 27 members to serve on the new Morning Star Commission for a one-year study of the portrayal of Jewish women in films and television.

“As a Jewish woman I have always been bothered by negative stereotypes about us, and in my films I have always tried to show Jewish women in a positive light,” said Barbra Streisand, honorary chairwoman of the board of directors of the International Research Institute on Jewish Women, a partner on the project.

Commission members include Bonnie Bruckheimer, executive producer at All Girl Productions; Robin Green, senior vice president at Castle Rock TV; Hope Boonshaft, vice president of external affairs at Sony; Faye Kellerman, author; Rabbi Janet Marder, regional director of Union of American Hebrew Congregations; and Edward Asner, actor.