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Sarah Rosen

Sarah Rosen

Sarah Rosen is a writer and filmmaker with bylines in The New York Times, Jerusalem Post, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, J. The Jewish News of Northern California and elsewhere.

Shlomi Bertonov, right, as Ben in "Concerned Citizen." (Photo/JTA-Guy Sahaf)
Posted inTV & Film

Israeli drama film ‘Concerned Citizen’ tackles gentrification and race issues in Tel Aviv

Sarah Rosen by Sarah Rosen June 4, 2023June 2, 2023

(JTA) — The Israeli satirical drama film “Concerned Citizen” opens with the sacrosanct rituals of a bourgeois Tel Aviv life: a robot vacuum slides gracefully across the floor; lush house plants […]

From left: Karen Murphy (Sandra Day O’Connor), Stephanie Prentice (Sonia Sotomayor), and Lynda DiVito (Ruth Bader Ginsburg) in rehearsal for "Justice" at Marin Theatre Company. (Photo/Kevin Kopjak)
Posted inCulture

‘JUSTICE’: Marin musical spotlights a singing Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Sarah Rosen by Sarah Rosen February 1, 2023February 6, 2023
Carey Mulligan (left) as Megan Twohey and Zoe Kazan as Jodi Kantor in "She Said." (Photo/JoJo Whilden-Universal Pictures)
Posted inUncategorized

Q&A: Journalist Jodi Kantor, whose Weinstein reporting stars in ‘She Said,’ will speak in Palo Alto

Sarah Rosen by Sarah Rosen and JTA November 22, 2022
Oscar Isaac and Jessica Chastain in “Scenes From a Marriage.” (Photo/JTA-Jojo Whilden-HBO)
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Hagai Levi’s ‘Scenes From a Marriage’ is the Israeli creator’s most personal HBO series yet

Sarah Rosen by Sarah Rosen and JTA September 17, 2021September 24, 2021

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