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Tom Tugend

JTA Los Angeles correspondent

"Let It Be Morning" was Israel's entry for the 2022 Academy awards. (Photo/Screenshot)
Posted inFilm

Israel’s controversial Oscar submission misses shortlist

by Tom Tugend and JTA December 22, 2021

There was no holiday cheer for Israel’s filmmakers in the shortlists for the 2022 Academy Awards. The country’s official submission for this year’s Best International Feature Oscar, “Let It Be […]

A view of Los Angeles. (Photo/Pixabay)
Posted inCalifornia

Jewish Journal newspaper of Los Angeles ceases print edition

by Tom Tugend and JTA October 19, 2020
Marc Canter measures the doors and windows of his famed Canter's deli in the Fairfax area of Los Angeles in case he needed to board them up, May 31, 2020. (Photo/JTA-Christina House-Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
Posted inNews

Los Angeles Jews take stock after George Floyd protests batter local institutions

by Tom Tugend and JTA June 2, 2020June 2, 2020
Yigal Amir (Yehuda Nahari Halev) torches a poster of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin in “Incitement.”
Posted inTV & Film

Israeli film ‘Incitement’ revisits dark days around Rabin’s assassination

by Tom Tugend and JTA February 18, 2020February 28, 2020
Kirk Douglas in 1950. (JTA/PhotoQuest/Getty Images)
Posted inFilm

Kirk Douglas, movie star who reconnected to Judaism later in life, dies at 103

by Tom Tugend and JTA February 5, 2020February 6, 2020
Armie Hammer, left, and Israeli actress Gal Gadot presenting the Academy Award for best hair and makeup at the ceremony in Los Angeles, March 4, 2018. (Photo/JTA-Craig Sjodin via Getty Images)
Posted inCulture

Oscars 2018: For Jewish nominees, a night not to remember

by Tom Tugend March 5, 2018March 23, 2018
Scene from "116 Cameras"
Posted inCulture

The 5 best Jewish films to watch this Oscar season

by Tom Tugend January 21, 2018March 23, 2018
a suspicious looking man in a dark hallway
Posted inArt, Culture, Film, TV & Film

German movie tells the true story of a plot that almost killed Hitler

by Tom Tugend July 3, 2017March 23, 2018
Posted inUncategorized

Actor celebrates centennial with 150 friends, shot of vodka

by Tom Tugend December 9, 2016December 29, 2016
Posted inUncategorized

VIDEO: Israels first all-Arabic Oscar entry

by Tom Tugend October 7, 2016December 29, 2016

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