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Paul Simon (Photo/MGM+)
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‘In Restless Dreams’ looks back at Paul Simon’s career, spiritual yearnings

Beth Harpaz by Beth Harpaz June 4, 2024June 4, 2024
San Francisco State University professor Marc Dollinger (second from right) speaks at the "Jews and Black Theory" conference held May 15-16 at Harvard University. (Photo/Andrew Esensten)
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Jewish and Black studies scholars converge at unique Harvard conference

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten May 31, 2024July 6, 2024
(From left) Agam Goldstein Almog, Sheryl Sandberg and Chen Goldstein Almog walk through Kibbutz Kfar Aza in the documentary "Screams Before Silence." (Photo/Screenshot)
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‘Sexual violence is never acceptable’: Sheryl Sandberg’s Oct. 7 film is part of a larger personal mission

Natalie Weinstein in downtown San Francisco, Feb. 24, 2026. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Natalie Weinstein May 31, 2024December 11, 2024
Maya Lasker-Wallfisch, Kai Höss and Hans-Jurgen Höss visit Auschwitz. (Photo/Courtesy Warner Bros. Pictures)
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‘The Commandant’s Shadow’ tells the true Holocaust story behind ‘The Zone of Interest’

Jackie Hajdenberg by Jackie Hajdenberg May 29, 2024
The new "Hollywoodland: Jewish Founders and the Making of a Movie Capital" exhibit opens Sunday at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles. (Photo/JTA-Josh White, JWPictures-Academy Museum Foundation)
Posted inCulture

L.A.’s Academy Museum initially excluded Hollywood’s Jewish origins. A new exhibit on Jewish film pioneers fixes that.

Jacob Gurvis by Jacob Gurvis May 17, 2024May 21, 2024
(From left) Jerry Seinfeld as Bob Cabana, Adrian Martinez as Tom Carvel, Jack McBrayer as Steve Schwinn, Thomas Lennon as Harold Von Braunhut, Bobby Moynihan as Chef Boyardee and James Marsden as Jack LaLanne in “Unfrosted.” (Photo/John P. Johnson-Netflix)
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In ‘Unfrosted,’ Jerry Seinfeld plays with his food

PJ Grisar by PJ Grisar May 3, 2024May 3, 2024
Jerry Seinfeld performing in 2019. (Photo/Ralph_PH via Flickr CC BY 2.0)
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In Seinfeld’s new anti-woke kvetch, a tale of two Pop-Tart jokes

PJ Grisar by PJ Grisar April 29, 2024
Moses (Avi Azulay, center) in between his siblings Aaron (Ishai Golan) and Miriam (Reymonde Amsellem) in "Testament: The Story of Moses." (Photo/Netflix)
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We found 430 inaccuracies in Netflix’s Moses docuseries ‘Testament’

Rabbi Shlomo Litvin (Photo/Courtesy) by Rabbi Shlomo Litvin April 16, 2024April 16, 2024
Steven Spielberg speaks at a ceremony at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, March 25, 2024. (Photo/JTA-USC-Sean Dube)
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Steven Spielberg decries ‘machinery of extremism’ on college campuses

Jacob Gurvis by Jacob Gurvis March 26, 2024March 26, 2024
Jonathan Glazer, winner of the Best International Feature Film award for “The Zone of Interest”, onstage in the press room at the 96th Annual Academy Awards at Ovation Hollywood on March 10, 2024 in Hollywood, California. (Photo/JTA-Jeff Kravitz-FilmMagic)
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I wasn’t surprised that Jonathan Glazer’s Oscars speech ignited hysteria

Deborah Kaufman (Photo/Courtesy) by Deborah Kaufman March 18, 2024March 18, 2024

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