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A view of the topographical map inside the "Hollywoodland" exhibit. (Photo/JTA-Josh White, JWPictures-Academy Museum Foundation)
Posted inOpinion

How I helped bring the story of Hollywood’s Jewish founders to the Academy Museum — where it belongs

Sharon Rosen Leib by Sharon Rosen Leib June 13, 2024June 13, 2024
A view of the topographical map inside the "Hollywoodland" exhibit. (Photo/JTA-Josh White, JWPictures-Academy Museum Foundation)
Posted inFilm

L.A.’s Academy Museum to revise exhibit on Jewish founders after criticism from Jewish Hollywood figures

Jacob Gurvis by Jacob Gurvis June 11, 2024June 14, 2024
Jewish pro-Palestinian activists protest Birthright in a scene from the documentary "Israelism" (Photo/JTA/Tikkun Olam Productions)
Posted inFilm

‘Israelism,’ the progressive Jewish documentary roiling college campuses, gets digital release with Watermelon Pictures

by Andrew Lapin June 6, 2024June 6, 2024
Paul Simon (Photo/MGM+)
Posted inFilm

‘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)
Posted inEducation

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)
Posted inTV & Film

‘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)
Posted inTV & Film

‘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)
Posted inComedy

In Seinfeld’s new anti-woke kvetch, a tale of two Pop-Tart jokes

PJ Grisar by PJ Grisar April 29, 2024

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