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Oshrat Ingadashet as Iris in "America," streaming this month through the Silicon Valley Jewish Film Festival.
Posted inFilm

Two festivals help fill the void for Jewish film buffs on Peninsula

Janet Silver Ghent by Janet Silver Ghent October 4, 2023October 5, 2023
Carey Mulligan and Bradley Cooper in "Maestro." (Photo/Courtesy Netflix)
Posted inFilm

The Leonard Bernstein biopic ‘Maestro’ has been plagued by ‘Jewface’ controversy. Many Jewish fans don’t care.

Gabe Friedman by Gabe Friedman October 4, 2023October 4, 2023
"You Are So Not Invited To My Bat Mitzvah." (Photo/JTA-Scott Yamano-Netflix)
Posted inTV & Film

Poor and working-class Jews are underrepresented in pop culture, new analysis argues

by Andrew Lapin October 3, 2023October 3, 2023
The Academy of Motion Pictures Museum in Los Angeles (Photo/Courtesy)
Posted inFilm

The Academy Museum snubbed Hollywood’s Jewish founders. Its next exhibit hopes to make amends

Sharon Rosen Leib by Sharon Rosen Leib September 7, 2023
From "Coup de Chance," Woody Allen's new film with an all-French cast.
Posted inFilm

Has Woody Allen ever told you how lucky he is?

A.J. Goldmann by A.J. Goldmann September 6, 2023
Helen Mirren as Golda Meir in "Golda." (Photo/Sean Gleason-Courtesy of Bleecker Street-ShivHans Pictures)
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Helen Mirren’s Golda is golden — but the film merely glitters

PJ Grisar by PJ Grisar August 24, 2023August 24, 2023
(From left) Adam Sandler, Sarah Sherman and Dan Bulla with director Sammi Cohen on the set of “You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah.” (Photo/Scott Yamano-Netflix)
Posted inFilm, TV & Film

‘You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah’ director wants to normalize queer Jewish experiences

PJ Grisar by PJ Grisar August 23, 2023August 24, 2023
Brothers Geoff Levin (left) and Robbie Levin once played music together in the band People!
Posted inCulture

How Scientology tore apart two Jewish brothers from San Jose

Alix Wall by Alix Wall August 17, 2023August 17, 2023
Ella Rosenblatt, age 2, with her filmmaker father, Jay Rosenblatt in "How Do You Measure a Year?" (Photo/Courtesy HBO)
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How it feels to watch yourself grow up in 29 minutes flat

by Stav Ziv August 16, 2023August 16, 2023
Herbert Sussan, seen here in Nagasaki in 1946, later said in an oral history, “All of us were absolutely stunned, and nobody could believe it was one bomb.” (Photo/Courtesy Leslie Sussan)
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Her father documented the devastation at Nagasaki and Hiroshima — now she’s considered an honorary second-generation survivor

by Jon Kalish August 9, 2023

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