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Armen Nahapetian as a young Beau and Zoe Lister-Jones as a young Mona in "Beau Is Afraid." (Photo/Courtesy of A24)
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‘Beau Is Afraid’ isn’t Jewish ‘Lord of the Rings’ — it’s way worse

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Survivor David Wisnia and his pianist grandson Avi in a scene from “How Saba Kept Singing,” a documentary airing on PBS on April 18. (Photo/JTA-Retro Report)
Posted inYom HaShoah

Can a Holocaust documentary have a happy ending? Should it?

by Andrew Silow-Carroll and JTA April 17, 2023
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‘Who Will Remain?’ Filmmaker’s ode to legendary Yiddish poet to screen in Palo Alto

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‘Flower Child Noir’: Berkeley filmmaker Deborah Kaufman pens a ‘poetry-memoir’

by Patricia Corrigan March 23, 2023March 23, 2023
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How Judy Blume’s ‘Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret’ broke taboos around interfaith marriage

Emily Schneider by Emily Schneider and JTA March 21, 2023
Adam Sandler as a New York jeweler in “Uncut Gems.” (Photo/Courtesy A24)
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What does Adam Sandler’s Mark Twain Prize say about (Jewish) American humor?

PJ Grisar by PJ Grisar and Forward March 15, 2023March 15, 2023
David Strathairn as Jan Karski in "Remember This." (Photo/Jeff Hutchens)
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David Strathairn’s Holocaust movie ‘Remember This,’ which premiered at SFJFF, now on PBS

by Linda Buchwald and JTA March 13, 2023
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‘BrownWhite’: Biracial Israeli children talk about being ‘half and half’ in Sacramento Jewish Film Fest doc

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten March 13, 2023March 16, 2023
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‘Fabelmans’ flops at the Oscars, but Hollywood’s Jewish history gets a nod

by Andrew Lapin and JTA March 13, 2023March 13, 2023
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History of the World: Part Who?

Erin Ben-Moche and Esther D. Kustanowitz by The Bagels March 10, 2023March 10, 2023

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