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Jay Rosenblatt is the director of the documentary short "When We Were Bullies," which has been nominated for an Academy Award.
Posted inCulture

S.F. filmmaker’s documentary on bullying incident nominated for Oscar

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten February 15, 2022February 16, 2022
From the documentary "Breaking Bread."
Posted inUncategorized

In new documentary, Arabs and Jews find peace — in the kitchen

by Liza Schoenfein and Forward February 8, 2022
Andrew Garfield in "Tick, Tick ... BOOM!"
Posted inFilm

Spielberg, Gyllenhaal, Garfield among 2022 Jewish Oscar nominees

by Andrew Lapin and JTA February 8, 2022
Theodore Katz in the 2022 documentary "Tantura," directed by Alon Schwarz. (Photo/JTA-Yonathan Weitzman-Reel Peak Films)
Posted inFilm

Explosive Israeli documentary ‘Tantura’ is prompting calls to excavate a possible Palestinian mass grave

by Andrew Lapin and JTA February 7, 2022July 12, 2022
Wallace Shawn and Elena Anaya in "Rifkin's Festival," directed by Woody Allen.
Posted inCelebrity Jews

Israel’s Olympic skiers; Fran Drescher takes over SAG; Wallace Shawn defends Woody Allen

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky February 2, 2022
The Academy of Motion Pictures Museum in Los Angeles (Photo/Courtesy)
Posted inCalifornia

After excluding Jews, Academy of Motion Pictures museum changes course

Sharon Rosen Leib by Sharon Rosen Leib and Forward January 31, 2022January 31, 2022
Wallace Shawn and Elena Anaya in "Rifkin's Festival," directed by Woody Allen.
Posted inCulture

Is ‘Rifkin’s Festival’ Woody Allen’s love letter to cinema — or something more cynical?

PJ Grisar by PJ Grisar and Forward January 26, 2022January 26, 2022
From "Camp Confidential: America's Secret Nazis"
Posted inFilm

How the U.S. wined and dined Nazis, then destroyed the evidence, in Netflix doc

Mira Fox by Mira Fox and Forward January 20, 2022January 20, 2022
Eric André plays a megachurch pastor in the new season "The Righteous Gemstones." (Photo/Ryan Green-HBO)
Posted inCelebrity Jews

Eric André joins ‘Righteous Gemstones’; Judge Judy gets generous; etc.

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky January 18, 2022January 19, 2022
Liev Schreiber as Ray Donovan in "Ray Donovan: The Movie." (Photo/Showtime)
Posted inTV & Film

Ray Donovan, the Irish fixer with a Jewish soul, gets his movie

Esther D. Kustanowitz by Esther D. Kustanowitz January 11, 2022

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