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Actor Kathryn Hahn as Rabbi Raquel Fein on “Transparent.” (Photo/Amazon Prime)
Posted inOpinion

No, Jewish characters do not need to be played by Jewish actors

by Rabbi Jeffrey K. Salkin and RNS November 4, 2021
Peter Stein’s official “Jeopardy!” portrait. (Photo/Courtesy Jeopardy! Productions)
Posted inTV & Film

Bay Area filmmaker Peter Stein smiles his way through ‘Jeopardy!’

by Sue Fishkoff October 29, 2021October 29, 2021
A shot of the golem and a little girl with a flower, seen here as it appears on the poster for "The Golem Rescored," was famously copied in the 1931 “Frankenstein” film.
Posted inCulture

Reanimating ‘The Golem,’ horror cinema’s century-old urtext, just in time for Halloween

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky October 28, 2021October 28, 2021
Timothée Chalamet as Paul Atreides in "Dune."
Posted inCelebrity Jews

Timothée Chalamet goes to space; Zoë Kravitz goes to Gotham; The Jews go to the ‘Jewish Nobels’

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky October 27, 2021
Mila Kunis on a film set in New York City, Aug. 29, 2021. (Photo/JTA-MEGA-Getty Images)
Posted inIsrael

Mila Kunis, Neil Patrick Harris, Helen Mirren and over 200 other celebrities sign letter denouncing cultural boycott of Israel

Shira Hanau by Shira Hanau and JTA October 27, 2021
Benicio del Toro (center) as painter Moses Rosenthaler, and Léa Seydoux (right) as the prison guard Simone in "The French Dispatch." (Photo/Searchlight Pictures)
Posted inTV & Film

‘The French Dispatch’ is Wes Anderson’s most Jewish film yet

Gabe Friedman by Gabe Friedman and JTA October 22, 2021
From "Giraffada," one of the Palestinian films newly available on Netflix.
Posted inTV & Film

On Netflix and elsewhere, new collections of Palestinian and Israeli films are now available for streaming

by Andrew Lapin and JTA October 19, 2021October 20, 2021
(Illustration/JTA-Plume Creative-Getty Images)
Posted inUncategorized

The ‘Jewface’ debate about casting non-Jews as Jews betrays an Ashkenazi bias

MaNishtana by MaNishtana and JTA October 13, 2021
Vladimir Friedman and Maria Belkin in "Golden Voices." (Photo/JTA_Music Box Films)
Posted inUncategorized

In ‘Golden Voices,’ Russian movie dubbers reinvent themselves in Israel, to hilarious effect

by Andrew Lapin and JTA October 11, 2021
William Shatner on stage during “Star Trek: Mission New York,” Sept. 4, 2016 (Photo/JTA-Roy Rochlin-Getty Images)
Posted inCelebrity Jews

Gen Z loves Adam Sandler; Captain Kirk goes to space; Lena Dunham gets hitched; etc.

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky October 8, 2021October 13, 2021

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