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Film

Nataliya Olshanskaya plays Natasha in "Birth Right." (Photo/JTA-Ilya Marcus)
Posted inTV & Film

A short film offers new perspective on Birthright — through the eyes of young Russian Jews

by Stephen Silver and JTA December 8, 2020December 8, 2020
Israeli pop star Noa Kirel at the MTV European Music Awards in Seville, Nov. 3, 2019. (Photo/JTA-Europa Press Entertainment-Europa Press via Getty Images)
Posted inFilm

Drake-scented candles; Israeli pop star Noa Kirel looks to US; Andy Samberg defends Oscar diversity requirements; etc.

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky December 4, 2020December 4, 2020
Hans Zimmer at the European premiere of "The Lion King" in London, July 14, 2019. (Photo/JTA-David M. Benett-Wire Image-Getty Images)
Posted inMusic

Israel Philharmonic to stream Hans Zimmer-themed Hanukkah event

Gabe Friedman by Gabe Friedman and JTA December 1, 2020December 2, 2020
Canadian actor and comic Howie Mandel in the new documentary “Howie Mandel: But, Enough About Me.” (Photo/Courtesy JFI)
Posted inCulture

Jewish Film Institute marks 40th anniversary with 8 nights of films for Hanukkah

Laura Pall by Laura Paull November 27, 2020November 30, 2020
In Hollywood if a female Jewish character "is courageous, or she deserves love, or is altruistic in any way, she's played by a non-Jew," says comedian Sarah Silverman. (Photo/file)
Posted inComedy

Sarah Silverman on being typecast; Your new Jewish heartthrob; Haddish and Glazer go to the ‘Afterparty’; etc.

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky November 23, 2020
Dana Nachman (center) during the filming of her 2018 documentary "Pick of the Litter." (Photo/Courtesy Nachman)
Posted inTalking With ...

Q&A: A documentary filmmaker who loves dogs and Batkid

by Liz Harris November 19, 2020November 23, 2020
Poet Jake Marmer (right) recites his poetry at LABA's DRUNK event at the JCC East Bay in Berkeley, Nov. 23, 2019, accompanied by guitarist John Schott. (Photo/Pete Rosos)
Posted inCulture

East Bay Jewish arts lab seeks 2021 fellows — pandemic or not

Laura Pall by Laura Paull November 11, 2020November 13, 2020
Filmmakers Roberta Grossman (left) and Agnieszka Holland
Posted inTV & Film

Women filmmakers to discuss their works on Polish Jewish history

Laura Pall by Laura Paull November 11, 2020November 11, 2020
Irmi in the driver’s seat as a young mother in France. (Photo/Courtesy Veronica Selver)
Posted inSeniors

‘I choose to live’: ‘Irmi’ tells story of triumph out of tragedy

Laura Pall by Laura Paull November 4, 2020November 4, 2020
Radhika Apte as British spy Noor Inayat Khan. (Photo/Courtesy IFC Films)
Posted inTV

East Bay Jewish film fest offers WWII women spy drama for free

Laura Pall by Laura Paull November 3, 2020

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