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The line for a San Francisco Jewish Film Festival screening in 2013 (Photo/from file)
Posted inTV & Film

Jewish Film Institute receives emergency grant from motion picture academy

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky May 18, 2020May 19, 2020
Taika Waititi accepts the Best Adapted Screenplay award for "Jojo Rabbit" onstage during the 92nd Annual Academy Awards. (Photo/JTA-Kevin Winter-Getty Images)
Posted inCelebrity Jews

Waititi to direct a Star Wars movie; Seth Rogen in a ‘Pickle’; Beanie Feldstein’s big role; etc.

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky May 11, 2020May 13, 2020
Gertrude Berg as Molly Goldberg in the original version of "The Goldbergs."
Posted inTV & Film

Watch list dwindling? Here are some more Jewish TV and movies to watch.

Esther D. Kustanowitz by Esther D. Kustanowitz May 7, 2020May 12, 2020
JCC Sonoma County's Israeli Film Festival will stream "Love in Suspenders" May 11-12.
Posted inTV & Film

Sonoma Israeli Film Festival goes online

by J. Staff May 4, 2020May 4, 2020
Ben Stiller and Edward Norton as a rabbi and a priest in "Keeping the Faith," which premiered in 2000. (Photo/JTA-Getty Images)
Posted inUncategorized

‘Keeping the Faith’ is 20 years old. Rabbis and priests look back at the interfaith romcom that was ahead of its time.

by Stephen Silver and JTA April 30, 2020April 30, 2020
Shira Haas speaks with Jonah, Henry and Ben Platt during a virtual Israel Independence Day celebration, April 29, 2020. (Screenshot/YouTube)
Posted inYom HaAtzmaut

Shira Haas, Matisyahu and Dr. Ruth send birthday wishes to Israel in virtual Independence Day ceremony

Josefin Dolsten by Josefin Dolsten and JTA April 29, 2020April 29, 2020
The cast of Canadian sitcom "Schitt's Creek."
Posted inCelebrity Jews

Rappers, ‘Schitt’s Creek’ and homophobia in the time of Covid

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky April 27, 2020
Disability rights activists Denise Sherer Jacobson and Neil Jacobson, subjects of "Crip Camp," in their early 20s. (Photo/Courtesy Netflix)
Posted inCulture, Film, TV & Film

‘Crip Camp’: disability rights activists and their summer of love

Lezak Shallat by Lezak Shallat April 23, 2020April 27, 2020
The Castro Theatre, traditional epicenter of the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival. (Photo/Courtesy JFI-Barak Shrama)
Posted inTV & Film

40th San Francisco Jewish Film Festival postponed

Laura Pall by Laura Paull April 16, 2020April 16, 2020
Season 5 of the Israel series "Fauda" has been announced (Courtesy Netflix)
Posted inCelebrity Jews

Celebrity seders; Max Greenfield vs. his daughter; Fauda returns; etc.

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky April 16, 2020

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