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Mel Brooks’ trademark Borscht Belt style came out of his childhood in the Jewish tenements of Brooklyn. (Courtesy HBO)
Posted inSeniors

Mel Brooks tones down the silly in HBO reminiscence

Curt Schleier by Curt Schleier and JTA December 19, 2019December 18, 2019
Lea Tsemel in the documentary "Advocate."
Posted inFilm

Israeli documentary ‘Advocate’ short-listed for Oscars

by JTA December 17, 2019December 18, 2019
Raphael Bob-Waksberg with his book “Someone Who Will Love You in All Your Damaged Glory.” (Courtesy Alfred A. Knopf)
Posted inTV & Film

Two luminous works of art on love and faith to see in the Bay Area this holiday season

Laura Pall by Laura Paull December 12, 2019December 17, 2019
(From left) Laura Dern, Noah Baumbach, Scarlett Johansson and Adam Driver at the Venice Film Festival for their film "Marriage Story," Aug. 29, 2019. (JTA/Alberto Pizzoli/AFP via Getty Images)
Posted inTV & Film

The Jews go to the Golden Globes, 2020

Gabe Friedman by Gabe Friedman and JTA December 9, 2019
From left: Rich Rumelt, the board president of The Workers Circle; Ann Toback, the group's executive director; Seth Rogen; and Mark Rogen at the organization's ceremony in New York City, Dec. 2, 2019. (JTA/Mark Stephen Kornbluth)
Posted inTV & Film

Seth Rogen and father honored for contributions to Jewish and Yiddish culture

by JTA December 3, 2019December 3, 2019
Joe Pesci (left) and Robert De Niro star in Martin Scorsese's "The Irishman." (Netflix)
Posted inFilm

Are the Jewish mobsters referenced in ‘The Irishman’ real?

by Emily Burack and JTA December 3, 2019December 3, 2019
Annette Bening plays Sen. Dianne Feinstein in the "The Report." (Amazon Studios/Atsushi Nishijima)
Posted inCelebrity Jews

Annette Bening plays Dianne Feinstein; Jewish director takes on Mr. Rogers; etc.

by Nate Bloom November 25, 2019
Still from the film “Sefarad,” about Portuguese Jewish hero Artur Carlos de Barros Basto. (Photo/Courtesy Jewish Community of Portugal)
Posted inFilm

This Portuguese Jewish community couldn’t afford a rabbi. Then it made a $1 million movie, coming to Amazon.

Cnaan Liphshiz, Netherlands-based Europe Correspondent for JTA by Cnaan Liphshiz and JTA November 22, 2019November 25, 2019
Sacha Baron Cohen speaks at the Anti-Defamation League's Never Is Now conference in New York, Nov. 21, 2019. (Photo/JTA-Jennifer Liseo-ADL)
Posted inCulture

Sacha Baron Cohen calls social media ‘the greatest propaganda machine in history’ at ADL conference

Josefin Dolsten by Josefin Dolsten and JTA November 21, 2019November 22, 2019
Elizabeth Banks as Bosley in the latest "Charlie's Angels" reboot movie.
Posted inFilm

Aly Raisman in ‘Charlie’s Angels’; Jon Bernthal is Lee Iacocca; Zoë Kravitz cast as Catwoman

by Nate Bloom November 12, 2019

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