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Kais Nashif plays Salam, an underachiever who works on a soap opera in “Tel Aviv on Fire.” (Photo/Courtesy S.F. Jewish Film Festival)
Posted inFilm

‘Tel Aviv on Fire,’ comedy about Palestinian soap opera writer, burns bright

by Michael Fox August 6, 2019August 6, 2019
Nir Merry during his time with the Israeli navy
Posted inBay Area

South Bay man, former Israeli commando, helped smuggle Ethiopian Jews to Israel

by Gabriel Greschler August 2, 2019August 7, 2019
Michael Kenneth Williams and Chris Evans star in "Red Sea Diving Resort." (Photo/Netflix- Marcos Cruz)
Posted inFilm

On Netflix, by way of S.F., a thriller based on Operation Moses

Esther D. Kustanowitz by Esther D. Kustanowitz July 30, 2019August 7, 2019
William Shatner on stage during “Star Trek: Mission New York,” Sept. 4, 2016 (Photo/JTA-Roy Rochlin-Getty Images)
Posted inCelebrity Jews

Tarantino’s latest; Polanski’s take on Dreyfus Affair; Captain Kirk’s Jewish values

by Nate Bloom July 24, 2019
(From left) Linda Sarsour, Tamika Mallory and Erika Andiola in the documentary “This is Personal”
Posted inFilm

S.F. Jewish Film Fest delves into intersectionality and the Women’s March

Lezak Shallat by Lezak Shallat July 23, 2019July 24, 2019
(From left) President of Marvel Studios Kevin Feige, director Taika Waititi, Natalie Portman and Chris Hemsworth at San Diego Comic-Con, July 20, 2019 (Photo/JTA-Alberto E. Rodriguez-Getty Images for Disney)
Posted inFilm

Natalie Portman will become Thor in upcoming Marvel movie

by JTA and J. Staff July 23, 2019July 23, 2019
Israeli photographer and activist Guy Hircefeld in "Guy Hircefeld, a Guy With a Camera" (Photo/El Dorado Films)
Posted inUncategorized

Documentary shorts at S.F. Jewish Film Fest focus on family heroes

Laura Pall by Laura Paull July 19, 2019July 25, 2019
Scene from "The Picture of His Life," one of the movies screening at the 2019 San Francisco Jewish Film Festival
Posted inFilm

Underwater photographer dives deep to pursue his dream and heal his past

by Michael Fox July 19, 2019
Rabbi Chaim Bruk in “The Rabbi Goes West”
Posted inTV & Film

In new doc, a pioneering Chabad family moves to Montana, a land of few Jews

by Sue Fishkoff July 18, 2019
From Judith Helfand's “Cooked: Survival by Zip Code”
Posted inFilm

‘Cooked’ zeroes in on climate justice through Chicago heatwave that killed hundreds of poor people

by Dan Pine July 16, 2019

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