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Daniel Schecter's “Safe Spaces” depicts a wacky but ultimately loving Jewish family.
Posted inFilm

In ‘Safe Spaces,’ campus politics and family dynamics are more complicated than they appear

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman July 15, 2019July 15, 2019
From “Seder-Masochism,” a meandering animated musical exploration of the Passover seder
Posted inTV & Film

‘Sita’ director returns with energetic, meandering, musical meditation on Passover seder

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky July 12, 2019July 17, 2019
“The Mamboniks,” screening at the 2019 S.F. Jewish Film Festival, documents Jews who were part of the mambo dance craze after World War II.
Posted inTV & Film

S.F. Jewish Film Fest: ‘Fiddler,’ ‘Mamboniks,’ and dancing Jews

by Andrew Muchin July 11, 2019July 12, 2019
From "Picture of His Life," a documentary about photographer and Pacific Grove resident Amos Nachoum, which will screen at the 2019 San Francisco Jewish Film Festival.
Posted inTV & Film

Comedies and docs, fiddlers and polar bears: 2019 S.F. Jewish Film Fest ready to roll out the red carpet

Laura Pall by Laura Paull July 10, 2019July 10, 2019
The line for a San Francisco Jewish Film Festival screening in 2013 (Photo/from file)
Posted inTV & Film

An ode to the line for the ladies’ room at the S.F. Jewish Film Fest

Sheri Cohen by Sheri Cohen July 9, 2019July 9, 2019
John Goodman as Walter Sobchak in "The Big Lebowski." (Shut up, Donny.)
Posted inTV & Film

We need fewer stereotypical Jews on TV — and more Walter Sobchaks

by Molly Pascal June 26, 2019June 26, 2019
Mel Brooks plays Melephant Brooks (not pictured) in the fourth Toy Story movie.
Posted inCelebrity Jews

Melephant Brooks, Carl Reineroceros and the other Jews of ‘Toy Story 4’

by Nate Bloom June 24, 2019
Scene from "The Picture of His Life," one of the movies screening at the 2019 San Francisco Jewish Film Festival
Posted inFilm

Tickets on sale for San Francisco Jewish Film Festival

Laura Pall by Laura Paull June 19, 2019June 25, 2019
(From left) director Hannah Pearl Utt and Jen Tullock as sisters in a theatrical family in crisis in “Before You Know It” (Photo/Courtesy 1091 Media)
Posted inPride

Two films weave queer and Jewish themes at Frameline LGBTQ film fest

Laura Pall by Laura Paull June 17, 2019
Adam Sandler and Jennifer Anniston star in the new Netflix comedy "Murder Mystery."
Posted inCelebrity Jews

Adam Sandler back on Netflix; CJM pops up in romcom; etc.

by Nate Bloom June 13, 2019

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