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SFJFF: Documentary unfurls panic and determination of a hostage family

by Michael Fox July 16, 2025July 25, 2025
Still from "The Stamp Thief" film
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SFJFF: In ‘The Stamp Thief,’ an elaborate deception to recover stolen Jewish property

Leslie Katz by Leslie Katz July 15, 2025July 23, 2025
Babs Daitch
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S.F. Jewish Film Festival shines a spotlight on local talent, stories

Leslie Katz by Leslie Katz July 10, 2025July 14, 2025
“Coexistence, My Ass!” is SFJFF's opening-night film. The documentary features former U.N. diplomat turned standup comedian Noam Shuster-Eliassi examining her shifting perspective on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. (Courtesy SFJFF)
Posted inFilm

45th SFJFF focuses on independent films that help ‘make sense of the moment’

by Sue Fishkoff June 17, 2025July 3, 2025
Jesse Eisenberg speaks at the San Francisco Jewish Community Center, May 27, 2025. (Jaeger Photography)
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In S.F., Jesse Eisenberg recounts the very real pain behind ‘A Real Pain’

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi May 29, 2025May 30, 2025
Richard Kind
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Richard Kind coming to S.F. to explain his ‘not famous’ life

by Dan Pine May 23, 2025May 25, 2025
If Catholic in-laws weren't enough, there's a dead body, too, in "Bad Shabbos."
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In-laws-to-be and a dead body make for a ‘Bad Shabbos’

by J. Staff May 15, 2025May 15, 2025
Attendees line up for opening night of the 2022 San Francisco Jewish Film Festival at the Castro Theater. (David A.M. Wilensky/J. Staff)
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S.F. Jewish Film Festival org loses two NEA grants

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky May 6, 2025May 7, 2025
Mike Perlmutter of Saul Goodman’s Klezmer Band plays the clarinet at Saul’s. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
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‘May the klez be with you’ this Jewish American Heritage Month

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky May 1, 2025May 2, 2025
Jeremy Piven (Ted Castillo)
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Actor Jeremy Piven bringing his stand-up comedy to Northern California

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky April 28, 2025April 28, 2025

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