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George Soros in the documentary “Soros.” (Photo/Courtesy Jewish Film Institute)
Posted inTV & Film

George Soros: Philanthropist? Financier? Evil genius? New film tells the full story

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky February 24, 2020
Al Pacino (center) assembles a band of Nazi-hunting vigilantes in "Hunters." (Charles Saunders/Amazon Studios)
Posted inTV

In ‘Hunters,’ Al Pacino and his gang of vigilantes target Nazis in 1970s America

Esther D. Kustanowitz by Esther D. Kustanowitz February 21, 2020February 21, 2020
Lior Schleien, shown here in a 2018 segment, is the host of the Israeli satirical show "Gav HaUma." (Screenshot from Facebook)
Posted inComedy

Meet Lior Schleien, Israel’s Jon Stewart

Ben Sales by Ben Sales and JTA February 21, 2020
Abby Chava Stein, author of "Becoming Eve." (JTA/Debra Nussbaum Cohen)
Posted inOff the Shelf

Leaving Orthodoxy: personal stories of gender and Hasidism

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman February 20, 2020February 20, 2020
Israeli filmmaker Yair Qedar, producer of 'Ha'Ivrim.' (Courtesy Yair Qedar)
Posted inCulture

Learn about 20th century’s most iconic Hebrew authors in new series

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky February 19, 2020February 20, 2020
Rapper Nissim Black's new single says that he's "Hitler's worst nightmare." (Screenshot from "Mothaland Bounce" video)
Posted inCulture

Orthodox rapper Nissim Black reintroduces himself to the world

by Emily Burack and JTA February 19, 2020
Exterior of the Polin Museum of the History of Polish Jews (Photo/from file)
Posted inBay Area, World, Culture, News, Philanthropy

Poland Jewish history museum leadership chaos ends; local funder Tad Taube pleased

by JTA and J. Staff February 18, 2020February 18, 2020
Yigal Amir (Yehuda Nahari Halev) torches a poster of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin in “Incitement.”
Posted inTV & Film

Israeli film ‘Incitement’ revisits dark days around Rabin’s assassination

by Tom Tugend and JTA February 18, 2020February 28, 2020
Rabbi Dev Noily (center) with members of Jews on Ohlone Land in front of the Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco on Feb. 12. (David A.M. Wilensky)
Posted inBay Area

Jewish activists for indigenous rights take issue with CJM’s Levi Strauss exhibit 

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky February 18, 2020February 19, 2020
Cantor Jack Mendelson in "A Cantor's Head"
Posted inJew in the Pew

A master of synagogue music finds his style and career fading in touching documentary

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky February 14, 2020August 17, 2021

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