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      Amy Schumer stars as Beth (left) and Laura Benanti plays her mother, Jane, in "Life & Beth." (Photo/RNS-Marcus Price-Hulu)

      Opinion

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      TV

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      Film

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      Film

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      TV

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      Small Bites

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      Film

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      Yael Bridge is the director of "The Big Scary 'S' Word" and forthcoming documentary on the Jews of Cuba.

      Film

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      An Israeli filmmaker named Y (Avshalom Pollak) makes a series of radical decisions in the movie "Ahed's Knee," written and directed by Israeli filmmaker Nadav Lapid. (Photo/Courtesy Kino Lorber)

      Film

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      By Andrew Lapin, JTA Mar 22, 2022
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