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San Francisco Jewish Film Festival co-directors Deborah Kaufman and Janis Plotkin in 1991 on the balcony of the Castro Theatre. (Photo/File)
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Wilder, Abzug, Vishniac: How we covered S.F. Jewish Film Fest headliners over the years

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky July 14, 2023July 14, 2023
Helen Mirren and co-star Lior Ashkenazi (left) attend a press conference ahead of the Israeli premiere of the movie "Golda" in Jerusalem on July 13, 2023. (Photo/JTA-Yonatan Sindel-Flash90)
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Helen Mirren plays Golda Meir in a new film. The two are also (kind of) related.

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer July 13, 2023July 13, 2023
a young woman holds up american and israeli flags made from construction paper
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Were young American Jews lied to about Israel? A new documentary says yes

Mira Fox by Mira Fox July 12, 2023July 14, 2023
Filmmaker Ralph Arlyck's "I Like it Here" is screening as part of the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival.
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‘I Like It Here’: In S.F. Jewish Film Fest gem, an aging filmmaker reflects on mortality 

Leslie Katz by Leslie Katz July 11, 2023August 4, 2023
Jonah Hill in "You People"
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Jonah Hill’s therapy-speak exposes the dark side of the Nice Jewish Boy

Mira Fox by Mira Fox July 11, 2023July 11, 2023
Kit Vincent's father, Lawrence, at synagogue. Their story is told in the film "Red Herring," screening as part of the 2023 San Francisco Jewish Film Festival. (Photo/Courtesy Kit Vincent)
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In ‘Red Herring,’ a son’s terminal diagnosis leads to a father’s new life as a Jew

Leslie Katz by Leslie Katz July 10, 2023July 10, 2023
A still from 'The Catskills' shows a photograph of Grossinger's dance staff. (Photo/Jackie Horner)
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‘The Catskills’ reveals lost world more marvelous than Mrs. Maisel ever knew

by Dan Pine July 7, 2023July 21, 2023
A photograph by Roman Vishniac, subject of the new documentary "Vishniac," which is screening as part of the 2023 San Francisco Jewish Film Festival.
Posted inCulture

‘Vishniac’: At S.F. Jewish Film Fest, unflinching documentary shines light on famed photographer

Leslie Katz by Leslie Katz July 6, 2023July 21, 2023
Harrison Ford still has that Indiana Jones charm at 80.
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Same old Indiana Jones is still fighting the same old Nazis — it almost got a lot more interesting

Mira Fox by Mira Fox July 6, 2023July 6, 2023
Gene Wilder (left) and Harrison Ford as a Polish rabbi and an American bank robber in "The Frisco Kid," in which the odd couple travels west to San Francisco together.
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‘Remembering Gene Wilder’ at S.F. Jewish Film Festival — and how he made my dad laugh

Leslie Katz by Leslie Katz July 5, 2023July 5, 2023

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