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Armen Nahapetian as a young Beau and Zoe Lister-Jones as a young Mona in "Beau Is Afraid." (Photo/Courtesy of A24)
Posted inFilm

‘Beau Is Afraid’ isn’t Jewish ‘Lord of the Rings’ — it’s way worse

PJ Grisar by PJ Grisar and Forward April 19, 2023
Midge goes to Rockefeller Center in the final season of "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel."
Posted inTV & Film

In its final season, ‘Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’ saves itself by having more fun

Mira Fox by Mira Fox and Forward April 18, 2023April 18, 2023
Survivor David Wisnia and his pianist grandson Avi in a scene from “How Saba Kept Singing,” a documentary airing on PBS on April 18. (Photo/JTA-Retro Report)
Posted inYom HaShoah

Can a Holocaust documentary have a happy ending? Should it?

by Andrew Silow-Carroll and JTA April 17, 2023
a middle aged woman, an old woman, and a young woman in a wedding dress stand together smiling in a bridal store.
Posted inObituaries

Hedda Kleinfeld Schachter, Holocaust survivor and bridal empire builder, dies at 99

Jackie Hajdenberg by Jackie Hajdenberg and JTA April 17, 2023
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Posted inFilm

‘Who Will Remain?’ Filmmaker’s ode to legendary Yiddish poet to screen in Palo Alto

Alix Wall by Alix Wall April 11, 2023April 12, 2023
Jesus miraculously heals a follower in an episode of "The Chosen." (Photo/Forward-Courtesy "The Chosen")
Posted inTV & Film

The hit Christian TV show ‘The Chosen’ is all about Jesus. So why is it so Jewish?

Mira Fox by Mira Fox and Forward April 10, 2023
"West Covina" from "Crazy Ex-Girlfriend"
Posted inThe Bagel Report

The Crazy-Ex Girlfriend Audio Haggadah

Erin Ben-Moche and Esther D. Kustanowitz by The Bagels April 3, 2023
Adam Goldberg (left) and Richard Mazer in a scene from "The Equalizer" on CBS. (Photo/CBS-Michael Greenberg)
Posted inUncategorized

‘The Equalizer’: Jewish star of a CBS thriller confronts antisemitism on screen and off

Curt Schleier by Curt Schleier and Forward April 3, 2023April 3, 2023
Daveed Diggs stars in the third episode of "Extrapolations" on Apple TV+.
Posted inThe Bagel Report

‘Extrapolations’ and AI haggadahs

Erin Ben-Moche and Esther D. Kustanowitz by The Bagels March 27, 2023
Deborah Kaufman is the author of the "Flower Child Noir."
Posted inCulture

‘Flower Child Noir’: Berkeley filmmaker Deborah Kaufman pens a ‘poetry-memoir’

by Patricia Corrigan March 23, 2023March 23, 2023

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