The Bagel Report Post-Super Bowl, post-Valentine’s pop culture roundup After the fully loaded nachos of Super Bowl Sunday and any heart-shaped candy you might have consumed on Valentine’s Day, it’s time for us to… By The Bagels Feb 17, 2023
Film East Bay Jewish film fest and JFI's WinterFest coming up Jewish cinema buffs across the Bay Area, rejoice: February and March bring not one but two Jewish film festivals, with more than two dozen domestic and… By Andrew Esensten Feb 14, 2023
The Bagel Report ‘You People’: A Bagel Report deep dive After seeing it opening weekend in theaters and then again on Netflix amid a swirl of wildly inconsistent reviews, we are turning into review people as we… By The Bagels Feb 10, 2023
TV On witty new series, American Jews lust after Israel — literally Chanshi is a nice Jewish girl from a nice Brooklyn Chabad family. She’s engaged to a nice Chabad boy, Mendy. They’re looking at wedding halls. Except when… By Mira Fox, Forward Feb 9, 2023
Film Israeli filmmakers are winning awards for telling Palestinian stories Years ago, the Israeli filmmaker Orit Fouks Rotem took a class led by director Eran Kolirin, best known as the maker of “The Band’s Visit.” This month,… By Andrew Lapin, JTA Feb 8, 2023
Film There’s now a queer, sexy contender in the Jewish horror movie boom Jewish horror has a long and — sure, I’ll say it — sexy history. If you don’t believe me, watch Lili Liliana slink through the shtetl in 1937’s “The… By PJ Grisar, Forward Feb 6, 2023
Film The Judaism consultant for ‘You People' talks about that Yom Kippur scene One of the first scenes of “You People,” the controversial new Netflix rom-com about a white Jewish-Black Muslim couple, takes place during Yom Kippur… By The Bagels Feb 3, 2023
The Bagel Report Talking 'You People' with its Judaism consultant, Todd Shotz People certainly do have opinions about “You People,” the interracial, interfaith Netflix romcom scripted by Kenya Barris and Jonah Hill. But… By The Bagels Feb 3, 2023
Film 'You People' is an unfunny step back for Black-Jewish relations The past year has been a challenging one for Black-Jewish relations. From Whoopi Goldberg (who said “the Holocaust isn’t about race” last February on “The… By Andrew Esensten Jan 31, 2023