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Oscar Isaac as Marc Spector in a very Jewish episode of "Moon Knight.
(Photo/Marvel Studios-Gabor Kotschy)
Posted inTV & Film

The slowly emerging Jewish identity of Moon Knight 

Esther D. Kustanowitz by Esther D. Kustanowitz May 4, 2022May 4, 2022
The exterior of the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh in the days after a white supremacist murdered 11 people during Shabbat services in October 2018.
(Still from "Repairing the World")
Posted inFilm

Oakland anti-hate filmmakers train lens on Tree of Life synagogue massacre

by Sue Fishkoff May 2, 2022July 12, 2022
screenshot from "Ridley Road": a tall balding man, holds a blond woman's hand as they run through a crowd
Posted inTV

In PBS’ gripping series ‘Ridley Road,’ a Jewish woman infiltrates British neo-Nazis in 1962

by Andrew Lapin and JTA May 2, 2022May 2, 2022
Ben Foster as Harry Haft, a Holocaust survivor who becomes a professional boxer, in HBO’s “The Survivor.” (Photo/JTA-Jessica Kourkounis-HBO)
Posted inFilm

Ben Foster pulls no punches playing a Holocaust-survivor-turned-boxer in HBO’s new movie

by Andrew Lapin and JTA April 26, 2022
Amos Gitai in Paris in 2019 (Photo/Transfuge magazine-Laura Stevens)
Posted inFilm

Once censored, Israeli filmmaker Amos Gitai’s ‘House’ finds a home at Stanford

Lillian Ilsley-Greene by Lillian Ilsley-Greene April 25, 2022April 29, 2022
in a screenshot from Russian Doll, a woman with red hair peeks out of a subway car door
Posted inTV & Film

In ‘Russian Doll,’ inherited Holocaust trauma spills through generations — via time travel

Mira Fox by Mira Fox and Forward April 21, 2022April 22, 2022
Amy Schumer stars as Beth (left) and Laura Benanti plays her mother, Jane, in "Life & Beth." (Photo/RNS-Marcus Price-Hulu)
Posted inFirst Person

Amy Schumer is more Jewish than her new show is willing to admit

by Rabbi Jeffrey K. Salkin and RNS April 12, 2022
(From left) Dor Gvirtsman, Aleeza Chanowitz, Marnina Schon and Tomer Machloof in "Chanshi." (Photo/Vered Adir, HOT)
Posted inTV & Film

Bay Area-raised actors join Henry Winkler in Israeli comedy ‘Chanshi’

Alix Wall by Alix Wall April 11, 2022April 12, 2022
"Black Flowers" introduces audiences to five Israeli artists who were children during the Holocaust. (Photo/Courtesy Tammy Federman)
Posted inCulture

Sonoma Israeli Film Festival spotlights healing power of art

by Michael Fox April 8, 2022April 8, 2022
From left: Actors Simon Helberg, Candice Bergen, Dustin Hoffman, writer-director Mayim Bialik and actor Dianna Agron on the set of Bialik's feature directorial debut, "As They Made Us." (Photo/JTA-Screen Media)
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‘As They Made Us’: Mayim Bialik assembles a very Jewish cast in her directorial debut

by Andrew Lapin and JTA April 8, 2022April 8, 2022

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