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Sacha Baron Cohen smiles after winning one of his two Golden Globes via video stream, Feb. 28, 2021. (Photo/JTA-HFPA via Getty Images)
Posted inFilm

Golden Globes: Sacha Baron Cohen wins big, and other Jewish moments

Gabe Friedman by Gabe Friedman March 1, 2021March 1, 2021
Zoe Kravitz in "High Fidelity."
Posted inCulture

Maxwell the singing Jewish wrestler; Carole King up for Rock & Roll Hall of Fame; Azealia Banks is (not) a Jew; etc.

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky February 26, 2021March 1, 2021
Tricia Creason-Valencia outside MACLA, a Latinx arts center in San Jose.
Posted inCulture

Q&A: She’s helping Latino kids in San Jose find a voice in media arts

by Liz Harris February 25, 2021March 2, 2021
From the poster for "Stranger/Sister," which will be streaming as part of the Sacramento Jewish Film Festival.
Posted inFilm

Array of genres, countries in Sacramento Jewish film fest

Laura Pall by Laura Paull February 24, 2021
Michael Che makes a joke about Israel's vaccine rollout on Saturday Night Live on Feb. 20, 2021. (Screenshot/YouTube)
Posted inOpinion

What Jewish comedians made of Michael Che’s Israel joke

by Andrew Silow-Carroll and JTA February 24, 2021February 26, 2021
Philippe Tlokinski as Stan Ulam in "Adventures of a Mathematician."
Posted inFilm

Ethics and science and the Manhattan Project in ‘Adventures of a Mathematician’ 

by Michael Fox February 22, 2021February 22, 2021
Alessandro Gassmann (right) in “Thou Shalt Not Hate.”
Posted inCulture

WinterFest brings new Jewish cinema home for a long weekend

Laura Pall by Laura Paull February 18, 2021
Director Steven Spielberg speaks onstage during the Academy Awards, Feb. 9, 2020. (Photo/JTA-Kevin Winter/Getty Images)
Posted inCelebrity Jews

Spielberg wins Genesis Prize; Evan Rachel Wood details antisemitic abuse by ex Marilyn Manson; etc.

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky February 17, 2021February 17, 2021
Naian González Norvind (left) and Christian Vázquez in "Leona." (Photo/Courtesy Fosforescente-Menemsha Films-Diana Garay)
Posted inFilm

Indie drama ‘Leona’ uses a forbidden romance to critique Mexico City’s Orthodox community

Gabe Friedman by Gabe Friedman and JTA February 12, 2021February 12, 2021
Nadia Tereszkiewicz in "Possessions," a French and Israeli series now streaming on HBO Max.
Posted inTV & Film

Death, marriage and immigration in French-Israeli series ‘Possessions,’ now streaming in US

Esther D. Kustanowitz by Esther D. Kustanowitz February 8, 2021February 14, 2021

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