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Canadian actor and comic Howie Mandel in the new documentary “Howie Mandel: But, Enough About Me.” (Photo/Courtesy JFI)
Posted inCulture

Jewish Film Institute marks 40th anniversary with 8 nights of films for Hanukkah

Laura Pall by Laura Paull November 27, 2020November 30, 2020
In Hollywood if a female Jewish character "is courageous, or she deserves love, or is altruistic in any way, she's played by a non-Jew," says comedian Sarah Silverman. (Photo/file)
Posted inComedy

Sarah Silverman on being typecast; Your new Jewish heartthrob; Haddish and Glazer go to the ‘Afterparty’; etc.

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky November 23, 2020
Poet Jake Marmer (right) recites his poetry at LABA's DRUNK event at the JCC East Bay in Berkeley, Nov. 23, 2019, accompanied by guitarist John Schott. (Photo/Pete Rosos)
Posted inCulture

East Bay Jewish arts lab seeks 2021 fellows — pandemic or not

Laura Pall by Laura Paull November 11, 2020November 13, 2020
Filmmakers Roberta Grossman (left) and Agnieszka Holland
Posted inTV & Film

Women filmmakers to discuss their works on Polish Jewish history

Laura Pall by Laura Paull November 11, 2020November 11, 2020
Scarlett Johansson and Colin Jost at the Emmy Awards in Los Angeles, Sept. 17, 2018. (Photo/JTA-Matt Winkelmeyer-Getty Images)
Posted inTV

Scarlett Johansson gets hitched; Bob Dylan on antisemitism; Patinkin serenades voting phone bankers; etc.

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky November 10, 2020November 16, 2020
a scared young soldier crouches behind a rock holding a machine gun
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Big budget, small human stories: ‘Valley of Tears’ tackles Yom Kippur War

Esther D. Kustanowitz by Esther D. Kustanowitz November 9, 2020November 9, 2020
Alex Trebek poses on set  for the premiere of the 28th season of "Jeopardy!," Sept. 20, 2011. (Photo/JTA-Frederick M. Brown-Getty Images)
Posted inTV

7 Jewish ‘Jeopardy!’ moments from Alex Trebek’s 36 years as host

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer and JTA November 9, 2020
Irmi in the driver’s seat as a young mother in France. (Photo/Courtesy Veronica Selver)
Posted inSeniors

‘I choose to live’: ‘Irmi’ tells story of triumph out of tragedy

Laura Pall by Laura Paull November 4, 2020November 4, 2020
Radhika Apte as British spy Noor Inayat Khan. (Photo/Courtesy IFC Films)
Posted inTV

East Bay Jewish film fest offers WWII women spy drama for free

Laura Pall by Laura Paull November 3, 2020
Andrew Hoffman as a child with his father, Abbie Hoffman, stepmother Anita Kushner and younger sister Amy (out of frame). (Photo/Courtesy Hoffman)
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Abbie Hoffman’s Bay Area son, activists recall real ‘Chicago 7’ trial

Frances Dinkelspiel by Frances Dinkelspiel October 30, 2020November 11, 2020

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