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Larry David at the "Curb Your Enthusiasm" Season 9 premiere at the SVA Theater in New York, Sept. 27, 2017. (Photo/JTA-Jamie McCarthy-Getty Images)
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Larry David gets hitched; ‘Crip Camp’ racks up noms; Sorkin’s inspiration for ‘Chicago 7’

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black and white: a thin older man in white papal robes gazes out a window
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Documentary questions WWII-era pope’s ‘Holy Silence’

by Dan Pine October 21, 2020
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As Borat, Sacha Baron Cohen mocks coronavirus antisemitism conspiracy theories on Jimmy Kimmel

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HBO Max nabs Yom Kippur War drama ‘Valley of Tears,’ Israel’s biggest-budget TV series ever

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Elizabeth Taylor as Cleopatra in the 1963 film on the Egyptian queen. (Photo/JTA-Universal History Archive-Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
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Decades before Gal Gadot, Elizabeth Taylor fell into controversy playing Cleopatra as a Jewish actress

Gabe Friedman by Gabe Friedman and JTA October 13, 2020
Poet Louise Glück, seen here at the National Book Awards in New York City in 2014, is the winner of the 2020 Nobel Prize for Literature. (Photo/JTA-Robin Marchant-Getty Images)
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WNBA’s Jewish Bird; Gadot as Cleopatra causes a flap; stars get naked for democracy; etc.

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Zuzanna Sorowy in "My Name Is Sara," the true story of 13-year-old Holocaust survivor Sara Goralnik.
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Sonoma JCC’s film festival kicks off 25th anniversary year

Laura Pall by Laura Paull October 9, 2020October 15, 2020
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‘Tehran’ is a groundbreaking Israeli spy show about immigrant identity

Lior Zaltzman by Lior Zaltzman and JTA October 7, 2020
Sacha Baron Cohen (right) as Abbie Hoffman in "The Trial of the Chicago 7". (Photo/Niko Tavernise-Netflix)
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Sacha Baron Cohen’s next Netflix role is super Jewish and super relevant

Lior Zaltzman by Lior Zaltzman and JTA September 29, 2020September 30, 2020
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Disney Channel does Rosh Hashanah; Abbie Hoffman on Netflix; Rashida Jones costars with Bill Murray; etc.

Maya Mirsky
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