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The documentary includes Tessa Veksler, an East Bay native who faced intense hate during her senior year as student government president at UC Santa Barbara. (Courtesy Tessa Veksler)
Posted inFilm

UPDATED: ‘October 8,’ a raw documentary about antisemitism and anti-Israel activity, plays in Bay Area

by J. Staff March 13, 2025April 4, 2025
a middle-aged woman wearing a yarmulke sits with a very elderly man who is laying in a hospital bed
Posted inIdeas

Choosing how to die: Film and talk at Sherith Israel will probe assisted death

by Patricia Corrigan March 13, 2025March 13, 2025
Photo illustration of "No Other Land" playing in a movie theater. (Movie still: Courtesy. Theater image: Getty via JTA.)
Posted inOpinion

Like other Jews I know, I’ve seen ‘No Other Land’ recently. Can we talk about it?

Russel Neiss by Russel Neiss March 11, 2025March 11, 2025
Two men and their Oscars
Posted inFilm

Israeli officials are criticizing Oscar-winner ‘No Other Land.’ So are Palestinian activists.

Ben Sales by Ben Sales March 7, 2025March 19, 2025
A man walks past a wall of hostage poster, some which have been torn down. "Torn" is a look at the way the posters became a flashpoint in the U.S. (Screenshot)
Posted inFilm

Two stark films explore the aftermath of Oct. 7 in both Israel and U.S.

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky March 3, 2025February 22, 2026
Posted inFilm

Adrien Brody wins best actor Oscar for ‘The Brutalist,’ his 2nd for playing a Holocaust survivor

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer March 3, 2025March 19, 2025
Posted inFilm

‘No Other Land,’ about Israeli demolition of Palestinian village, wins Oscar for best documentary

Ben Sales by Ben Sales March 3, 2025March 19, 2025
Art Spiegelman in "Disaster is my Muse." (Courtesy of Zipatone)
Posted inFilm

New documentary tells how MAD magazine, family ghosts and censorship made Art Spiegelman an anti-fascist artist

PJ Grisar by PJ Grisar February 20, 2025February 21, 2025
Ben Wood shows a reimagined Jewish graveyard where a family member was buried that was destroyed in World War II at his home in San Francisco, Feb. 14, 2025. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inArt

S.F. artist uses detailed, dreamlike animation to re-create family homes lost to Nazis

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky February 14, 2025February 14, 2025
A Haredi man in a black hat and black coat sits on a park bench eating ice cream with a Haredi woman with covered hair
Posted inFilm

Comedy, drama, thriller, romance — all on tap at 30th East Bay Jewish film fest

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky February 7, 2025February 7, 2025

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