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Gene Wilder (left) and Harrison Ford as a Polish rabbi and an American bank robber in "The Frisco Kid," in which the odd couple travels west to San Francisco together.
Posted inTV & Film

Hunkered down at home? Here are 10 Jewish things to watch

Esther D. Kustanowitz by Esther D. Kustanowitz March 18, 2020
From the cover of HAIM's new album, "Women in Music Pt. III."
Posted inCelebrity Jews

Nimoy’s greeting goes to Capitol Hill; Haim goes to the deli; Goldberg goes to Saudi Arabia

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky March 17, 2020March 19, 2020
Shira Haas in "Unorthodox"
Posted inCulture

Young ‘Shtisel’ star leaves it all behind in Netflix’s ‘Unorthodox’

Esther D. Kustanowitz by Esther D. Kustanowitz March 11, 2020
Jewish Maori director Taika Waititi is adapting Roald Dahl's work for the screen. (JTA/ALBERT L. ORTEGA/GETTY)
Posted inTV

Jewish director Taika Waititi adapting anti-Semite Roald Dahl’s work is perfect

by A.R. Vishny and JTA March 9, 2020March 9, 2020
From left, some of the stars of Amazon's "Hunters": Saul Rubinek, Carol Kane, Tiffany Boone, Louis Ozawa Changchien and Josh Radnor. (Christopher Saunders)
Posted inTV & Film

Is ‘Hunters’ basically Jewsploitation? A journalist and a rabbi discuss Amazon’s Nazi-killing show.

Gabe Friedman by Gabe Friedman and JTA March 2, 2020
Gal Gadot on the cover of Entertainment Weekly for her upcoming sequel "Wonder Woman 1984."
Posted inCelebrity Jews

Ethiopian Jew goes to Eurovision; Philip Roth goes to television; Tarantino goes to Israel; etc.

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky February 28, 2020February 28, 2020
Junior Mayema, a gay refugee from the Democratic Republic of Congo who now lives in San Francisco is one of four Bay Area refugees profiled in the documentary "Unsettled." (Tom Shepard)
Posted inBay Area, Culture, Film, TV & Film

At East Bay Jewish film fest, ‘Unsettled’ shows humanity of four local gay refugees

by Michael Fox February 27, 2020February 28, 2020
“Flawless” star Stav Strashko is the first transgender actress nominated for the Ophir Awards (aka Israeli Oscars).
Posted inTV & Film

Sonoma Israeli film fest kicks off with ‘Flawless,’ acclaimed teen drama starring trans actress Stav Strashko

Laura Pall by Laura Paull February 25, 2020
George Soros in the documentary “Soros.” (Photo/Courtesy Jewish Film Institute)
Posted inTV & Film

George Soros: Philanthropist? Financier? Evil genius? New film tells the full story

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky February 24, 2020
Al Pacino (center) assembles a band of Nazi-hunting vigilantes in "Hunters." (Charles Saunders/Amazon Studios)
Posted inTV

In ‘Hunters,’ Al Pacino and his gang of vigilantes target Nazis in 1970s America

Esther D. Kustanowitz by Esther D. Kustanowitz February 21, 2020February 21, 2020

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