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Lior Schleien, shown here in a 2018 segment, is the host of the Israeli satirical show "Gav HaUma." (Screenshot from Facebook)
Posted inComedy

Meet Lior Schleien, Israel’s Jon Stewart

Ben Sales by Ben Sales and JTA February 21, 2020
Yigal Amir (Yehuda Nahari Halev) torches a poster of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin in “Incitement.”
Posted inTV & Film

Israeli film ‘Incitement’ revisits dark days around Rabin’s assassination

by Tom Tugend and JTA February 18, 2020February 28, 2020
Cantor Jack Mendelson in "A Cantor's Head"
Posted inJew in the Pew

A master of synagogue music finds his style and career fading in touching documentary

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky February 14, 2020August 17, 2021
Karen Gillan as Amy Pond and Matt Smith as The Doctor in the 2011 episode "Let's Kill Hitler."
Posted inTV & Film

‘Doctor Who’ loves its Nazi storylines — but where are the Jews?

by Julia Peterson and JTA February 13, 2020
Still from Israeli documentary "Mrs. G," showing at the 2020 East Bay International Jewish Film Festival.
Posted inUncategorized

East Bay International Jewish Film Festival returns for silver anniversary

by Andrew Muchin February 12, 2020February 28, 2020
Still from the docuentary "Oliver Sacks: His Own Life," playing at Jewish Film Institute's WinterFest.
Posted inTV & Film

Big issues and controversial personalities star in S.F. Jewish film fest’s WinterFest

Laura Pall by Laura Paull February 11, 2020February 12, 2020
Jewish stars Natalie Portman, Taika Waititi and Timothée Chalamet pose in the press room during the 92nd Annual Academy Awards (Photo/JTA-Steve Granitz-WireImage)
Posted inCelebrity Jews

Taika Waititi’s big win and 5 other Jewish moments from the 2020 Oscars

by Emily Burack and JTA February 10, 2020February 10, 2020
Kirk Douglas in 1950. (JTA/PhotoQuest/Getty Images)
Posted inFilm

Kirk Douglas, movie star who reconnected to Judaism later in life, dies at 103

by Tom Tugend and JTA February 5, 2020February 6, 2020
Vampire Weekend frontman Ezra Koenig. (Wikimedia)
Posted inMusic

Big win for Ezra Koenig; Jesse Eisenberg goes silent; Sam Mendes cleans up; etc.

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky February 4, 2020February 4, 2020
The main cast of "The Good Place."
Posted inTV & Film

Saying goodbye to ‘The Good Place’ from my place (Judaism)

Esther D. Kustanowitz by Esther D. Kustanowitz February 3, 2020February 4, 2020

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