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TV & Film

Lea Tsemel in the documentary "Advocate."
Posted inFilm

Israeli documentary ‘Advocate’ short-listed for Oscars

by JTA December 17, 2019December 18, 2019
Rebekah, princess of the Sephardic kingdom of Galonia, on a very special Hanukkah episode of "Elena of Avalor."
Posted inHanukkah

A Sephardic girl with a bubbe? Disney blew it with their first Jewish princess.

Adam Eilath by Adam Eilath December 17, 2019December 17, 2019
Rufus Sewell as John Smith, a former U.S. army hero who works for the German Reich after they conquer the U.S. in an alternative fiction of WWII.
Posted inTV & Film

‘Man in the High Castle’ wraps up with a dire warning about rising fascism

Esther D. Kustanowitz by Esther D. Kustanowitz December 16, 2019December 17, 2019
Raphael Bob-Waksberg with his book “Someone Who Will Love You in All Your Damaged Glory.” (Courtesy Alfred A. Knopf)
Posted inTV & Film

Two luminous works of art on love and faith to see in the Bay Area this holiday season

Laura Pall by Laura Paull December 12, 2019December 17, 2019
Michael Chabon at the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles, Oct. 14, 2018. (JTA/Emma McIntyre/Getty Images for Hammer Museum)
Posted inUncategorized

Michael Chabon adapting ‘Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay’ for Showtime miniseries

Curt Schleier by Curt Schleier and JTA December 10, 2019December 17, 2019
Carrie Fisher, who died in 2016, will appear in "Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker" via unused footage from the previous two Star Wars films.
Posted inCelebrity Jews

The Jews of Star Wars; Disney’s Jewish princess; Scarlett Johansson on SNL; etc.

by Nate Bloom December 10, 2019December 17, 2019
(From left) Laura Dern, Noah Baumbach, Scarlett Johansson and Adam Driver at the Venice Film Festival for their film "Marriage Story," Aug. 29, 2019. (JTA/Alberto Pizzoli/AFP via Getty Images)
Posted inTV & Film

The Jews go to the Golden Globes, 2020

Gabe Friedman by Gabe Friedman and JTA December 9, 2019
Tony Shalhoub with Rachel Brosnahan in season 3 of "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel." (Photo/Amazon Studios)
Posted inTV

How his Lebanese American upbringing helps Tony Shalhoub play a Jewish dad on ‘Mrs. Maisel’

by Emily Burack and JTA December 6, 2019December 6, 2019
From left: Rich Rumelt, the board president of The Workers Circle; Ann Toback, the group's executive director; Seth Rogen; and Mark Rogen at the organization's ceremony in New York City, Dec. 2, 2019. (JTA/Mark Stephen Kornbluth)
Posted inTV & Film

Seth Rogen and father honored for contributions to Jewish and Yiddish culture

by JTA December 3, 2019December 3, 2019
Joe Pesci (left) and Robert De Niro star in Martin Scorsese's "The Irishman." (Netflix)
Posted inFilm

Are the Jewish mobsters referenced in ‘The Irishman’ real?

by Emily Burack and JTA December 3, 2019December 3, 2019

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