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Matthew Broderick (left) plays a biology teacher and Geza Rohrig a Hasidic Jew who seeks his advice after the death of his wife. (Photo/All About the 360, Inc.)
Posted inTV & Film

In ‘To Dust,’ a Hasidic cantor and a biology teacher grapple with death

Curt Schleier by Curt Schleier and JTA February 25, 2019
Still from "Promise at Dawn," one of 40 films at this year's East Bay International Jewish Film Festival
Posted inTV & Film

Jewishness of East Bay Jewish film fest picks ‘not always obvious’

Laura Pall by Laura Paull February 21, 2019February 20, 2019
Adam Driver, left, and John David Washington in a scene from Spike Lee's "BlacKkKlansman." (Photo/David Lee-Focus Features)
Posted inCelebrity Jews

The Tribe goes to the Oscars, 2019

by Nate Bloom February 19, 2019February 19, 2019
Menny (Moshe Folkenflik) is a religious man who picks up his old guitar again to raise funds for his sick child in “Redemption.” (Photo/Courtesy EBIJFF)
Posted inCulture

‘Redemption’ lies between rock (’n’ roll) and a hard place

by Michael Fox February 15, 2019
a man and woman hold their faces close together, gazing into each other's eyes
Posted inFilm

Personal reinvention goes tragically awry in ‘A Fortunate Man’

by Michael Fox February 14, 2019February 15, 2019
Carl Laemmle (Photo/Courtesy East Bay International Jewish Film Festival)
Posted inFilm

Film pays tribute to moviemaking pioneer and wartime rescuer

by Dan Pine February 14, 2019
Natasha Lyonne in "Russian Doll"
Posted inTV & Film

The Jewish threads looped through Netflix’s ‘Russian Doll’

Esther D. Kustanowitz by Esther D. Kustanowitz February 13, 2019
Peter Sellers in "Ghost in the Noonday Sun," the subject of the documentary "The Ghost of Peter Sellers"
Posted inCulture

Family, journalism, Peter Sellers and more on film at WinterFest

Laura Pall by Laura Paull February 12, 2019
Drake gets comfy in an armchair
Posted inCelebrity Jews

The Jews go to the Grammys, 2019 edition

by Nate Bloom February 7, 2019
Sheryl Sandberg at the 2011 World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland (Photo/Wikimedia CC BY-SA 2.0)
Posted inCelebrity Jews

Finding Sandberg’s ‘Roots,’ ‘Three Identical Strangers’ comes to CNN, a new ‘West Side Story’

by Nate Bloom January 28, 2019February 1, 2019

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