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Cleavon Little (left) and Gene Wilder in "Blazing Saddles."
Posted inFilm

S.F. Jewish Film Fest 2023 lineup announced: Gene Wilder, Bella Abzug, ‘Prince of Egypt’

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten June 20, 2023July 5, 2023

Rabbi Avram Belinski is headed back to Frisco this summer. A documentary about Gene Wilder, the late Jewish comedian who portrayed that horseback-riding-except-on-Shabbat rabbi in “The Frisco Kid” and starred […]

Angelique Cabral as Becca Winograd-Diaz (left) and Rosa Salazar as Alma Winograd-Diaz in 'Undone.' (Photo/Courtesy Prime Video)
Posted inTV & Film

‘Undone’ imagines reversing intergenerational trauma in a Mexican-Jewish-American family

Esther D. Kustanowitz by Esther D. Kustanowitz October 24, 2022October 25, 2022
Jewish and trans actor Zach Barack voices Barney (right) in “Dead End: Paranormal Park.” (Photo/Forward-Courtesy Netflix)
Posted inTV & Film

How Netflix’s new Jewish protagonist is breaking ground for trans teens

by Eric Schulmiller and Forward July 18, 2022July 28, 2022
From "Camp Confidential: America's Secret Nazis"
Posted inFilm

How the U.S. wined and dined Nazis, then destroyed the evidence, in Netflix doc

Mira Fox by Mira Fox and Forward January 20, 2022January 20, 2022
"Santa Inc.," an eight-episode series on HBO Max, features the voices of Jewish comedians Sarah Silverman, as elf Candy Small (left) and Seth Rogen as Santa.
Posted inTV & Film

Silverman and Rogen’s ‘Santa Inc.’ brings raunch and activism to Christmas

Esther D. Kustanowitz by Esther D. Kustanowitz December 16, 2021December 20, 2021
Betty Boop was just one of the pop culture icons with Jewish connections enjoyed by Karen Galatz in her youth.
Posted inThe Matzo Chronicles

My Saturdays with Betty, Barbie and Mighty Mouse

Karen Galatz by Karen Galatz July 14, 2021July 21, 2021
From “A Kaddish for Bernie Madoff,” which includes moments of animation, music and ritual.
Posted inCulture

Avant-garde film says ‘Kaddish for Bernie Madoff,’ in its own eccentric way

Mira Fox by Mira Fox and Forward July 6, 2021July 6, 2021
Screenshot from “Antisemitism in Our Midst.”
Posted inNews

Antisemitism video explainer from UC Berkeley aims to cool campus debate

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman April 2, 2021April 3, 2021
Still from “Crickets Would Sing” by director and writer Mauricio Baiocchi
Posted inTV & Film

Local survivor’s memoir to be adapted as stop-motion animated film

Laura Pall by Laura Paull August 30, 2019May 26, 2021
From “Seder-Masochism,” a meandering animated musical exploration of the Passover seder
Posted inTV & Film

‘Sita’ director returns with energetic, meandering, musical meditation on Passover seder

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky July 12, 2019July 17, 2019

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