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Israeli photographer and activist Guy Hircefeld in "Guy Hircefeld, a Guy With a Camera" (Photo/El Dorado Films)
Posted inUncategorized

Documentary shorts at S.F. Jewish Film Fest focus on family heroes

Laura Pall by Laura Paull July 19, 2019July 25, 2019
Scene from "The Picture of His Life," one of the movies screening at the 2019 San Francisco Jewish Film Festival
Posted inFilm

Underwater photographer dives deep to pursue his dream and heal his past

by Michael Fox July 19, 2019
Rabbi Chaim Bruk in “The Rabbi Goes West”
Posted inTV & Film

In new doc, a pioneering Chabad family moves to Montana, a land of few Jews

by Sue Fishkoff July 18, 2019
From Judith Helfand's “Cooked: Survival by Zip Code”
Posted inFilm

‘Cooked’ zeroes in on climate justice through Chicago heatwave that killed hundreds of poor people

by Dan Pine July 16, 2019
“The Mamboniks,” screening at the 2019 S.F. Jewish Film Festival, documents Jews who were part of the mambo dance craze after World War II.
Posted inTV & Film

S.F. Jewish Film Fest: ‘Fiddler,’ ‘Mamboniks,’ and dancing Jews

by Andrew Muchin July 11, 2019July 12, 2019
From "Picture of His Life," a documentary about photographer and Pacific Grove resident Amos Nachoum, which will screen at the 2019 San Francisco Jewish Film Festival.
Posted inTV & Film

Comedies and docs, fiddlers and polar bears: 2019 S.F. Jewish Film Fest ready to roll out the red carpet

Laura Pall by Laura Paull July 10, 2019July 10, 2019
(From left) director Hannah Pearl Utt and Jen Tullock as sisters in a theatrical family in crisis in “Before You Know It” (Photo/Courtesy 1091 Media)
Posted inPride

Two films weave queer and Jewish themes at Frameline LGBTQ film fest

Laura Pall by Laura Paull June 17, 2019
Three works by Amy Trachtenberg, whose work will be shown at Luggage Store Gallery in San Francisco beginning June 14 (Photo/Laura Paull)
Posted inCulture

Summer has landed in the Bay Area, bringing new art with it

Laura Pall by Laura Paull June 12, 2019June 12, 2019
Moe Berg was a major league catcher for 15 years. (Photo/Courtesy Irwin Berg)
Posted inCulture

The myth of Moe Berg, ‘The Spy Behind Home Plate’

by Michael Fox May 31, 2019
Screenshot from the documentary "Ask Dr. Ruth," which is showing at the 2019 San Francisco International Film Festival
Posted inCelebrity Jews

Dr. Ruth documentary comes to SFIFF; big honor for Jewish jazz pianist; and… something about Bob Fosse?

by Nate Bloom April 15, 2019April 16, 2019

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