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Attendees line up for opening night of the 2022 San Francisco Jewish Film Festival at the Castro Theater. (David A.M. Wilensky/J. Staff)
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S.F. Jewish Film Festival org loses two NEA grants

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky May 6, 2025May 7, 2025

Lexi Leban, executive director of the Jewish Film Institute, told J. on Tuesday that the National Endowment for the Arts had rescinded both of the organization’s grants, totaling $55,000. The […]

Attendees line up for opening night of the 2022 San Francisco Jewish Film Festival at the Castro Theater. (David A.M. Wilensky/J. Staff)
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Jewish cultural institutions reeling as Trump defunds arts and humanities

Asaf Elia-Shalev by Asaf Elia-Shalev April 9, 2025April 13, 2025
"Shari & Lamb Chop" is the opening night selection of this year's San Francisco Jewish Film Festival. (Courtesy SFJFF)
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S.F. Jewish Film Festival 2024: New venues, new voices and a guest festival director

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten July 3, 2024July 12, 2024
Rachel Sennott (left) and Madeline Grey DeFreece in "Tahara," one of several movies you could watch instead of "You People."
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Seven movies about Black-Jewish relations to watch instead of ‘You People’

Rebecca PierceLexi Leban by Rebecca Pierce and Lexi Leban February 20, 2023February 22, 2023
A scene from "SHTTL," which will be screened at both the East Bay International Jewish Film Festival and the Jewish Film Institute's WinterFest.
Posted inCulture

East Bay Jewish film fest and JFI’s WinterFest bring dozens of movies to Bay Area

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten February 14, 2023January 29, 2024
(From left) Producer Kristie Macosko Krieger, director Steven Spielberg, Seth Rogen, Julia Butters, co-writer Tony Kushner, Keeley Karsten and Sophia Kopera on the set of "The Fabelmans." (Photo/JTA-Merie Weismiller Wallace-Universal Pictures and Amblin Entertainment)
Posted inTV & Film

Spielberg’s ‘Fabelmans’ earns 7 Oscar nods, JFI’s Rosenblatt gets his second

by Andrew Lapin and JTA January 24, 2023January 24, 2023
After two years away from its longtime home at the Castro Theatre, the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival is back for a full program of in-person screenings, though there will be several days of virtual screenings as well. (Photo/David A.M. Wilensky)
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At S.F. Jewish Film Fest opening night, we’re all just happy to be back at the Castro

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky July 22, 2022March 17, 2023
Yael Bridge is the director of "The Big Scary 'S' Word" and forthcoming documentary on the Jews of Cuba.
Posted inTV & Film

‘The Big Scary ‘S’ Word’: Oakland filmmaker taps into zeitgeist with socialism documentary

Laura Pall by Laura Paull March 25, 2022March 30, 2022
Israeli actress Dana Ivgy as Rona, who leads a film workshop for Jewish and Arab women in "Cinema Sabaya."
Posted inCulture

WinterFest presents films on Joyce Carol Oates, “Fiddler on the Roof,” the Tree of Life attack and more

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten February 24, 2022February 24, 2022
Jay Rosenblatt is the director of the documentary short "When We Were Bullies," which has been nominated for an Academy Award.
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S.F. filmmaker’s documentary on bullying incident nominated for Oscar

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten February 15, 2022February 16, 2022

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