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Jewish film

In “A Tramway in Jerusalem,” people from different religious and ethnic backgrounds come together on a tram. (Photo/Courtesy Mill Valley Film Festival)
Posted inTV & Film

Nine films to pique Jewish interest at Mill Valley Film Fest

Laura Pall by Laura Paull September 25, 2019September 25, 2019
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
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
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
A man in glasses stands with a large remote control device in a graveyard, with a drone hovering nearby
Posted inCulture

Picks for Jewish Film Institute residencies strive to reach general audiences

Laura Pall by Laura Paull December 13, 2018December 19, 2018
A colorized historical postcard of Baghdad
Posted inFilm

Remembering Jewish Baghdad at Silicon Valley film fest

Michelle ShabtaiKaren Winokan by Michelle Shabtai and Karen Winokan October 23, 2018October 24, 2018
In "306 Hollywood," the filmmakers present their grandmother’s belongings in a whimsical fashion.
Posted inFilm

Grandma’s possessions tell her story in ‘306 Hollywood’

by Michael Fox October 5, 2018
"Sammy Davis Jr.: I’ve Gotta Be Me" will be the closing film in the 2018 Sonoma County Jewish Film Festival
Posted inTV & Film

From autism to Sammy Davis Jr., 6 weeks of film in Sonoma

by J. Staff October 4, 2018October 3, 2018
Gilda Radner in the documentary “Love, Gilda” (Photo/Courtesy SFJFF)
Posted inFilm

‘Love, Gilda’ reveals the pain and persistence behind the laughter

by Michael Fox September 20, 2018

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