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Oscars

“Coexistence, My Ass!” is SFJFF's opening-night film. The documentary features former U.N. diplomat turned standup comedian Noam Shuster-Eliassi examining her shifting perspective on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. (Courtesy SFJFF)
Posted inFilm

Three docs on Israeli-Palestinian conflict, one with local ties, make Oscars shortlist

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky December 19, 2025December 19, 2025

The documentary shortlists for the Oscars were released on Tuesday, with three of the films tackling some element of the Israel-Palestinian conflict. Two are feature-length documentaries that have played in […]

Brady Corbet’s film "The Brutalist" explores the odious and corrupt world of capital, ego and power which overwhelms an architect’s resources. (Focus Features)
Posted inFilm

The Oscar race: Bob Dylan and László Tóth face the limits of Jewish reinvention

PJ Grisar by PJ Grisar February 5, 2025February 5, 2025
A scene from "Seven Blessings," Israel's submission to the 2023 Academy Awards.
Posted inFilm

Israel’s Oscar submission is a vibrant story of family, betrayal and forgiveness

PJ Grisar by PJ Grisar November 2, 2023November 2, 2023
Oscar winner Michelle Yeoh (left) and Oscar nominee Stephanie Hsu in the Oscar-winning film "Everything Everywhere All at Once." (Photo/A24)
Posted inPodcasts

Everything Bagels Everywhere All at the Oscars

Erin Ben-Moche and Esther D. Kustanowitz by The Bagels March 17, 2023March 17, 2023
(The Bagel Report logo by Danny Lipsky)
Posted inThe Bagel Report

‘The Bagelmans’: Oscar nominations breakdown

Erin Ben-Moche and Esther D. Kustanowitz by The Bagels January 27, 2023January 31, 2023
(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
The cast of "CODA" hold their award for Best Picture in the press room during the 94th Oscars at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California on March 27, 2022. (Photo/JTA-Frederic J. Brown-AFP via Getty Images)
Posted inCulture

Oscars 2022: the most memorable Jewish moments

by Andrew Lapin and JTA March 28, 2022March 29, 2022
Ivan Reitman attends the "Ghostbusters: Afterlife" world premiere, Nov. 15, 2021 in New York City. (Photo/JTA-Theo Wargo-Getty Images for Sony Pictures)
Posted inCelebrity Jews

The Jews go to the Oscars; The Jews go to the Super Bowl; Ivan Reitman dies

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky February 16, 2022February 16, 2022
Jay Rosenblatt is the director of the documentary short "When We Were Bullies," which has been nominated for an Academy Award.
Posted inCulture

S.F. filmmaker’s documentary on bullying incident nominated for Oscar

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten February 15, 2022February 16, 2022
Andrew Garfield in "Tick, Tick ... BOOM!"
Posted inFilm

Spielberg, Gyllenhaal, Garfield among 2022 Jewish Oscar nominees

by Andrew Lapin and JTA February 8, 2022

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