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San Francisco Jewish Film Festival 2023

“Remembering Gene Wilder” was the opening film of the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival at the Castro Theater, July 20, 2023. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inFilm

PHOTOS: Applause for Gene Wilder and Hollywood strikes at SFJFF opening night

by J. Staff July 21, 2023July 21, 2023

The San Francisco Jewish Film Festival kicked off its 43rd year Thursday night at a packed Castro Theater, its longtime home base, with messages of solidarity for striking screenwriters and […]

Rabbi Tamar Manasseh speaks at her ordination at Beth Shalom B'nai Zaken Ethiopian Hebrew Congregation in Chicago, July 2021. (Photo/Courtesy Brad Rothschild)
Posted inTV & Film

In ‘Rabbi on the Block,’ meet the first woman to become a Hebrew Israelite rabbi

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten July 17, 2023February 15, 2024
San Francisco Jewish Film Festival co-directors Deborah Kaufman and Janis Plotkin in 1991 on the balcony of the Castro Theatre. (Photo/File)
Posted inFrom the Archives

Wilder, Abzug, Vishniac: How we covered S.F. Jewish Film Fest headliners over the years

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky July 14, 2023July 14, 2023
a young woman holds up american and israeli flags made from construction paper
Posted inFilm

Were young American Jews lied to about Israel? A new documentary says yes

Mira Fox by Mira Fox July 12, 2023July 14, 2023
Filmmaker Ralph Arlyck's "I Like it Here" is screening as part of the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival.
Posted inCulture

‘I Like It Here’: In S.F. Jewish Film Fest gem, an aging filmmaker reflects on mortality 

Leslie Katz by Leslie Katz July 11, 2023August 4, 2023
Kit Vincent's father, Lawrence, at synagogue. Their story is told in the film "Red Herring," screening as part of the 2023 San Francisco Jewish Film Festival. (Photo/Courtesy Kit Vincent)
Posted inCulture

In ‘Red Herring,’ a son’s terminal diagnosis leads to a father’s new life as a Jew

Leslie Katz by Leslie Katz July 10, 2023July 10, 2023
A still from 'The Catskills' shows a photograph of Grossinger's dance staff. (Photo/Jackie Horner)
Posted inFilm

‘The Catskills’ reveals lost world more marvelous than Mrs. Maisel ever knew

by Dan Pine July 7, 2023July 21, 2023
A photograph by Roman Vishniac, subject of the new documentary "Vishniac," which is screening as part of the 2023 San Francisco Jewish Film Festival.
Posted inCulture

‘Vishniac’: At S.F. Jewish Film Fest, unflinching documentary shines light on famed photographer

Leslie Katz by Leslie Katz July 6, 2023July 21, 2023
Gene Wilder (left) and Harrison Ford as a Polish rabbi and an American bank robber in "The Frisco Kid," in which the odd couple travels west to San Francisco together.
Posted inCulture

‘Remembering Gene Wilder’ at S.F. Jewish Film Festival — and how he made my dad laugh

Leslie Katz by Leslie Katz July 5, 2023July 5, 2023
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

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