Israeli director wins Oscar and cites his Holocaust survivor grandparents in acceptance speech
(JTA) — An Israeli director won the best live action short Oscar award on February 24, and cited the Holocaust in his acceptance speech. “I…
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A Jewish guide to the 2019 Oscars
by Gabe Friedman (JTA) — The Oscars are a mess. Hollywood’s biggest night will be held on February 24, 2019 but it still does not…
Spike Lee: The Jewish character in ‘BlacKkKlansman’ added a lot of ‘complexity’ to the film
by Naomi Pfefferman (JTA) — In one of the pivotal scenes of Spike Lee’s Oscar-nominated film “BlacKkKlansman,” Ron Stallworth, the first black cop on the…
Billy Crystal plays a rabbi for the first time in this indie drama
by Stephen Silver (JTA) — On the surface, “Untogether” is a drama about a pair of young women struggling to come into their own as…
In ‘To Dust,’ a Hasidic cantor and a biology teacher played by Matthew Broderick are quite the odd couple
by Curt Schleier (JTA) — A Hasidic cantor and a jaded community college biology teacher don’t seem like two individuals who would be fast friends….