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…
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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….
Roma, the Mexico City setting of Alfonso Cuaron’s Oscar frontrunner, used to be a Jewish neighborhood
by Alan Grabinsky MEXICO CITY (JTA) — Alfonso Cuaron’s film “Roma” has already won two Golden Globes, and many think it will be the first…
NFB observes the International Day of Commemorating Victims of the Holocaust
(January 25, 2019) – Starting January 25, the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) will be streaming Éléonore Goldberg’s animated short film My Yiddish Papi (Picbois Productions/NFB) free of charge across…
Why did ‘Three Identical Strangers’ ignore just how Jewish this story was?
by Rokhl Kafrissen This article originally appeared on Alma. In 2005 a miracle happened in Israel, albeit with a technological assist. Sisters Hana Katz and Klara…