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A still from 'Concerned Citizen.' (Courtesy of the Israel Film Center Festival)
June 16, 2023, 12:16 am
Grab your rugelach and check out this year’s must-watch Israeli films
From June 1-8, NYC’s Israel Film Center Festival presented a selection of films that rivals Cannes or Sundance – but here you ran the chance of bumping into your Hebrew teacher
By Jordan Hoffman
Shlomi Bertonov, right, as Ben in 'Concerned Citizen.' (Guy Sahaf via JTA)
June 14, 2023, 12:15 pm
Israeli drama ‘Concerned Citizen’ tackles gentrification and race issues in Tel Aviv
Writer-director Idan Haguel’s second film, about notoriously rundown and singularly diverse Neve Sha’anan, hits close to home — much of it was filmed in his own old apartment
By Sarah Rosen
Shlomo Carlebach performs in Jerusalem on March 8, 1994. (Youtube Screenshot)
June 11, 2023, 5:27 am
Film version of Carlebach-Nina Simone musical to hit US theaters
But ‘Soul Doctor,’ based on 2018 Broadway performance, will only be screened in 600 venues for 1 night — this coming Tuesday
By Gabe Friedman
Helen Mirren in 'Golda,' opening the Jerusalem Film Festival, July 13-23, 2023 (Courtesy United King Films)
June 7, 2023, 6:55 am
Golda Meir biopic starring Helen Mirren to open 40th Jerusalem Film Festival
French film and Cannes winner ‘Anatomy of a Fall’ to close annual festival on August 23
By Jessica Steinberg
Barbie doll creator Ruth Handler, left, gets a kiss from Kristi Cooke, an actress dressed as a Barbie doll, during the 35th birthday celebration for the doll at FAO Schwarz in New York City on March 9, 1994. (AP Photo/Robert Clark)
June 6, 2023, 3:24 am
Way before icon Barbie got the Hollywood treatment, she was ‘born’ with Jewish roots
From her creation by unconventional entrepreneur Ruth Handler to her inclusivity and ability to adapt with the times, the famous doll bears some trademarks of the Tribe
By Cathryn J. Prince
Filmmaker Gary Hochman at the Sobibor excavations in Poland (courtesy)
May 16, 2023, 3:44 am
At Sobibor, a filmmaker unearths Nazi Germany’s attempts to cover up its crimes
Producer Gary Hochman’s ‘Deadly Deception at Sobibor’ depicts how gas chamber ruins and 70,000 artifacts were found at the death camp where approximately 250,000 Jews were murdered
By Matt Lebovic
Al Pacino, in London on May 18, 2015. (Photo by Jonathan Short/Invision/AP)
May 15, 2023, 10:38 am
Pacino joins Depp’s biopic of Jewish artist Modigliani
Veteran star will portray art collector Maurice Gangnat in movie diving into the life of the iconic painter against the backdrop of 1916 Paris
By ToI Staff
Jason Schwartzman poses at the the FX portion of the Television Critics Association Winter press tour on January 9, 2020, in Pasadena, California. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)
May 12, 2023, 3:44 am
New comedy stars Jason Schwartzman as cantor, Carol Kane as his student
US Jewish actors take center stage in ‘Between the Temples,’ which has been self described as an ‘anxious comedy’
By Gabe Friedman
Rabbi Mark Borovitz kisses Harriet Rossetto. (Courtesy)
May 5, 2023, 10:10 pm
Film tracks the match made in prison that turned a convict into a rabbi on a mission
‘The Jewish Jail Lady and the Holy Thief’ tells feel-good true story of Harriet Rossetto and Mark Borovitz, who turned over a new leaf to help former convicts and addicts in LA
By Julie Masis
Abigél Szõke and Károly Hajduk in 'Those Who Remained.' (Courtesy: Menemsha Films)
April 28, 2023, 10:16 am
In Hungarian film ‘Those Who Remained,’ how 2 Holocaust survivors adapt to new lives
In the 2019 film making its US debut in NYC on April 28, a man and a young girl learn to lean on each other for support as the Communist regime ushers in an era of fresh challenges
By Rich Tenorio
Lillian Hochman will play Tanya and Matthew Woody will play Fievel in the first musical adaptation of 'An American Tail.' (Kaitlin Randolph via JTA)
April 24, 2023, 4:40 am
The classic animated film ‘An American Tail’ is now a musical
The adaptation of the 1986 movie about a family of Russian-Jewish mice who move to America will run at the Children’s Theatre Company in Minneapolis from April 25 through June 18
By Shira Li Bartov
A still from 'My Mexican Shivah,' one of 10 films screening at the first-ever Mexican Jewish Film Festival in New York City on April 2, 2023. (YouTube screenshot/ used in accordance with clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
April 1, 2023, 1:27 pm
How a run-in with Guillermo del Toro led to NYC’s first Mexican Jewish Film Festival
After meeting the famed filmmaker at a cocktail reception, Deborah Koenigsberger Gutierrez had an epiphany about her identity – and created the new festival, which opens on April 2
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Oren Levy filming with his video camera in a still from 'I am Not.' (Courtesy/ Itai Raziel)
March 21, 2023, 3:37 pm
What’s in a name? Poignant documentary plumbs identity of complex Israeli young man
Screening in Boston on March 21, Tomer Heymann’s award-winning film ‘I am Not’ follows Oren, an adopted Guatemala-born Israeli, on a journey beyond his multiple diagnoses
By Rich Tenorio
Christina, played by Lena Fraifeld, and Valeria, played by Dasha Tvoronovich, in 'Valeria is Getting Married' by director Michal Vinik. (Courtesy)
March 19, 2023, 3:34 pm
A match made in desperation: New Israeli film unveils plight of mail-order brides
Playing at the Boston Israeli Film Festival, ‘Valeria is Getting Married’ touches on the murky morality of these mutualistic relationships – and their resulting emotional toll
By Rich Tenorio
Judd Hirsch plays a Holocaust survivor in 'iMordecai.' (FeMor Productions via JTA)
March 11, 2023, 8:54 am
The real story behind Jewish family comedy ‘iMordecai’
Homegrown director Marvin Samel jumps behind the camera to film Judd Hirsch in the leading role based on Samel’s colorful – and barely believable – real-life father
By Stephen Silver
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