‘SONG OF Ascent’ with Matisyahu. (credit: Jerusalem Jewish Film Festival) Song of Ascent by Shlomo Weprin is a documentary that looks at how American Jewish singer Matisyahu has confronted ...

(JTA) — Hollywood tore itself apart after this year’s Oscars ceremony following a Jewish director’s acceptance speech for a Holocaust film, in which he criticized Israel months into its war in Gaza.

Sept. 6, 2024 Even if this surge of Jewish-oriented pictures might be more coincidence than full-fledged cinematic movement, the question remains: Why now, and where do these films fit into the ...

(JTA) — Hollywood tore itself apart after this year’s Oscars ceremony following a Jewish director’s acceptance speech for a Holocaust film, in which he criticized Israel months into its war in Gaza.

That movie’s writer, Glenn Kirschbaum, recalls, “As we began putting the film together, it became increasingly clear that there were many Jewish themes that ran through it. Then, the events of ...

The film sheds light on the story of 2,000 Jewish children from Spain who, after their families fled to Portugal in 1492 following the Edict of Expulsion, were forcibly kidnapped due to the ...

The team hopes to tour the show if it has success at the Children’s Theatre Company in Minneapolis. (JTA) — Itamar Moses was 10 years old when he watched “An American Tail” at his Jewish ...

Hollywood tore itself apart after this year’s Oscars ceremony following a Jewish director’s acceptance speech for a Holocaust film, in which he criticized Israel months into its war in Gaza.

The 26th Jerusalem Jewish Film Festival at the Jerusalem Cinematheque will brighten the Hanukkah season this year when it opens on December 28, and it will run through January 2. This festival ...