Josh Gad to Lead Simon Curtis’ ‘Gerron’s Last Film,’ Inspired by Jewish Actor and Director Forced to Make Propaganda Movie for Nazis

Josh Gad is set to play Kurt Gerron, the famed Jewish actor and filmmaker who was forced to make a propaganda movie for the ...
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Netflix’s ‘Queen of Chess’ tracks the rise of Judit Polgar — but leaves her Jewishness out of it

Watching Queen of Chess, Rory Kennedy’s Netflix documentary about the top-ranked woman chess player and her long contest with ...

'American Doctor' Review: Genocide Is a Disease That Must Be Fixed in This Vital Documentary

American Doctor is of the most important documentaries to come out of Sundance, a story of survival, endurance, and ...

Judd Apatow grew up idolizing Mel Brooks. Now he’s telling Brooks’ story in an HBO documentary.

The 99-Year-Old Man!” and is now streaming on HBO Max. It features comedians like Jerry Seinfeld, Adam Sandler, Sarah ...

First Transport of Jewish Women to Auschwitz Explored in Doc from Director Inspired by Abolitionist Ancestors (Exclusive)

'999: The Forgotten Girls' is being shown in special screenings in L.A. and N.Y.C. on Jan. 27 in honor of Holocaust ...
Opinion

Why 'Deep Cuts' Should Replace Odessa A'zion With Another Jewish Actor | Commentary

Odessa A'zion recently announced she would be backing out of an upcoming film based on the novel "Deep Cuts." Apparently her casting in the role of Zoe Gutierrez generated some social media uproar due ...

Josh Gad to Star in Holocaust Biopic From ‘Woman in Gold' Director Simon Curtis

Gad will play Kurt Gerron, a Jewish actor/director forced to direct a Nazi propaganda film whitewashing the horrors of the ...

From Lorenz Hart to Mel Brooks: Two Jewish lives now available on Israeli screens

TV TIME: Two movies present a strong contrast in both their subjects and their styles. Blue Moon, about lyricist Lorenz Hart ...
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So many Jews stars in this comedy, so few chances for them to shine

At the heart of Fantasy Life, which marks Matthew Shear’s directorial debut, is a sweet relationship between dropout law ...
Jewish Journal

Inside Birthright’s Bet on Jewish Storytellers

Birthright Israel Onward Storytellers is Birthright’s newest program which aims to support Jewish creators from around the ...
The Times of Israel

New documentary reveals saga behind Elie Wiesel’s world-famous Holocaust memoir ‘Night’

Soul on Fire,' airing on PBS in the US on January 27, filmmaker Oren Rudavsky examines the Nobel laureate through his ...
UNESCO

Voices that Survived: Jewish Memory and Resilience in Ukraine

On 27 January, the world commemorates an important and tragic anniversary of liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau. Officially known as the International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of ...