Simi Horwitz is a feature writer and film reviewer based in New York City. In 2022, she received first place for film criticism from the Society for Feature Journalism, and in 2023, a New York Press Club Award for an Entertainment News feature; and three Los Angeles Press Club Awards, including first place for film criticism — all for pieces published in the Forward.
Simi Horwitz
By Simi Horwitz
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Film & TV A new documentary challenges stereotypes about Orthodox Jewish women — and their wigs
'Sheitel: Beauty in the Hidden,' dives deep into Jewish women's experience of covering their hair
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Music An 82-year-old Jewish recording legend on his film directing debut: ‘I could have been good at this’
in 'Heart & Soul,' Kenny Vance pays tribute to the doo-wop legends who inspired his career
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Art In the work of 21 artists, 49 different ways to be Jewish
The Derfner Museum of Judaica's 'Envisioning the Sacred' exhibit encompasses paintings, printings, drawings and linoleum cuts
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Film & TV A compelling horror series from Israel — even if you don’t like horror movies
'The Dybbuk' meets 'The Exorcist' in 'The Malevolent Bride'
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Film & TV An idyllic Jewish village, full of life and hope, just hours before its utter annihilation
The Yiddish language Holocaust film 'Shttl' takes place outside Kyiv prior to the Nazi invasion
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Culture Righteous gentiles in the Holocaust were no ‘ordinary thing’
'This Ordinary Thing' recounts the stories of those who hid their Jewish friends and neighbors
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Film & TV As long as there are movies about Nazis, there will be movies about the art they looted
'Auction,' which concerns the provenance of an Egon Schiele painting, is only the latest film about Nazi-looted art
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Culture One was born Catholic, another was a West Virginia Protestant — now they’re all making Jewish art
A compelling new exhibit focuses on artists who converted to Judaism
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