Jewish & Israeli Movies and Television Shows
Diagnosing Anti-Semitism as a virulent disease
In France, Great Britain, Hungary and America, filmmaker Andrew Goldberg finds four mutations of anti-Semitism.
Tony Randall at 100 — Once a Rosenberg, always a Rosenberg
A persistent spoofing of the search for roots of psychic trouble was at the core of Randall’s career success.
A cult Israeli rock opera seeks cult movie success
It’s no surprise that Israel has a peacenik rock opera, but you may be bewildered by what it has to say.
The Jewish Kirk Douglas film that everyone seems to have forgotten
“The Juggler” was the first Hollywood film to shoot in Israel.
The ‘bagelrito’ has taken cross-cultural food experiments too far
This is the Frankenstein of bagels.
Your complete Jewish guide to watching the Oscars
There won’t be any Jewish hosts at this year’s Oscars, but there will be plenty of Yiddishkeit to go around anyway.
‘Incitement’ isn’t about making Rabin’s murderer — it’s about making modern Israel
“Incitement” is a gutting elegy for a time when peace seemed possible.
Remembering Kirk Douglas — a movie legend like no other
Douglas was born Issur Danielovich to two illiterate Russian Jewish immigrant parents, in Amsterdam, New York,
These were the first Jewish winners at the Academy Awards
The first Academy Awards ceremony honored a Zionist Chicago journalist, an Irish-born translator and the man who brought us “Carousel.”
For Paul Newman’s 95th birthday, his lost cinematic masterpiece
Paul Newman, who would have turned 95 today, once directed a cinematic masterpiece in a Yiddish theater. So, why did he take his name off it?
On Neil Diamond’s birthday, his most cringe-worthy moment
Yes, you read that right — Neil Diamond in blackface.
