At Sundance, the AIDS crisis through the eyes of a bar mitzvah boy
Israeli director Moshe Rosenthal’s ‘Tell Me Everything’ is a memory piece that may jog your memory of a different film
Culture
-
Netflix’s ‘Queen of Chess’ tracks the rise of Judit Polgar — but leaves her Jewishness out of it
The documentary covers the grandmaster’s barrier-breaking career and sidelines a key piece of where she came from
-
-
She thought she knew her mother. Then she learned about the concentration camp
In the documentary ‘My Underground Mother,’ Marisa Fox uncovers her mother’s hidden past as a Holocaust survivor
The Latest
-
A Jewish lawyer sued Henry Ford and changed how we think about hate speech
The documentary ‘Sapiro v. Ford’ explores how Aaron Sapiro took on the father of the Model T
-
Judd Apatow on why Mel Brooks’ influence ‘will last as long as our jokes’
Apatow and Michael Bonfiglio, directors of the new HBO documentary on Brooks, talk about his legacy of laughter
-
How the Israeli police’s first trans volunteer fought bigotry on the force
In the documentary 'The First Lady,' Efrat Tilma shows that resilience is key to fighting prejudice
-
In Jordan’s pick for the Oscars, a contradictory message about ethnonationalism
‘All That’s Left of You’ is a touching portrayal of a Palestinian family, but ends on a problematic note
-
In a stylish mystery, Jodie Foster releases the dybbuk of French Jewish identity
‘A Private Life’ gets at the heart of a demon France has yet to fully exorcise
-
Charles Grodin was a curmudgeon with a gooey center
A new documentary shows how the late actor used his celebrity for good
-
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
-
What’s funny about living next to a Nazi?
In the attempted comedy ‘My Neighbor Adolf,’ a Holocaust survivor suspects his neighbor is Hitler — and befriends him anyway
Explore
Most Popular
- 1
Culture Inside the ancient Christian theology driving modern antisemitism
- 2
News Jews paused Indiana’s abortion ban — by turning a religious freedom law against the evangelical right
- 3
Culture In 1989, Harold Pinter and Jerry Schatzberg made the perfect Holocaust movie for 2026
- 4
News Mamdani to attend Passover Seder as he navigates ties with Jewish groups amid rising antisemitism
In Case You Missed It
-
Culture 70 years ago, this Jewish choreographer predicted our epidemic of loneliness and isolation
-
Culture Gene Shalit, a mensch with a personality as big as his mustache, turns 100
-
Looking Forward How a song about the food chain became a Seder mainstay
-
Fast Forward Connecticut Catholic school punishes students who targeted ‘Jew Canaan’ rivals on social media
-
Shop the Forward Store
100% of profits support our journalism
