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Marlee Matlin may not be ‘alone anymore,’ but deaf representation remains sparse in Hollywood
Shoshana Stern’s new documentary goes behind the scenes of Matlin’s life and career.
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10 things we can (probably) expect from ‘Spaceballs 2’
The sequel to Mel Brooks’ ‘Star Wars’ spoof will look like this
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Film & TV An Israeli and an Iranian step onto a judo mat — and make a thriller about a forbidden relationship
Guy Nattiv and Zar Amir Ebrahimi’s ‘Tatami’ is a gripping story that mirrors its own international production
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Travels to ‘the sixth borough’ — a brief history of New York City mayors visiting Israel
NYC mayors have been visiting Israel since 1951. What have they been doing there?
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I ranked the NYC mayoral candidates exclusively based on their bagel orders
Andrew Cuomo’s ‘bacon, cheese and egg’ is just the beginning
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Music Sly Stone was one of the funkiest performers on the planet — so why did he record this schmaltzy Doris Day tune?
'Que Sera Sera' by the Jewish songwriting duo Livingston and Evans was an anomaly in Sly Stone's catalog
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In a new documentary, Hannah Arendt becomes the patron saint of anti-fascism
'Hannah Arendt: Facing Tyranny' details the main beats of the philosopher's life, but leaves out the controversy
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Film & TV In a film from Israel, three characters in search of a love language
Expanded from an Oscar-nominated Israeli short, ‘Dead Language’ goes deeper into our failures to communicate
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Film & TV In unheard recordings, Andy Kaufman emerges — a kinder, gentler soul than you may expect, or hope to see
‘Andy Kaufman is Me’ cuts through some of the mystique of the controversial comic
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Film & TV In Jerusalem, everything is political — even the stone architects used to design the city
Danae Elon’s film 'Rule of Stone' explores the history behind Jerusalem’s architecture
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Aaron Lansky built a home for 1.5 million Yiddish books. Now he’s handing over the keys.
The founding president of the Yiddish Book Center is retiring, confident that Yiddish literature has a future
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