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Film & TV On screen, the beauty of Hasidic life transcends a cloistered world’s restrictions
Two films at the New York Jewish Film festival flout the usual dark depictions of Hasidism
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Culture This film, not ‘The Fabelmans,’ was the greatest Jewish film story of 2022
‘Only in Theaters’ is a funny, heartbreaking and moving story about the power of movies
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Fast Forward Four fun things to know about Steven Spielberg’s mom
Leah Adler had a profound influence on her famous son — and an interesting life in her own right
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Fast Forward Jews are kvelling over Steven Spielberg saying ‘kvelling’ at Golden Globes
Famed director used the word in acceptance speech for his semi-autobiographical film ‘The Fabelmans’
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Film & TV Do horror and Hasidim mix? A new film says yes
‘The Offering’ aims to introduce audiences to authentic Jewish characters — and scare them along the way
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Film & TV The best Jewish (and Jew-ish) movies of 2022
The year's best Jewish films engaged with the complicated legacy of Jewish storytelling
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Film & TV How Ava Gardner found her home in a Jewish milieu
The star of 'The Barefoot Contessa' and 'Show Boat' would have turned 100 this year
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Culture Is there a biblical monster in ‘Avatar: The Way of Water’?
At the center of James Cameron’s sci-fi epic is a creature that looks a lot like a leviathan
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