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Culture Could This Home Movie Be The Only Film Footage Of Marcel Proust?
A scholar from the Université Laval in Quebec just unearthed the only known film of French author Marcel Proust, best known for his monumental work “In Search of Lost Time.” (It is interesting to note, for our purposes at least that Proust, though raised a Catholic and perhaps anti-Semitic and was therefore Jewish by birth. Exclu…
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Culture 5 Standouts at the New York Jewish Film Festival
Are this year’s Oscar contenders letting you down? The New York Jewish Film Festival begins its 26th year on Wednesday, and as always, its slate of films is diverse enough to please the most demanding cinephiles. Here are five flicks worth braving the cold to see at the Film Society of Lincoln Center during the…
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Culture The Pleasures and Contradictions of Being Nat Hentoff
The writer and activist Nat Hentoff has died at 91, ‘surrounded by family and listening to Billie Holliday’s music,’ as his son put it on Twitter. Here’s a look back at the bearded, jazz-loving, proudly aetheistic, First Amendment advocate and columnist, written after the release a 2013 documentary about his life and career. The title…
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The Schmooze Who Are the 9 Jewish Nominees for the Golden Globes?
(JTA) the nominees for the coveted Golden Globes on Monday. Here are the nominees with Jewish ancestry who are up for consideration for this year’s awards, which will be presented on NBC on January 8, 2017. Best actress — drama film Natalie Portman is being considered for a best actress award for her portrayal of iconic First…
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Culture 2017 New York Jewish Film Festival Announces Lineup
The 2017 New York Jewish Film Festival, which will take place January 11-24, has announced the primary lineup of films it will feature. Of the 29 films selected for the festival’s 26th incarnation, 26 will be receiving their world, United States, or New York premieres. The films will include Dorit Hakim’s “Moon in the 12th…
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Culture Go Watch This Documentary About A Holocaust Survivor’s Violin
“Joe’s Violin” (2016), opens with a shot of the titular Joseph Feingold, tuning his violin. He hasn’t played in “8-10 years,” and his fingers look unsteady as he holds the instrument’s neck. After tinkering for a bit, Joseph puts down the violin and asks “how long can you live with memories?” Joseph, one of the…
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Life ‘Rabbi Jacqueline’ Film to Put a Female Spin on a French Classic
The Mad Adventures of ‘Rabbi’ Jacob is a 1973 French comedy starring Louis de Funès. It involves — among so much else, and I don’t want to spoil it! — a racist French man and an Arab revolutionary dressing up as orthodox Jews, which, as I type this, sounds terribly problematic, but has an anti-racist…
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Food Why PBS’s ‘Hugs and Knishes’ Left Me Cold and Hungry
Public television has a pretty good idea of which side its donations are buttered on. So when it’s fundraising time, the network rolls out Jewish-themed documentaries: “Life in the Jewish Bronx,” “Life in the Shtetl” and “Life in Jewish Brooklyn.” (As a Bronxite, I have to wonder what kind of life that possibly could have…
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