How a would-be revolution led to an exodus of Polish Jews
History cuts a love story short in a film about the student uprisings that rocked Poland in 1968
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Film & TV Why is this Jewish artist’s murder confession being hidden again?
A new film faithfully brings Charlotte Salomon's magnum opus to screen, yet excises an essential part
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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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Yiddish World Yiddish film offers authentic recreation of shtetl life before it was destroyed
The title leaves the ‘e’ out of ‘shtetl’ as a symbol of what was lost.
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The Schmooze ‘The Post,’ National Jewish Book Award Winners And More To Read, Watch And Do This Weekend
Monday is Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Whether or not you have the holiday off, take some time this weekend to honor King’s legacy. Here’s a list of Jewish ways to celebrate the holiday — it’s from 2016, but still relevant! — but the best way to continue King’s work is to help address continuing…
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The Schmooze Movie News: New York Jewish Film Festival, BAFTA Nominations, Best Of The Golden Globes
On January 10, the opening night of the New York Jewish Film Festival was celebrated by a screening of the moving, intelligent and mysterious film “Razzia,” and the confusion of some members of the audience. What, exactly, one of them asked, was Jewish about the movie? It followed five characters through Casablanca, one of whom,…
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Culture New York Jewish Film Festival: Five Can’t-Miss Films
Are you a Jewish New Yorker? If so, the likelihood that you will find yourself at the Film Society of Lincoln Center over the next two weeks, as the New York Jewish Film Festival sets in for its annual residency, is fairly high. Given the virtual inevitability of your attendance, what should you see? As…
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Culture 2018 New York Jewish Film Festival Lineup: “The Dybbuk,” Amos Gitai
The lineup for the 27th Annual New York Jewish Film Festival will highlight a diversity of voices and films, hailing from the United States, Israel, and many other countries, and including new features, documentaries, and shorts, as well as restored classics. A collaboration between the Jewish Museum and the Film Society of the Lincoln Center,…
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