Jewish filmmaker Marcel Ophuls dies at 97
Marcel Ophuls, an award-winning Jewish documentary maker, died peacefully at his home in southwest France on May 24 at the age of 97, his grandson Andreas-Benjamin Seyfert confirmed to The Associated Press on Monday.
A...
Auschwitz launches digital replica of camp for filmmakers
The Auschwitz Memorial, together with the Auschwitz-Birkenau Foundation and leading figures from the European film industry, announced at the Cannes Film Festival on May 15 the launch of a 1:1 digital replica of the...
Israel’s Yuval Raphael takes second place in Eurovision
Israeli singer Yuval Raphael came in second place in the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 Grand Final in Basel, Switzerland, on Saturday night, after being pipped at the post by Austrian singer JJ.
Although Raphael convincingly won the...
1,500-year-old African figurines discovered in the Negev desert
Five tiny figurines—including black wood-carved heads depicting African figures—have been uncovered in Israel’s Negev Desert, offering rare insight into unexpected cultural connections in the region some 1,500 years ago, the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA)...
Reporting from Basel: Eurovision 2025 begins
Eurovision week 2025 officially opened on merchSunday afternoon with the delegation parade on the turquoise carpet—the festive opening ceremony of the competition, in which Israel's representative Yuval Raphael will participate.
The atmosphere in Basel is already...
Defaced Holocaust artwork finds new home in Rome museum
A Holocaust artwork vandalized in an antisemitic attack in Italy went on display Tuesday at the Museum of the Shoah in Rome.
The mural, "The Star of David" Edith Bruck, depicts the Hungarian-born writer and...
100 years after its founding, can a Yiddish institute serve a people who don’t...
The YIVO institute, an archive, library and research institution on Eastern European Jewish civilization, recently encountered a novel problem in its 100 year history.
In its early days in Europe, the Institute for Jewish Research...
Hollywood hype
The Academy Awards ceremony—with all its traditional Hollywood hype and international attention—is set to take place in Los Angeles on March 2. The Oscars represent the best talent the big screen has to offer,...
A Sacred Legacy: An Interview with Deborah Katchko-Gray
Deborah Katchko-Gray is a fourth-generation cantor and the second woman to serve as cantor in the Conservative movement. She founded the Women Cantors’ Network in 1982 and served for 25 years at Congregation Shir Shalom...
Documentary Film: De Lempica’s Paintings Depict Women Painted by Women
The True Story of Tamara De Lempicka and the Art of Survival was screened Thursday afternoon during the San Diego International Jewish Film Festival.
This documentary included archival footage, presentations of Lempicka’s art, interview with art...