Ahead of Israel Independence Day, Jerusalem Cinematheque releases rare historical videos
The Jerusalem Cinematheque’s Israel Film Archive recently launched an innovative website featuring Israeli cinema through its generations.
The new website, which includes 7,000 items, is accessible and free of charge in both Hebrew and English, the Cinematheque...
March 12, 1999: Violinist Yehudi Menuhin Dies at 82
Music, the world-famous violinist who first dazzled audiences as a child and who later became a statesman in promoting music as a path to international understanding, died March 12 in a Berlin hospital after...
Las konsejas de Rivka: La Opera de Paris octubr
Kon la muerte de su papa, un komersante riko, mi primo Jaquito devía entrar i tomar la direksyón del magazín, ke resivio komo erensia . En el magazín se vendian tapetes, i era en...
2018 ‘Jewish Nobel’ goes to Natalie Portman
Jewish actress, director and social activist Natalie Portman is the winner of the 2018 Genesis Prize, the Genesis Prize Foundation announced on Tuesday.
The annual $1 million award, dubbed “the Jewish Nobel” by Time Magazine,...
The Jewish Revolution: how Soviet Jews pursued artistic modernity and political freedom after 1917
When 2018 rolls round, the cottage industry dedicated to poring over the 100-year legacy of the Russian Revolution will be put to bed. And while the sheer volume of exhibitions, books, TV series and...
Statue in Spain marks 530 years since expulsion of Jews
The board of the Hispanic Jewish Foundation (Fundación HispanoJudía) erected a monument in the port of Cartagena in Spain to mark 530 years since the Alhambra Decree that forced the expulsion of Jews from Spain.
The foundation...
“The Violin” Original animation with Sholem Aleikhem’s text in the voice of Mike Burstein
צוליב די שוועריקייטן צונויפֿצוזאַמלען אַ מנין אַקטיאָרן וואָס קענען ייִדיש (אָדער גיבן כאָטש די אילוזיע אַז זיי קענען ייִדיש), זענען אָפֿט די בעסטע קורצע פֿילמען אויף מאַמע־לשון הײַנט דווקא די אַנימירטע. דורך אַן אַנימאַציע־פֿילם...
Apple+ drama on fashion guru Coco Chanel glosses over Nazi collaboration
“The New Look,” a new TV program on the streaming service Apple+, explores World War II decisions made by founders of clothing lines that are worth billions today.
The show dramatizes the lives of Christian...
Hollywood’s oldest working actress Connie Sawyer dies at 105
Connie Sawyer, Hollywood’s oldest working actress, died at 105 on Monday at a retirement home in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles.
The actress starred in hundreds of roles on television and film throughout her career, from “A Hole...
All the Hanukkah Episodes to Stream on Disney+
It’s December, which means there’s no shortage of streamable Christmas content this time of year. And although there are far fewer Hanukkah-themed movies and specials, they are there if you know where to find them. And...