2 Jews, 3 za’atar recipes: reflecting on the diversity and rising popularity of Israeli...
When film director and producer Roger Sherman referred to Israel as one of the “hottest food scenes in the world,” his colleagues laughed. It was at that moment that Sherman knew he had discovered...
Miami Jewish Film Festival Announces 2018 Lineup
Art Basel is over, but Miami's next cultural extravaganza isn't far off. The Miami Jewish Film Festival (MJFF) will return this January for its 21st year. January 11 through 25, MJFF will screen 62...
New Film “1945” Explores Post-Holocaust Hungary and Local Collaboration Against the Jews
A new Hungarian film depicting the post-WWII attitude toward Jews in the country premiered last week in New York.
The movie, “1945,” is set one year after the Jewish population of a small Hungarian village was deported...
Jewish heritage bonds characters in ‘Call me by your name’
The film "Call Me By Your Name" features Jewish main characters and will screen opening night during the Miami Film Festival's mini-fest, GEMS 2017.
The film makes its Florida premiere on Oct. 12 at 7...
2017 Mandel JCC Jewish FilmFest kicks off Thursday
The 11th annual Mandel Jewish Community Center FilmFest will run from Thursday, Sept. 7, to Sunday, Sept. 17. The international festival will feature 19 full-length features and five short films.
This year's films will have an...
“Menashe” – Yiddish on the Big Screen
Tayere khaverim (Dear Friends),
The recently released and critically acclaimed Yiddish movie “Menashe” is coming to San Diego! Don’t worry (too much) - the movie has English subtitles. YAAANA is organizing a gathering (kum zits!)...
Film set in Hasidic community opening in South Florida
The powerful, eye-opening and moving drama "Menashe" that's set in a New York Hasidic community is scheduled to open in movie theaters across Broward, Miami-Dade and Palm Beach counties on Aug. 18.
Shot in secret...
‘I’ve always been seen by other people as Jewish’
My experience of comedians is that they’re rarely funny to meet. I’ve interviewed Ben Stiller, Bobcat Goldthwait, Ricky Gervais, Rob Schneider, Robin Williams and Woody Allen, and they were all interesting, intelligent individuals, but...
‘Common bond’: Film festival focuses ‘through lens of Jewish culture’
Five – this is the number of films that will be screened as part of the fourth annual Jewish Film Festival in Albuquerque, beginning Thursday, July 20.
And each one of the films will have...
Film review: ‘Menashe’
“Menashe” is a rarity among American indies: a foreign-language film set in the middle of urban New York City (technically, Borough Park, Brooklyn). Apart from a few lines of English, and a few more...