Tag: Film
‘Oppenheimer’ and the lesson of brainy Jews
Finally, a movie about two Jews facing off in a war of ambitions, petty rivalries and contrasting moral absolutes—with actual wars in the background! (“Schindler’s List,” after all, is a film about two Nazis.)
Christopher...
Nuclear story ‘not over,’ says author of book behind ‘Oppenheimer’ film
Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster film “Oppenheimer,” now in theaters, explores the physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer—the so-called “father” of the atomic bomb and one of history’s most famous and controversial Jews.
One of the authors of the...
Gal Gadot to become first Israeli actor with Walk of Fame star
Gal Gadot will next year become the first Israeli actor or actress to be honored with a star on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame.
“This is unbelievable. I’m so, so grateful and thankful and humbled,” said Gadot...
‘Israelism’ assaults the truth and hurts Palestinians
It’s too easy to criticize the new documentary “Israelism” and debunk its gross misrepresentation of the complex Israel-Palestinian conflict. But as bad as I feel for those who have to brave the propaganda, as...
Holocaust audio archive at Jewish Museum Berlin now UNESCO ‘World Heritage’
As of this month, the Jewish Museum Berlin is home to a collection of objects that is listed on the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Memory of the World Register.
The original 16mm and restored...
Sarah Bernhardt still ‘immortal’ 100 years after her death
Carol Ockman, art history professor emerita at Williams College, wrote her first book proposal in the 1990s, years before she knew she would co-curate an exhibit on the same topic at New York’s Jewish...
Nancy Spielberg: ‘We have to get people back into the theater’
When Israeli filmmaker Tal Inbar approached Nancy Spielberg with her documentary “Closed Circuit,” about a deadly terrorist shooting at a Tel Aviv cafe in June 2016, Nancy Spielberg knew that she had to produce...
How music led to a cantor’s survival story, and how it lives on in...
April tends to feature a flurry of Holocaust-related arts pieces—from new exhibits to books to webinars and movies. One of them this year offers a through-the-generations feel that brings the past right into viewers’...
PBS documentary focuses on ‘Jews of the Wild West’
Amanda Kinsey, an Emmy-award-winning filmmaker, came up with the idea of a documentary on Jews who lived in the Wild West while digging through the Beck Archives in the basement of the University of Denver library.
“I was blown...
‘A Small Light’ shines on Miep Gies, who kept Frank family hidden in Amsterdam
National Geographic released the trailer from the upcoming eight-part limited series “A Small Light,” produced by ABC Signature and Keshet Studios. It will have a multi-network launch on May 1 at 9 p.m. EST...