Tag: Film
Jewish star of ‘Cobra Kai,’ one of the best on-screen bullies, preaches against them...
Martin Kove was born on Purim, and his most famous costume has been quite convincing. As the villain in the iconic “The Karate Kid” film franchise, he starred as John Kreese, a Vietnam War...
Jewish director says Facebook banning ads for his Holocaust film was shameful
A son of Holocaust survivors is demanding an apology from Facebook for blocking ads for his newly-released film “Beautiful Blue Eyes.”
British filmmaker Joshua Newton said the tech giant’s move hurt his film, which was...
Bollywood is coming to Israel
The story of how a minimally armed unit of Indian soldiers fought and beat the Ottoman army to win Haifa on Sept. 23, 1918, will soon be made into an action-packed, feature-length film by...
All eyes upon this 13-year-old
A young man starts to say the Shema because his father made him promise to do so if the Nazis were to get him. His sister, Sara, covers his mouth, and as the lights of the Nazis...
David Friedman and Mike Pompeo travel through original Bible Belt for new documentary
You can get your kicks on Route 66, or you can travel through history on Route 60. It’s a road trip through the Bible, both old and new.
Former U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman...
Israeli film ‘Image of Victory’ to be released on Netflix
Inspired by true events in 1948, Hassanin, an Egyptian filmmaker, is tasked with documenting a raid on the isolated kibbutz Nitzanim on the Israeli-Egyptian border. When the kibbutz learns of the impending army raid,...
Always the optimist: Netflix film on Shimon Peres spotlights political, emotional resilience
A children’s book by Ruth Krauss called The Carrot Seed, first published in 1945, is a little read that packs a big punch. In it, the main character, a little boy who doesn’t even have...
James Caan, best known for role of Sonny in ‘The Godfather,’ dies at 82
Santino (“Sonny”) Corleone was a hot head whose life ended in a hail of bullets.
James Caan, the Jewish actor who played the iconic role in “The Godfather,” lived much longer than that, though was...
First-ever film festival in Samaria to screen two-dozen movies in four days
The Samaria Regional Council will host its first film festival starting on July 3. More than two dozen movies will be screened over the course of four days in venues throughout the area, reported Israel...
Jews have bigger problems than a fake nose on an actor’s face
In contemporary popular culture dominated by social media, it doesn’t take much to start a controversy that can trend on Twitter. In this case, all it took was the release of production photos from “Maestro,” a...