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Nine Hollywood men charged with contempt of Congress give themselves up to the U.S. marshal on Dec. 10, 1947. From right: Ring Lardner Jr., John Howard Lawson, Alvah Bessie, Albert Maltz, Herbert Biberman, Lester Cole, Samuel Ornitz, Edward Dmytryk and Robert Adrian Scott.

The Hollywood blacklist is back, and Jewish liberals are fine with it

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One of the staples of the Los Angeles entertainment world in the last few decades has been stories that depict the unfairness and cruelty of the Hollywood blacklist of the 1950s. At the height...
A still from the Israeli film “Asia.” Credit: Tribeca Film Festival.

Shira Haas, ‘Asia’ win Israel’s Ophir Awards

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The mother-daughter drama “Asia” was named Best Picture at the Israeli Academy of Film and Television’s Ophir Awards, automatically becoming Israel’s entry in the Best International Feature category at the Oscars next spring. “Unorthodox”...
Israeli actress Gal Gadot (right) with Patty Jenkins, who is directing a new “Cleopatra” film. Source: Screenshot.

The woke world goes to war against ‘Wonder Woman’

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I’m not sure the world needed another movie about Cleopatra. And the career arc of Israeli actress Gal Gadot, who became an international superstar with her “Wonder Woman” films, isn’t something that matters all...
“Wonder Woman” star Gal Gadot. Credit: Gage Skidmore/Wikimedia Commons.

‘Wonder Woman’ Gal Gadot third highest-paid actress in 2020

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Israeli actress Gal Gadot made $31.5 million in 2020, earning her third place on Forbes’ list of this year’s highest-paid Hollywood actresses. The bulk of her earnings, the magazine said, came from $20 million for her...
Image from the film “Hidden,” about Jewish children who survived World War II and the Holocaust. Credit: The Holocaust Memorial Center Zekelman Family Campus.

Holocaust center to present Tisha B’Av film screening, survivor interview

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The Holocaust Memorial Center Zekelman Family Campus in Farmington Hills, Mich., will hold a virtual event and film screening of the documentary “Hidden” on July 30, along with an interview with Holocaust survivor Miriam Ferber. The event is timed...
The Jewish Foundation for the Righteous will air one of its award-winning documentaries highlighting Righteous Gentiles who saved Jews during World War II and the Holocaust from July 27 to Aug. 31, 2020. Source: JFR Facebook.

Online movie series to feature rescuers and rescued during years of Holocaust

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The Jewish Foundation for the Righteous (JFR) is launching a Monday-night movie series, from July 27 to Aug. 21, each week airing one of its award-winning documentaries that highlight Righteous Gentiles who saved Jews...
The Jerusalem Cinematheque, home of the Israel Film Archive (IFA). Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Israel Film Archive digitalizes extensive collection, starts to release films online

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After years of work on digitizing its collection of Israeli film clips, the Israel Film Archive (IFA), part of the Jerusalem Cinematheque, is beginning to share its collection online with the goal of eventually...
Museum of Jewish Heritage–A Living Memorial to the Holocaust in Lower Manhattan, New York. Credit: New York City Tourism Bureau.

Museum of Jewish Heritage offers free online educational resources for those at home

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New York’s Museum of Jewish Heritage–A Living Memorial to the Holocaust is offering several online resources for parents, teachers and students as the museum remains temporarily closed in accordance with COVID-19 social-distancing restrictions. For parents...
TLVFest, an LGBT film festival in Israel sponsored by the Tel Aviv government. Source: Facebook.

Filmmakers boycott LGBT film festival in Tel Aviv in ‘solidarity’ with Palestinians

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At least 100 LGBTQIA+ filmmakers and film artists are among a group of more than 230 people in the film industry who have signed a pledge to boycott TLVFest—an LGBT film festival in Israel—as...
People celebrating Israel's 71st Independence Day in Saker Park in Jerusalem, May 9, 2019. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

What makes Israel the 13th happiest country in the world?

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“Happy are those who dwell in Your house.” — Psalm 84  It’s official. Israel has been named the 13th happiest country in the world. So says the 2019 United Nations World Happiness Report, which ranks...