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A “Whodunnit” Murder Mystery About Anti-Semitism in Modern Poland

How deep does anti-Semitism go in modern Poland? In the riveting Polish thriller A Grain of Truth, a woman turns up dead in the small village of Sandomierz, and prosecutor Teodor Szacki (Robert Więckiewicz) is put on the case. It turns out the woman was killed with a knife used for Jewish ritual slaughter, and […]

By Tamar Fox

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Searching For a Long-Lost Lover, From Israel to the American Open Road

Is That You?, a new film by director Dani Menkin, straddles two rom-com sub-genres: the road trip movie and the film-about-making-a-film movie. Ronnie (Alon Aboutboul), a recently laid-off Israeli projectionist, is given an unusual severance gift of a trip to America, which he uses to find Rachel, a long-lost love from his twenties. Along the […]

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What’s a nice Jewish boy like Daniel Radcliffe doing playing a neo-Nazi?

The former "Harry Potter" star doesn’t want his 93-year-old Jewish grandmother to see his new film about an FBI agent taking on skinheads.

August 16, 2016 4:35 pm

A Riveting Gay Family Drama, From Israel to London and Back Again

A Riveting Gay Family Drama, From Israel to London and Back Again

By Tamar Fox

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When Egyptian Movies Ruled Israeli Airwaves

When Egyptian Movies Ruled Israeli Airwaves

By Avishay Artsy

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Iran, the Holocaust, ‘Septembers of Shiraz’ — and me

By Curt Schleier June 15, 2016 1:29 pm

Sequel to Mel Gibson’s controversial ‘Passion of the Christ’ reportedly in the works

June 14, 2016 4:00 pm

Netflix acquires original series created by Argentine Jewish filmmaker

May 20, 2016 1:49 pm

In ‘Dough,’ London Jewish director serves bittersweet comedy on racism

By Cnaan Liphshiz May 12, 2016 3:44 pm

French film starring Israeli-born actor to satirize anti-Semitism in France

May 12, 2016 10:41 am

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