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Film & TV

Israeli army weighs legal action against NAZA film makers amid calls to revoke their citizenship

By DEBORAH DANAN

(JTA) — The Israeli army chief of staff on Monday ordered the military to examine possible legal action over “NAZA,” a documentary alleging that Israeli forces knowingly killed large numbers of civilians in Gaza.

The 80-minute documentary by...

Documentary alleging Israel committed wanton killing in Gaza gets standing ovation in Venice

By DEBORAH DANAN

(JTA) — TEL AVIV – A documentary presenting testimony from Israeli soldiers and intelligence officers who say the IDF knowingly killed large numbers of civilians during its campaign in Gaza got a  25-minute standing ovation Thursday at...

Hollywood’s Jews take sides in Mark Ruffalo-Paramount antisemitism row

By ANDREW LAPIN

Some 170 notable Jewish personalities have released an open letter defending actor and producer Mark Ruffalo, who has been accused of antisemitism for his comments on Paramount Skydance’s pending acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery.

Entertainers, rabbis and...

As Christopher Nolan revives ‘The Odyssey,’ a scholar finds links between Homer and the Hebrew Bible

By ANDREW SILOW-CARROLL

(JTA) — Even before its release on Friday, buzz over Christopher Nolan’s much-anticipated film adaptation, “The Odyssey,” is introducing a new generation to Homer’s tale of shipwrecks, monsters, gods and the long road home. But what does an...

London police are ‘reviewing’ video of Helen Mirren being called ‘an evil Zionist’

By SHIRA LI BARTOV

(JTA) — London police are reviewing footage that showed actress Helen Mirren being called “an evil Zionist b—h” by a person on the street.

The video, which circulated widely online this week, records Mirren walking with...

Michael Jackson biopic revives legend of Jewish music mogul who battled MTV’s ‘color barrier’

By STEPHEN SILVER

(JTA) — About halfway through “Michael,” the new blockbuster biopic of Michael Jackson, there is a scene in which Jackson (played by his nephew Jafaar) and his lawyer, John Branca (Miles Teller), are sitting with the president...

OP-ED: We are all capable of hate

By KAREN LEHRMAN BLOCH

(JNS.org)  – They saw. They knew. They did nothing.

Those three lines kept running through my head as I watched the extraordinary mini-series, “We Were the Lucky Ones.” For some reason, this show, a Hulu original out...

America’s Black-Jewish story gets an update on new PBS series featuring Henry Louis Gates, Michael Twitty and more

By JACKIE HAJDENBERG

(JTA) — Passover may still be months away, but PBS is seating a diverse set of Jews down for a seder this week — casting the communal storytelling meal as an ideal entry point for exploring the...

Stephen Spielberg wins Grammy, becoming 9th Jew in elite EGOT ranks

By PHILISSA CRAMER

(JTA) — The legendary director Stephen Spielberg has become the ninth Jew to secure “EGOT” status after winning a Grammy for producing a documentary about the music of John Williams.

Spielberg was awarded the Grammy for producing...

Timothée Chalamet and ‘Marty Supreme’ net 9 Oscar nominations for Jewish sports fable

By ANDREW LAPIN

(JTA) — It was a “Supreme” Oscar-nominations morning for Timothée Chalamet and the heavily Jewish period sports comedy he stars in.

“Marty Supreme” picked up nine Academy Award nominations Thursday, including best picture and best actor for...