(JTA) — “The Brutalist,” an epic about a Holocaust survivor and acclaimed architect in the postwar United States, had a big night at the Golden Globe Awards, taking home prizes for best motion picture drama as well...
(JTA) — The famed architect Louis Kahn made little effort to live Jewishly in his life, yet throughout the 20th century he designed synagogues and famous Holocaust memorials across the country.
(JTA) — In Jesse Eisenberg’s new film, a pair of American Jewish cousins on a heritage tour of Poland sneak back onto a train they already had tickets for, after getting off at the wrong stop.
(JTA) — In “White Bird,” a long anticipated film about a Jewish girl who is rescued by her classmate in Nazi-occupied France, the Holocaust is fertile ground for teaching children how to be good.
(JTA) — Alex Edelman won an Emmy for “Just For Us,” his comedy special about attending a white supremacist meeting that put a spotlight on contemporary antisemitism and the place of Jews in the United States.
(JTA) — The Nazi film propagandist Leni Riefenstahl remained a true believer in the party her entire life, and may have played an active role in at least one mass slaughter of Jews, according to a new...
(JTA) — For Rabbi Jill Hausman, spiritual leader of the Actors’ Temple in Manhattan’s Theater District, working with celebrities comes with the job description.
So when she saw an email on Thursday from “Saturday Night Live,” asking...
While the Academy Awards buzz was mostly about “Oppenheimer” and “Poor Things,” a smaller film starring Anthony Hopkins – “One Life” – was also released in 2023 and distributed nationally this past month. Starring Sir Anthony Hopkins...
(JTA) — More than 150 Jewish filmmakers, writers, actors, and creatives — including Oscar nominees and winners — have signed an open letter in support of director Jonathan Glazer’s acceptance speech at the 2024 Academy Awards.
LOS ANGELES (JTA) — Steven Spielberg warned that “the machinery of extremism is being used on college campuses” and lamented those killed in Israel and Gaza while being honored for his Holocaust remembrance work at the University...
