(Kveller via JTA) — “The Last 5 Years,” a movie based on the off-Broadway musical, debuted on Valentine’s Day. Thanks to my love of musical theater (with or without subversive Jewish subtext) – and my parents watching the kids...
LOS ANGELES (JTA) — Jewish artists and themes were featured among the winners at the Academy Awards, but an Israeli nominee again failed to bring home the treasured trophy.
The Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film went to “Ida,” a...
LOS ANGELES (JTA) — “Ida,” a Polish film about a Catholic woman who discovers she is the Jewish child of Holocaust victims, won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
Writer-director Pawel Pawlikowski collected the Oscar at...
(LOS ANGELES) — “Ida,” a black and white film by writer-director Pawel Pawlikowki that details the murder of Poland’s Jews during the Holocaust won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film of 2014.
It’s a relationship filled with laughter, tears, intrigue, and surprise. It was love at first sight, back when I was a little girl—with an extra-terrestrial that longed...
LOS ANGELES (JTA) — The idea for “Aya” began with a daydream: What if you were waiting for someone at the airport and instead you picked up a total stranger? What then?
(JTA) — Jon Stewart will be stepping down from his post behind the desk of “The Daily Show” later this year, ending a 16-year run.Stewart, 52, announced his plans to leave during Tuesday’s taping of the...
