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Arts and Culture

‘We Will Dance Again’ gets Television Academy award, nominated for two Emmys

By IZZY SALANT

(JNS.org) – The Jerusalem Post reported on May 5 that “We Will Dance Again,” a documentary detailing the Hamas-led terrorist attacks in southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, which specifically targeted the Nova music festival near Kibbutz...

Texas bakery reportedly becomes first bagel shop to be named James Beard Award finalist

By GRACE GILSON

(JTA) — A bagel shop in Texas has been named a finalist for the 2025 James Beard Foundation Awards, reportedly making it the first purveyor of the classic Jewish food to be shortlisted for the coveted culinary...

‘That’s Simchas Torah’: The Jewish Val Kilmer moment you might have missed

By GRACE GILSON

(JTA) — When the world got news of Val Kilmer’s passing on Tuesday, many Jews surely thought of the movie star’s iconic turn providing the voices for God and Moses in the 1998 animated feature “The Prince...

Dara Horn’s gonzo, time-traveling children’s Passover book wants people to love living Jews

By ANDREW SILOW-CARROLL

(JTA) — “All of my books are the same book,” said Dara Horn, the author of seven novels and the 2021 essay collection, “People Love Dead Jews,” which may be the most talked-about Jewish book of the...

Maya Rudolph, James Schamus among filmmakers calling to protect ‘No Other Land’ team after director’s arrest

By GRACE GILSON

(JTA) — A number of Jewish filmmakers are among thousands who signed a petition in support of Hamdan Ballal, the Palestinian co-director of the Oscar-winning documentary “No Other Land” who was arrested this week by Israeli troops.

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Disney reportedly hired extra security for Gal Gadot after Rachel Zegler’s ‘Free Palestine’ tweet

By GRACE GILSON

(JTA) — When Rachel Zegler tweeted “free palestine” last year after sharing the trailer for her latest movie, the live-action “Snow White,” millions of people saw it — more than 9 million, as of this week.

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Palestinian ‘No Other Land’ director reportedly beaten by settlers and arrested by Israeli military

By BEN SALES

(JTA) —  Hamdan Ballal, one of the Palestinian directors of the Oscar-winning documentary “No Other Land,” was beaten by West Bank settlers and then taken from his ambulance by the Israeli military, according to a local publication...

Cantorial soloist Jordan Lawrence soars in royal role at Rivertown Theaters

By ALAN SMASON, WYES-TV Theatre Critic (“Steppin’ Out“)

The Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale “The Princess and the Pea” is the basis for “Once Upon a Mattress,” the 1959 musical written by Mary Rodgers, the daughter of Richard Rodgers that...

Miami Beach mayor moves to evict theater operator for showing Oscar-winning ‘No Other Land’

By ASAF ELIA-SHALEV

(JTA) — Miami Beach Mayor Steven Meiner is pushing to evict an independent theater from its city-owned space and cut its funding after it screened “No Other Land,” an Oscar-winning documentary about Palestinian displacement in the West...

Jesse Eisenberg receives Polish citizenship after ‘A Real Pain,’ set in Poland, wins Oscar

By SHIRA LI BARTOV

(JTA) — An Oscar for “A Real Pain” wasn’t Jesse Eisenberg’s only win this week — he also received citizenship in Poland, where he filmed the movie about reckoning with one’s family’s Holocaust history.

Polish president...