Film Archives

19 Jun

Arts, international, Israel, Latest

Docaviv 2025: Tel Aviv Film Festival Navigates Bans and Boycotts

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Jacob Wirtschafter

July 2, 2025

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In Israel right now, even a film festival feels like a front line.

Meital Orr, a white Jewish woman with long curly brown hair, wearing a black blazer over a light teal top in front of a gray background. On the left, six movie posters.

12 Feb

Arts, Interview, Israel, Jewish Film, Latest

A Human Lens: Teaching the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Through Film

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Diane M. Bolz

February 13, 2025

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"Filmmakers know that addressing the conflict can make or break a film, or a career," says Orr. But done well, the rewards can be worth it.

Posters for different films relating to the Israeli-Palestinain conflict

16 Jan

Israel-Hamas War, Jewish Film, Visual Moment, Winter 2024

Visual Moment | A Cinematic Window on the Conflict

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Diane M. Bolz

February 13, 2025

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The devastating October 7 attack by Hamas on Israel and the ensuing war, along with the contradictory and perplexing media accounts of the clash, underscore the necessity for a nuanced understanding of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

05 Dec

Antisemitism Project Newsletter, Jewish World

Antisemitism Monitor | Week of September 25, 2023

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Moment

August 25, 2024

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Terrorism-loving teenagers in England. Faith-based bullying and discrimination at New Zealand schools. At least 10 bomb threats at U.S. synagogues during Rosh Hashanah. Read more in this week's Antisemitism Monitor Newsletter.

The three main characters in Paris Botique having a heated discussion

05 May

Featured, Jewish Art, Culture and Music - Moment Magazine, Jewish Film, Latest

Jewish Film Review | Jerusalem Balagan

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Dina Gold

September 6, 2024

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Paris Boutique 2022 81 minutes Director: Marco Carmel Mayane Films, United Channel Movies, United King Film Distribution Hebrew, English, French with English Subtitles Romantic Comedy When sophisticated Parisian-Jewish lawyer Louise, played by...

Two men stand in the woods looking at each other.

07 Nov

Featured, Jewish Art, Culture and Music - Moment Magazine, Jewish Film, Latest

Jewish Film Review | When Austrian Justice Fails

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Dina Gold

February 20, 2024

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Thomas Roth tells the story of "law, justice and revenge" in Schächten – A Retribution, a post-war thriller.

Wes Bentley as Ricky Fitts in American Beauty (1999)

22 Dec

Jewish Art, Culture and Music - Moment Magazine, Latest

The Ten Commandments of Film

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Matti Lang

December 22, 2021

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When asked at a press conference about his faith, French director Francoise Truffaut’s answer was simple: “Films are my religion.” Here are ten films, each with a thematic connection to one of the Ten Commandments.

26 Oct

Jewish Art, Culture and Music - Moment Magazine, Latest

‘In the Heights’ Explores the Universal Longing for a Homeland

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Sam Gelman

December 7, 2021

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In the Heights is a love letter to Washington Heights, an upper Manhattan neighborhood that is home to a large Dominican and Puerto Rican population.

31 Aug

Jewish Art, Culture and Music - Moment Magazine, Latest

Aimee Bikel Remembers Ed Asner

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Aimee Ginsburg Bikel

August 31, 2021

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Aimee Ginsburg Bikel was the wife of the late Theodore Bikel, the renowned actor, folksinger and activist. She reflects on her friendship with actor Ed Asner, best known for playing Lou Grant on The Mary Tyler Moore Show, who passed away on August 29.

27 Aug

Jewish Art, Culture and Music - Moment Magazine, Latest

Scandinavian Morality During WWII

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Dina Gold

January 6, 2022

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Passage to Sweden Released January 27, 2021 (USA) 58 minutes Directed by Suzannah Warlick Bubble Soup Productions Documentary, English Why do countries behave so differently toward their religious and ethnic minorities?...

23 Jul

Jewish Art, Culture and Music - Moment Magazine, Latest

Staff Picks: Hunters, Hemingway and Harlem

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Moment

July 28, 2021

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What we’re reading—and watching—this week.

14 Jul

Jewish Art, Culture and Music - Moment Magazine, Latest

A Funeral Farce (Shiva Baby)

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Dina Gold

January 7, 2022

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Shiva Baby Released April 2, 2021 (USA) 1 hour 17 minutes Directed by Emma Seligman Neon Heart Productions Comedy, English When Danielle’s overbearing mother presses her into attending a shiva, a...