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The exterior of the house where three women who had disappeared as teenagers approximately ten years ago were found alive on May 7 in Cleveland, Ohio. Photo by Pugliano/Getty Images
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Palestinians mark Nakba with West Bank protests
Thousands of Palestinians in the West Bank marked the 65th anniversary of the founding of the state of Israel, which they call the “catastrophe,” with marches and protests.
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The Office’s best Jewish moment
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On an otherwise unremarkable day in 1938, a chubby but charming student at John Burroughs Junior High in Los Angeles “cracked the code of his comic gift and discovered his…
Filmmakers reveal magician’s secretive world
A British journalist recalls how she once sat down at a cafe with the legendary magician, author, historian, actor and, perhaps, the greatest sleight-of-hand artist on the planet in the documentary…
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7 Rules for Perfect Hummus
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Survivor: Irene Rosenberg
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“O for your kiss! For your love / More enticing than wine, / For your scent and sweet name – For all this they love you. Take me away to…
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What would my Israeli grandmother think?
When I hear about the latest events in Israel – the air strikes on weapons facilities in Syria, the flare-ups over women donning prayer shawls at the Western Wall –…
A hot topic, a great panel, and chance to learn and discuss—immigration at issue
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State 194: A Documentary About Palestine
Opening this weekend at Laemmle’s Music Hall 3 is a very hot-button new documentary called State 194, which follows the recent history of Palestine. Many will approach this film with…
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7 Comments on a Jewish Habitat Called Hollywood
This week in power: Oscars, Hagel, Bennett comments, Hikind
Comedy is good for the Jews
Are you one of those Jews who got offended by Seth MacFarlane's "Jews control Hollywood" shtick at the Academy Awards last Sunday night? And do you agree with Anti-Defamation League (ADL) leader Abe Foxman's statement that MacFarlane's attempt at humor was "sad and disheartening" because it "reinforces stereotypes which legitimize anti-Semitism"?
Judaism’s Big Moment at the Oscars
Oscar’s big Jewish joke
Seth MacFarlane: Not an anti-Semite
No one sends out press releases to announce that something is not anti-Semitic. That’s why this morning’s media is full of reports that host Seth MacFarlane’s Oscar performance last night was just shy of Mahmoud Ahmadinijad’s U.N. speech.
Academy Awards — not the greatest night for the Tribe
Michael Moore intervenes to help Palestinian filmmaker attend Academy Awards
Director and activist Michael Moore intervened to help Palestinian filmmaker Emad Burnat enter the United States to attend the Academy Awards ceremony.
‘Zero Dark’ writer faces the controversy
The time: 2003. The place: Black Site — Undisclosed Location. A battered man strung up by his wrists is being questioned by an interrogator. When he refuses to answer, he is forced to the ground and held down by three men wearing ski masks. A black towel is wrapped around his face, and the interrogator pours water from a pitcher over the towel while shouting questions at his prisoner: “Who is in the Saudi group? What’s the target? When is the last time you saw bin Laden?”
Two Jews On Film Oscar Picks 2013
Bruce Cohen: A career full of ‘Silver Linings’
Hollywood’s history lesson: What counts when truth gets in the way
Israel As Seen Through An Oscar Lens
Mark Boal’s journey from journalism to movie chronicler of the Middle-East wars
The time: 2003. The place: Black Site: Undisclosed Location. A battered man strung up by his wrists is being questioned by an interrogator. When he refuses to answer he is forced to the ground and held down by three men wearing ski masks.
The film projectionist you wish you knew
Saving the ‘Life of Pi’
Oscar contenders focus on Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Dunham doubles up at Globes, Israeli docs’ double Oscar nomination, Sandler’s countless Razzies
The 70th annual Golden Globe Awards kicked off the Hollywood awards season on Sunday, and it was in television that the Jewish people stood tall -- notably Lena Dunham, the new queen and unchallenged ruler of television comedy.
Spielberg’s year? ‘Lincoln’ nabs 12 Oscar nominations
‘Fill the Void’ not on Oscar foreign language film shortlist
Judaism at the Oscars
This week from Israel
Iran to boycott 2013 Oscars over anti-Islamic film
Iran said on Monday it would boycott the 2013 Oscars to protest against the making of a crude anti-Islam video in the United States that has caused outrage throughout the Muslim world.
2012 Oscars: Sacha Baron Cohen vs. Ryan Seacrest [VIDEO]
Oscar opens up: Cameras, candor and Sacha Baron Cohen
Oscar gold again eludes Israel’s grasp
‘Footnote’ falls, continuing Israel’s Oscar drought
"Footnote” failed to win Israel’s first Academy Award, coming up short in the best foreign-language film category.
Academy Awards threatens to ban Sacha Baron Cohen
Actor Sacha Baron Cohen will be banned from the Academy Awards if he arrives at the Red Carpet dressed as The Dictator, a character from his upcoming film.
Yo, L.A. Times: You forgot to mention most academy voters are part of a minority group
A sneak peek at ‘Footnote,’ Israel’s Oscar nominee
In his latest film, Israeli writer-director Joseph Cedar has created a drama of personal controversy. He explores spirit, resilience and responsibility. “Footnote” tells the story of a father, embittered by his life and angered by the success of his son. That son, though publicly applauded, is in turn challenged by the not-fully-formed third generation—his son.
A casting director’s dream
Casting director Heidi Levitt had to fill more than 60 character roles for “The Artist,” the Oscar-nominated film about a 1920s silent movie star (Jean Dujardin) in Hollywood whose career spirals downward with the advent of sound, just as his protégée (Bérénice Bejo) reaches the height of stardom.
Hollywood celebrates ... Itself
How studio exec-turned-producer pitched ‘Moneyball’
Her brother’s keeper: Letty Aronson is Woody Allen’s younger sister and producer/gatekeeper
The other silent actor: Max von Sydow plays a mute in a post-9/11 story
Is silence golden? An Interview with ‘The Artist’s’ Michel Hazanavicius
Israel at the Academy Awards… again
Most 43-year-old film directors/screenwriters cannot say that half of the films they have made were nominated for Academy Awards. Joseph Cedar is an exception to that rule. The 43-year-old Cedar, born in the United States but raised in Israel, just secured his second Oscar nomination this week, making it two out of the four major films he has directed being nominated for the coveted award.
Jews at the Oscars [FILM TRAILERS]
Jonah Hill, Steven Spielberg, Woody Allen, ‘Footnote’ in Oscar finals
Israel’s entry to Oscars does not plan to become a ‘Footnote’
Joseph Cedar has made four movies during his 11-year career, and the first three have represented Israel in the Oscar races for Best Foreign-Language film.
‘50/50’s’ Will Reiser to compete against Woody, Diablo
Oscars bring back Billy Crystal
Oscar organizers on Thursday brought back funnyman Billy Crystal to host the film awards after recent days of turmoil that led to the departure of one producer and his handpicked emcee Eddie Murphy.
Billy Crystal to host Oscars, again
Brett Ratner resigns as Oscar telecast producer [UPDATED]
Gil Cates, film producers, proud Jew, dies at 77
Babes in Oscarland? Brett Ratner to produce 84th Academy Awards
James Franco Q & A: His Film on Tortured Gay Poet Hart Crane
Academy fetes Oscar-winner Arthur Cohn
The Currency of Flirting
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Oscars 2011 Slideshow
PS22 Choir closes the Oscars with “Somewhere Over The Rainbow”
2011 Oscars: Best Dressed Celebs
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Jews and Oscars: The Night’s Minyan [SLIDESHOW]
In the opening montage of Sunday’s Academy Award ceremony, hosts James Franco and Anne Hathaway played with a dreidel, which proved to be a good omen that a good night awaited Jewish talent.
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Oscars 2011: Top Jewish Moments [VIDEO]
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James Franco’s Mother
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