Director of Oct. 7 Documentary ‘Road Between Us’ Highlights a ‘Story of Hope’
Carin M. Smilk
Everyone has heard of the unlikely hero — that person who, despite all odds, comes to the rescue in a seemingly herculean...
Gal Gadot Wins Genesis Prize for Defense of Israel in Divided Hollywood
Shira Li Bartov
Actor Gal Gadot has won the Genesis Prize, sometimes called the “Jewish Nobel,” for supporting Israel even as a backlash against the...
Reform Rabbi One of 456 Competitors on Season 2 of Netflix’s ‘Squid Game’
By Grace Gilson
Jamie Field was still a rabbinical student at Hebrew Union College in New York City when she watched the first season of...
Fall Arts Preview
By Stephen Silver
Here’s a roundup of Jewish and Jewish-adjacent arts events around the Philadelphia region this fall.
The Jewish comedian Rachel Feinstein is performing at...
Well-Known Comedic Duo Comes to Philly to Tell Tales of Judaism in Sweden
What do you know about Sweden?
That it’s the home of IKEA? That it’s cold? That it has good meatballs?
Many Americans know some of these...
Apple TV+ Shelves ‘The Savant,’ a Jessica Chastain Thriller Inspired by ADL’s...
Asaf Elia-Shalev | JTA
Apple TV+ has delayed the release of “The Savant,” a show starring Jessica Chastain that puts a spotlight on the secretive...
New Documentary Explores Controversial Death of Philadelphia Jewish Woman
Ellen Greenberg was a 27-year-old Jewish woman who was found dead on the floor of her apartment in Manayunk on the blizzard night of...
Take It From This Rabbi: You Should Binge-Watch Netflix’s ‘Long Story Short’ for the...
Rabbi Benjamin Resnick | JTA
During Selichot services, I led members of our congregation in our first recitation of “Ashamnu,” the confessional acrostic that we...
Oct. 7 Documentary Is Reinstated at Toronto Film Festival After Cancellation Brouhaha
Philissa Cramer | JTA
The Road Between Us: The Ultimate Rescue” will premier at the Toronto International Film Festival after all, following a backlash over...
Israel Welcomes Toronto Film Festival’s Reversal on Screening Oct. 7 Film
JNS
Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar on Aug. 15 welcomed the decision by the Toronto International Film Festival to allow the screening of the film...