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...
At Philadelphia Jewish Film and Media, a New Era of Storytelling Demands a New...
Larry Fried hasn’t been at Philadelphia Jewish Film and Media very long. In fact, it’s only been two weeks since he stepped into the...
Larry David Teams Up With Obamas to Create New TV Comedy Series
Grace Gilson
After his beloved and extremely Jewish sitcom “Curb Your Enthusiasm” ended after 12 seasons last year, many fans undoubtedly had the same thought:...
David Corenswet, the New Superman, Is From a Jewish Family
By Stephen Silver
The character of Superman was created in 1938 by two Jewish artists, writer Jerome “Jerry” Siegel and artist Joe Shuster. Much has...
Hollywood Outlier: American Actor Elliott Gould Focuses the Camera on Real Life
Rochel Grosz | JNS
It’s difficult to imagine a face like Elliott Gould’s becoming a matinee idol today. It is angular and brooding, with eyes...
A Chicago Cinema Canceled a Pro-Israel Movie Screening, Relented — Then Canceled Again
Grace Gilson | JTA
Soon after a Chicago theater canceled a screening of a documentary about campus antisemitism, its operators had second thoughts.
Facing a firestorm...
Documentary About Colleyville Incident Shown at the Weitzman
Stephen Silver
Back in April 2023, Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker, the rabbi who survived the Colleyville hostage situation in January 2022, visited Philadelphia, not long after...