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Actress Tovah Feldshuh in the 2026 documentary "Tovah." (Courtesy)
August 31, 2026, 3:06 pm
From ‘Yentl’ to Netflix: 50 years into her career, actress Tovah Feldshuh gets a close-up
Jewish performer has played Golda Meir, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Dr. Ruth. Now, with a new documentary exploring her ongoing work, she says she’s gearing up for her fourth act
By ryan torok
Noga Erez, second from right and Ori Rousso, far right, with producers of the 'Noga' documentary that screened at the Jerusalem Film Festival on July 10, 2026 (Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)
July 13, 2026, 4:45 pm
Noga Erez and Ori Rousso share intimate details in new documentary ‘Noga’
Long-awaited film about indie music duo from directors Benji and Jono Bergmann screens at Jerusalem Film Festival
By Jessica Steinberg
Michel Cojot as a young man visiting New York. (From 'To Kill A Nazi,' courtesy of the Cojot family)
June 20, 2026, 9:16 am
Entebbe raid’s unsung hero gets limelight in new documentary 50 years later
Filmmaker Boaz Dvir makes case that rescue operation would not have been possible without key role played by French-Jewish hostage — and would-be assassin of a Nazi — Michel Cojot
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Nova survivor Rita Yedid, thanking soldiers for their service after October 7, 2023 (Courtesy)
June 5, 2026, 10:23 am
‘We were so broken’: Nova survivor Rita Yedid brings story of resilience to the screen
In documentary ‘Rita,’ which premiered May 27, the mother of two recounts hiding in the rave’s ticket booth as her husband shielded her from Hamas gunfire, and the painful aftermath
By Jessica Steinberg
Photographer Edward Serotta takes a self-portrait in a hotel room during his efforts to document Romania in the 1980s. (Courtesy Serotta via JTA)
April 11, 2026, 7:07 am
Romanian secret police trailed a Jewish photographer in the ’80s. Those files are now a film
Edward Serotta only recently discovered he’d been surveilled while traveling the communist country. Acclaimed director Radu Jude has turned the findings into a short documentary
By Toby Axelrod
Director Yoav Potash (left) greets Yaacov Goldstein, one of the last Jewish survivors of Gniewoszów, Poland. (Courtesy of 8 Above via JTA)
February 25, 2026, 2:47 pm
Poland ‘investigates’ film about Jews killed after the Holocaust, may ban it
California filmmaker Yoav Potash’s documentary ‘Among Neighbors’ follows the murders of five survivors who returned to their hometown — and it’s causing a far-right uproar
By Shira Li Bartov
Black and Jewish chef, writer, educator and food historian Michael W. Twitty sits at the head of the table at an interfaith seder attended by members of the Black and Jewish communities in this undated photo. (Courtesy of Sara Wolitzky)
February 11, 2026, 4:24 am
New PBS series examines bittersweet ties that have historically bound US Blacks and Jews
For Black History Month, docuseries ‘Black and Jewish America: An Interwoven History’ parses what has unified and divided the communities, amid today’s renewed tensions
By Rich Tenorio
Elie Wiesel arrives for a round table discussion on Capitol Hill, March 2, 2015, in Washington, DC. (WIN MCNAMEE / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)
January 27, 2026, 5:52 am
New documentary reveals saga behind Elie Wiesel’s world-famous Holocaust memoir ‘Night’
In ‘Elie Wiesel: Soul on Fire,’ airing on PBS in the US on January 27, filmmaker Oren Rudavsky examines the Nobel laureate through his ‘lifelong attempt to give his life meaning’
By Rich Tenorio
Israeli soldiers operating in the northern Gaza Strip, July 22, 2025. (Oren Cohen/Flash90)
November 10, 2025, 2:36 pm
British TV set to air film interviewing IDF soldiers on alleged Gaza war misconduct
First-hand testimonies describe human shields, indiscriminate killings, and the controversial influence of a brigade rabbi; army insists it ‘remains committed to the rule of law’
By Stav Levaton
Documentary filmmaker Yonatan Nir brings third season of DocuNation festival to ToI Community in October 2025. (Courtesy)
September 24, 2025, 3:54 pm
Daily Briefing Sept. 24: Day 719 – ToI doc film event shows the other kinds of Israeli stories
Filmmaker Yonatan Nir talks about season three of online film festival for ToI Community, screening Israeli documentaries followed by Q&A with directors
By Jessica Steinberg
Noam Tibon (right) and his wife Gali Mir-Tibon attend the premiere of 'The Road Between Us: The Ultimate Rescue,' at the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival, at Roy Thomson Hall on September 10, 2025, in Toronto, Ontario. (Shawn Goldberg / Getty Images via AFP)
September 11, 2025, 5:01 pm
Protesters picket a disinvited, and reinvited, Oct. 7 film in Toronto, but don’t deter heroes
The controversy-ridden premiere of ‘The Road Between Us’ goes as planned, as Noam and Gali Tibon appear in person to tell how they saved their family from Hamas terrorists
By Robert Rotenberg
Yehoram Gaon is featured in a documentary film named for him, screened at 'Docu.Text' at the National Library of Jerusalem, August 17-22, 2025 (Courtesy)
August 4, 2025, 9:35 am
Love, loss and dancing: National Library hosts documentary fest
Docu.Text event brings Jerusalem five days of film screenings that illuminate Israel and Jewish culture
By Jessica Steinberg
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