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Nathan Burstein

Woody Allen (photo credit: CC-BY-David Shankbone, Wikimedia Commons)
August 13, 2013, 11:40 pm
Woody Allen ‘Gigolo’ preview debuts
After years of staying mostly behind the camera, the superstar director plays a Jewish pimp in upcoming comedy
By Nathan Burstein
Adult backup dancers join Sam Horowitz for his grand entrance at his 2012 bar mitzvah party. (photo credit: screenshot/YouTube)
August 13, 2013, 9:59 pm
‘Insane’ bar mitzvah clip goes viral
Months after its YouTube debut, video featuring Dallas 13-year-old Sam Horowitz attracts a burst of online attention
By Nathan Burstein
Erica Baum Barbara, 2013 (Naked Eye) Archival pigment print (photo credit: courtesy)
June 24, 2013, 2:32 pm
New York, ‘Jew York,’ a helluva town
New art exhibit echoes Lenny Bruce, who once said, ‘If you live in New York, even if you’re Catholic, you’re Jewish’
By Nathan Burstein
A scene from 'Aliyah' (photo credit: courtesy Filmmovement)
June 16, 2013, 10:04 pm
New film ‘Aliyah’ an uninsightful missed opportunity
In a head-scratching move, French director Elie Wajeman strips his movie of everything potentially memorable and distinctive
By Nathan Burstein
Illustrative photo of the Israeli flag (Uri Lenz/Flash90)
May 24, 2013, 12:49 am
Israel low in global popularity ranking
BBC survey finds that Germany is most widely approved country internationally, and Iran the least
By Nathan Burstein
Moses' parting of the Red Sea is just one of the ancient stories depicted in "The Bible." (YouTube screenshot)
March 29, 2013, 3:09 pm
‘The Bible’ comes to an end
The History cable network has a huge US hit on its hands with an epic retelling of the Torah and New Testament
By Nathan Burstein
Debra Messing is planning ahead. (YouTube screenshot)
March 28, 2013, 12:47 pm
Debra Messing’s Israeli backup plan
The star will shoot a comedy pilot for a competing network — just in case her current show gets canceled
By Nathan Burstein
Sarah Silverman (photo credit: YouTube screen capture)
March 19, 2013, 11:13 am
A Jewish ‘Christian prostitute’?
Sarah Silverman may take the role in a new film opposite controversial Oscars host Seth MacFarlane
By Nathan Burstein
Hollywood's next Moses may be Christian. (YouTube screenshot)
March 18, 2013, 8:08 am
Batman may become Moses
‘Dark Knight’ star Christian Bale is reportedly being considered to play the biblical hero in a new Hollywood epic
By Nathan Burstein
The self-proclaimed Paper of Record had at best a mixed one during World War II. (Kickstarter screenshot)
March 12, 2013, 1:16 pm
Film looks at NY Times and Holocaust
A student documentary about the paper’s shallow coverage of the genocide — just six front-page stories throughout the war — will premiere at one of America’s most prestigious festivals
By Nathan Burstein
Jon Stewart on "The Daily Show." (Comedy Central screenshot)
March 6, 2013, 2:22 pm
Stewart gets serious about Iran film
Comedian will go on hiatus from ‘The Daily Show’ to direct his first feature, about a reporter tortured in Tehran
By Nathan Burstein
The highest-grossing documentary in the US between Friday and Sunday came from Israel. (Photo credit: CC BY/City of Marietta, GA via Flickr.com)
February 25, 2013, 2:50 pm
Israeli doc loses Oscar but soars at the box office
Dror Moreh’s ‘The Gatekeepers’ jumps 20 places in popularity at North American theaters over the weekend
By Nathan Burstein
Polish State Archives general director Władysław Stępniak signs Friday's agreement at a ceremony attended by PSA official Ania Krochmal and Jewish Records Indexing representative Krzysztof Malczewsk. (YouTube screenshot)
February 19, 2013, 2:21 pm
Poland deal massively expands access to prewar Jewish records
Agreement signed by State Archives in Warsaw will allow for free digital research into family and community pre-Holocaust histories
By Nathan Burstein
File: Yaakov Peri. (Courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics)
February 1, 2013, 10:07 pm
Second Israeli Oscar nominee arrives in US theaters
Opening Friday, ‘The Gatekeepers’ takes a complex look at the men responsible for Israel’s security — and offers a clear contrast with its competition
By Nathan Burstein
Adrift personally and professionally, the title character (Ohad Knoller, left) meets a potential love interest (Oz Zehavi) on his way to Eilat. (YossiFilm.com)
January 25, 2013, 7:45 pm
Israel’s favorite gay soldier returns to the big screen
A decade after striking a chord at film festivals around the world, a beloved character resurfaces in Eytan Fox’s ‘Yossi,’ opening Friday in the US
By Nathan Burstein
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