Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleWelcome to The Reel Schmooze with ToI film reviewer Jordan Hoffman and host Amanda Borschel-Dan, where we bring you all the entertainment news and film reviews a Jew can use.
After Borschel-Dan reads out a listener’s cottage cheese-themed email, Hoffman brings us a news “Jangle” involving “Marty Supreme” actress Odessa A’zion.
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Next, we hear how to pickle lemons, and then we turn to an Israeli student film, “The Butcher’s Stain,” that is up for an Oscar this year for Best Short Film. Hoffman weighs in on its chances.
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Finally, we explore Spike Lee’s 2018 “BlacKkKlansman,” which has several surprisingly deeply Jewish moments.
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