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Sasha Joseph Neulinger as a young boy (Step 1 Films)
May 22, 2020, 8:27 pm
In ‘Rewind,’ abused nephew revisits home movies to cauterize cantor’s abuse
Sasha Joseph Neulinger ‘cleans out old wounds’ to heal from trauma inflicted by family members — including prominent Temple Emanu-El cantor uncle — and prolonged legal drama
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Tel Aviv's City Hall will be lit up for this year's Yom Ha'atzmaut celebration on April 28, 2020, which will eschew fireworks and parades for a more modest festivities in honor of Israel's 72nd year of independence. (courtesy, City of Tel Aviv-Jaffa)
April 28, 2020, 3:05 pm
With countrywide closure during Independence Day, celebrations go online
All-day virtual marathons, Zoom parties, and film screenings on offer for Israel’s 72nd birthday, during the COVID-19 pandemic
By Jessica Steinberg
From left: Liron Matzas, Romy Abergel, Ofri Shemesh and Noam Kaniel from 'Transkids.' (Ohad Romano)
April 24, 2020, 1:41 pm
TV series follows Israeli transgender high schoolers as they approach IDF draft
Award-winning director Hilla Medalia films families for 4 years, exposing joy and pain of surgery and hormone therapy treating gender dysphoria during crucial adolescent period
By Renee Ghert-Zand
In this file photo taken on May 20, 2009 Argentina's Public Prosecutor Alberto Nisman gives a press conference in Buenos Aires. January 18 marks the fifth anniversary of the mysterious death of Nisman,who had accused Iran of the attack on the Jewish mutual AMIA in 1994 and had denounced ex-president Cristina Kirchner in the case (JUAN MABROMATA / AFP)
January 17, 2020, 1:21 pm
Netflix docuseries revives debate over Argentine prosecutor’s death
‘The Prosecutor, the President and the Spy’ examines still unsolved death of Alberto Nisman after he accused then-president Kirchner of cover-up in 1994 bombing of Jewish center
By Liliana Samuel
Attorney Lea Tsemel in a trailer for the documentary "Advocate." (Screen capture/YouTube)
December 17, 2019, 9:57 am
Israeli biopic about lawyer who represents Palestinians shortlisted for Oscars
‘Advocate,’ a documentary on Lea Tsemel, has won international critical acclaim but is deeply controversial back home
By TOI staff
The TrueFeatures team filming in Caesarea National Park, with Joe Mullings, left, and Harel Gadot, Executive Chairman and President of XACT Robotics Ltd.; Nov. 5, 2019 (Paige Marogil)
November 19, 2019, 12:15 pm
Documentary delves into growing weight of Startup Nation on med-tech scene
‘TrueFuture’ series, hosted and produced by Joe Mullings, aims to showcase life-saving technologies and the people behind them
Film director Daniel Roher takes a break from editing his new documentary, 'Once Were Brothers,' at the post-production studio in Toronto, Ontario, August 29, 2019. The film will open the Toronto International Film Festival on Thursday, September 5. (Etye Sarner)
September 3, 2019, 4:03 am
26-year-old Jewish-Canadian director to launch Toronto Film Festival
On September 5, Daniel Roher’s latest documentary about a maverick musician, ‘Once Were Brothers,’ will make him one of the youngest filmmakers to open the prestigious event
By Robert Sarner
From 'Parasite,' the award-winning Korean film that will open the 36th Jerusalem Film Festival on July 25, 2019 (Courtesy PR)
July 4, 2019, 4:05 pm
Korean dark comedy ‘Parasite’ to open 10 days of Jerusalem Film Festival
200 screenings and other movie-related events kick off July 25 throughout the capital
By Jessica Steinberg
Attorney Lea Tsemel in a trailer for the documentary "Advocate." (Screen capture/YouTube)
June 27, 2019, 3:01 pm
National lottery pulls funding for festival prize after divisive film wins
Mifal HaPayis says it will also examine legal options to rescind grant to documentary about Israeli lawyer who has defended Palestinian terror suspects
By Jacob Magid
Fashion designer Isaac Mizrahi reacts to applause after presenting his Spring 2011 collection, Thursday, September 16, 2010, during Fashion Week in New York. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
June 18, 2019, 4:55 am
With his signature honesty, Isaac Mizrahi describes growing up a gay Syrian Jew
Famed fashionista wears his heart on his sleeve as he reads from his new memoir ‘I.M.’ at Manhattan’s Film Forum alongside a screening of his hit film ‘Unzipped’
By Jordan Hoffman
'Ask Dr. Ruth' chronicles the life of Dr. Ruth Westheimer, a Holocaust survivor who became America's most famous sex therapist. (Austin Hargrave/via JTA)
May 11, 2019, 5:13 am
Documentary on Dr. Ruth delves into the sex therapist’s Holocaust past
In ‘Ask Dr. Ruth,’ now playing in a few New York theaters and streaming June 1 on Hulu, viewers learn that there’s a lot more to Westheimer’s story than they might think
By Curt Schleier
Roxane van Iperen’s home was once the center for one of Holland’s most daring Holocaust rescue operations. She wrote about it in 'The High Nest.' (Jan Willem Kaldenbach/via JTA)
January 12, 2019, 5:34 am
A Dutch couple find forgotten Holocaust history in their countryside home
Amid ‘arguing, misery and work,’ it is discovered that their new estate had been the center for one of Holland’s most daring rescue operations conducted by Jews for Jews
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Silhouette of grandmother Annette Ontell, from '306 Hollywood.' (Courtesy El Tigre Productions)
September 28, 2018, 4:50 pm
In an archaeological excavation with a twist, a family finds hoarded memories
Opening Friday, in ‘306 Hollywood,’ as Elan and Jonathan Bogarín clean out their grandmother’s home, they find unknown treasures stashed away by the daughter of Jewish immigrants
By Jordan Hoffman
Michael Moore attends the "Fahrenheit 11/9" premiere during the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival at Ryerson Theatre on September 6, 2018, in Toronto, Canada. (Presley Ann/Getty Images/AFP)
September 10, 2018, 2:37 am
In Trump’s rise, Michael Moore sees the hallmarks of Hitler
Filmmaker says Nazi imagery in his new ‘Fahrenheit 11/9’ is part of a call to action against US president; ‘History doesn’t look kindly on good Germans who were silent’
By Jake Coyle
Professors David M. Kennedy and Condoleeza Rice at Stanford University in 'American Creed.' (Courtesy PBS)
February 27, 2018, 4:31 am
PBS documentary reminds Americans of their ties that bind — not gag
In ‘American Creed,’ San Francisco filmmaker Sam Ball examines different ways people keep the country’s founding ideals alive in a time of extreme political polarization
By Renee Ghert-Zand
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