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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
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
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
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
February 3, 2018, 8:23 am
New French film raises ghosts of Nazi medical horrors
Michel Cymes believes remains of 86 Jews tortured by SS doctor August Hirt may still be in the anatomy collection of the University of Strasbourg
By
Laurence THOMANN
February 2, 2018, 9:54 pm
‘Everybody Loves Raymond’ creator discovers love of Israeli food in new series
In Tel Aviv making his Netflix documentary, ‘Somebody Feed Phil,’ Phil Rosenthal finally found what his parents’ Jewish cooking had lacked — flavor
By
Tracy Frydberg
December 21, 2017, 2:04 pm
Shot in black and white, ‘A German Life’ paints WWII in chilling shades of gray
The film’s ‘star,’ a secretary to Goebbels who was in Hitler’s bunker at the very end, continues to deny culpability, still gets teary-eyed about the Fuhrer’s suicide
By
Jordan Hoffman
December 21, 2017, 6:27 am
Foul note in Chanel No. 5 let out of the bottle in new film
Documentary shows how fashion designer Coco Chanel attempted to use Nazi laws to undercut Jewish business partners during WWII
By
Tracy Frydberg
November 15, 2017, 2:10 pm
Behind the scenes at the Israel Museum, in new documentary
‘The Museum’ offers a carefully curated look at what drives and directs one of Israel’s greatest cultural institutions
By
Jessica Steinberg
November 3, 2017, 11:29 am
Gilbert Gottfried loves being on the Nazis’ list of most powerful Jews
Ahead of the Friday release of his eponymous documentary, the comedian tells us some dirty jokes, and why it’s best never to apologize
By
Jordan Hoffman
October 11, 2017, 8:08 am
A hunt for the kernel of truth behind Etgar Keret’s stories
Dutch documentary about the beloved Israeli fiction writer, a cult favorite in Holland, opens at the 33rd Haifa Film Festival
By
Jessica Steinberg
October 10, 2017, 5:25 pm
Al Jazeera planted undercover reporter in US pro-Israel groups
Qatar-owned news network to air documentary showing how Israel lobby works in America, following vindication by UK watchdog over British expose
By
JTA
August 25, 2017, 4:18 pm
When Ireland rejected Jewish orphans fleeing Nazis, this man saved dozens
A new film chronicling Irish anti-Semitism stars one WWII hero, essayist Hubert Butler, who was ostracized for speaking against the Catholic church
By
Robert Philpot
August 4, 2017, 6:59 am
HBO legend picks her 5 top Jewish documentaries
On the release of her ‘eclectic memories’ as executive producer of over 1,000 films, Sheila Nevins gives the low-down on the top flicks that bring out the Jewish New Yorker in her
By
Gabe Friedman
July 20, 2017, 3:22 pm
In ‘Heather Booth,’ one great female Jewish activist films another
Screening July 20, the documentary follows the social justice organizer over a 50 year career. The bonus — director Lilly Rivlin is equally accomplished
By
Elissa Einhorn
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