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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
SS doctor August Hirt (Courtesy)
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
Dr. Shakshuka feeds Phil Rosenthal in 'Somebody Feed Phil.' (Netflix)
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
Brunhilde Pomsel, a secretary from Josef Goebbels' propaganda office, in 'A German Life.' (Courtesy)
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
Screenshot of Coco Chanel from Stéphane Benhamou's film 'The No. 5 War.' (Courtesy)
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
Israel Museum staff making decisions about artwork placement in "The Museum," about the country's most well-known cultural institution (Courtesy 'The Museum')
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
Gilbert Gottfried and wife Dara Kravitz. (Bingham Bryant/via JTA)
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
Etgar Keret is the subject of a Dutch-made documentary about his storytelling and the people around him in 'Etgar Keret: Based on a True Story' (Courtesy Stephane Kaas)
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
The Jerusalem office of Qatar-based news network and TV channel Al-Jazeera on July 31, 2017 (AFP PHOTO / AHMAD GHARABLI)
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
Clockwise, from left: Hubert Butler with daughter Julia in 1960; two couples Butler helped save from the Nazis. (Courtesy)
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
Sheila Nevins speaking at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival, September 10, 2012. (Terry Rice/Getty Images)
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
Lilly Rivlin, left, and Heather Booth at the first screening of 'Heather Booth: Changing the World.' (Photo Credit: Joan Roth)
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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