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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
Dalya protesting the Muslim travel ban at LAX in January 2017. (Dustin Pearlman/'Dalya’s Other Country')
From the WebJune 22, 2017, 1:01 pm
Jewish filmmaker, Syrian producer swap similar immigrant tales
NY Jewish Week: Airing June 26 on PBS, new film explores overlaps between Julia Meltzer's life in Damascus and Mustafo Zeno's career at an Orthodox high school
Demonstrators from the 'Third Position' political movement in Berlin. Screenshot from the documentary 'Chosen and Excluded -- Jew Hatred in Europe.' (Courtesy)
June 19, 2017, 1:18 pm
Controversial documentary on European anti-Semitism finally to air this week
Film set for Wednesday night broadcast; producers call talk show set to analyze it immediately afterward a 'tribunal'
By Marc Neugroschel
Screenshot of BDS protesters in Paris, from the documentary 'Chosen and Excluded -- Jew Hatred in Europe.' (Courtesy)
June 15, 2017, 9:17 pm
Israeli envoy slams TV channel for dropping anti-Semitism documentary
Ambassador to France says despite film's focus on Muslim countries, nixing it is 'obfuscation of information'
By JTA
Screenshot of BDS protesters in Paris, from the documentary 'Chosen and Excluded -- Jew Hatred in Europe.' (Courtesy)
June 13, 2017, 4:07 pm
Shunned anti-Semitism film shown for 24 hours only at Bild website
Germany's biggest paper leaks pirate copy of controversial documentary that public TV channel has refused to broadcast
By Marc Neugroschel
A screenshot from the documentary 'Chosen and Excluded -- Jew Hatred in Europe,' showing a Nakba Day demonstration in Berlin. (Courtesy)
June 11, 2017, 9:53 pm
European TV stations shun the anti-Semitism documentary they commissioned
Critics allege the partially taxpayer-funded film is not being aired because it links anti-Israel bias to Jew hatred
By Marc Neugroschel
Illustrative: Fans hold up an anti-Semitic banner during a Europa League soccer match in Belgrade between UK club Tottenham and Belgrade's Partizan, Thursday September 18, 2014. (screen capture: YouTube/Danger News, illustrative)
June 9, 2017, 12:49 pm
TV channel under fire for canceling anti-Semitism documentary
French-German station Arte drops film on Jew-hatred in Europe, saying it 'concentrates primarily on the Middle East'
By JTA
Carl Reiner in the HBO documentary 'If You’re Not in the Obit, Eat Breakfast.' (Courtesy of HBO/via JTA)
May 25, 2017, 4:57 am
Carl Reiner, 95, dishes his secrets to longevity
The perennial Jewish comedian is the subject of the upcoming HBO documentary, 'If You're Not in the Obit, Eat Breakfast'
By Curt Schleier
This file photo taken on March 10, 2016, shows Israeli director Amos Gitai posing for photographers before the opening his exhibition "Amos Gitai: Chronicle of an assassination foretold" at MAXXI museum in Rome. / AFP PHOTO / TIZIANA FABI
May 24, 2017, 4:34 pm
At Cannes, director Amos Gitai warns of Israel’s slow ‘suicide’
Leading Israeli filmmaker premieres new film about ‘harassment‘ of peace activists
By Fiachra GIBBONS
Jerry Garcia and Bob Weir backstage in 1977. (Peter Simon)
May 22, 2017, 3:31 pm
A Jewish filmmaker’s long strange trip to documenting the Grateful Dead
Amir Bar-Lev's four-hour homage to all things Dead is ambrosia for fans -- and a good way to initiate as yet ungrateful nonbelievers
By Jordan Hoffman
Anat Zalmanson-Kuznetsov and her mother Sylva Zalmanson at the airport from which the filmmakers parents tried to make their escape. (Courtesy/Franz Koch/ Israel Broadcasting Authority)
May 19, 2017, 8:15 pm
Israeli filmmaker chronicles parents’ failed attempt to hijack a Soviet plane
Anat Zalmanson-Kuznetsov's new documentary 'Operation Wedding' uncovers overlooked chapter in Soviet Jews' fight for freedom
By Julie Masis
31-year-old Lea Heitfeld shares an apartment with 95-year-old Holocaust survivor Ben Stern. (Courtesy)
May 12, 2017, 11:19 pm
Odd couple: The Holocaust survivor who shares a flat with the granddaughter of Nazis
When 95-year-old Ben Stern got a call from 31-year-old Lea Heitfeld about becoming flatmates, he kept an open mind. After all, she is a Jewish Studies grad student
By Lisa Klug
A screen shot from documentary 'Death in the Terminal' (Courtesy DocAviv)
May 11, 2017, 4:12 pm
US studio acquires award-winning Israeli documentary about terror attack
'Death in the Terminal' spotlights bad decisions in moments of crisis with a minute-by-minute account of a deadly 2015 incident in Beersheba
By Jessica Steinberg
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