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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 478

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The comedian Dave Chappelle tells an extended anecdote about President Jimmy Carter's Middle East diplomacy during an appearance on 'Saturday Night Live' on January 18, 2025. (Screenshot)
January 21, 2025, 2:54 am
On ‘SNL,’ Dave Chappelle implores Trump to have empathy for Palestinians
Comedian’s monologue includes praise for Jimmy Carter’s visit to Palestinian areas; his jokes about ‘the Jews’ during 2022 appearance drew claims of antisemitism
By PHILISSA CRAMER
This image released by Searchlight Pictures shows Timothée Chalamet in a scene from "A Complete Unknown." (Macall Polay/Searchlight Pictures via AP)
December 26, 2024, 5:56 am
Bob Dylan biopic ‘A Complete Unknown’ is electric in more ways than one
In theaters Friday, film starring Timothée Chalamet is utterly fascinating, captures a moment in time when songs had weight, when they could move the culture
By Mark Kennedy
Moses Michael Levi Barrow, who rapped under the stage name 'Shyne,' prays at the Western Wall in a Jerusalem in a scene from the new documentary, 'The Honorable Shyne.' (Andscape via JTA)
November 22, 2024, 4:44 pm
‘Honorable Shyne’ documents Jewish rapper’s beef with Diddy, new life in Belize politics
New Hulu documentary sheds light on Moses Michael Levi Barrow’s jail time, sojourn in Israel, and his rebirth as the opposition leader in his native country
By Stephen Silver
David (Jesse Eisenberg) and Benji Kaplan (Kieran Culkin) take a train to Majdanek while on a tour of Poland in 'A Real Pain.' (Courtesy Searchlight Pictures via JTA)
November 6, 2024, 2:51 am
In ‘A Real Pain,’ Jesse Eisenberg connects on- and offscreen with his ancestors’ Poland
Now in theaters, the latest film from the Jewish writer, director and actor features a semi-autobiographical heritage tour full of pathos, banter and fast-paced humor
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Zach Zucker as "Jack Tucker" (Photo by Dylan Woodley, via Hey Alma)
August 10, 2024, 12:32 pm
The Jewish clown of a generation? Watch Zach Zucker aka ‘Jack Tucker’ and decide
On paper, Zucker performing as a cartoonishly dim-witted stand-up comedian should not be funny. But his shows are a comedic assault on the senses, and the buzz is growing
By EVELYN FRICK
In 'Treasure,' father-daughter duo Lena Dunham and Stephen Fry tour Poland, including Auschwitz. (Bleecker Street via JTA)
June 15, 2024, 4:34 pm
Stephen Fry, Lena Dunham take father-daughter trip to Auschwitz in tragicomedy ‘Treasure’
Now in US theaters, the film based on the 2000 novel ‘Too Many Men’ sees two grieving family members take a roots trip to Poland in the post-Soviet 1990s
By Toby Axelrod
Alex Edelman at an opening night performance of 'Just For Us' at Mark Taper Forum on November 11, 2023, in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Unique Nicole / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)
April 11, 2024, 2:03 am
As Alex Edelman’s ‘Just For Us’ hits HBO and Max, antisemitism is again in the spotlight
Jewish comedian’s 2018 special about attending white supremacist meeting premiered before worst antisemitic attack in US history; streaming debut comes 6 months after Oct. 7
By Ben Sales
Illustrative: Avi Azulay as Moses holds the Ten Commandments in the Netflix series 'Testament: The Story of Moses.' (Courtesy Netflix)
April 10, 2024, 1:58 am
‘Testament: The Story of Moses’ is a top Netflix show — and it features multiple rabbis
Released around Easter and Passover, the docudrama turns to Jewish, Christian and Muslim clergy, making it a great addition to the streamer’s small faith and spirituality category
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Comedian Modi Rosenfeld. (Courtesy)
March 29, 2024, 3:01 am
Popular Jewish comedian Modi has a new special. He wants non-Jews to watch, too
The funnyman popular with Orthodox Jews says the best way to end antisemitism is to invite people to ‘laugh with us’
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Cleavon Little, left, and Gene Wilder in a still from 'Blazing Saddles,' directed by Mel Brooks in 1974. (Warner Bros./Getty Images/ via JTA)
February 10, 2024, 1:35 am
‘Blazing Saddles’ marks a half-century of hilarity — and controversy
Released 50 years ago this week, the film juggles bawdiness, genre satire and political critique, and is still revered even as most admit today’s Hollywood would never let it fly
By Stephen Silver
Jon Bernthal and Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor in a scene from 'Origin.' (Array Filmworks/Neon via JTA)
January 26, 2024, 1:29 am
‘Origin’ story: How Ava DuVernay’s new movie connects the Holocaust, slavery and caste
Based on Isabel Wilkerson’s bestseller, the drama, now in theaters, includes a portrayal of the real-life author and uses historical recreations to capture the book’s cerebral tone
By Andrew Lapin
Actor Roberto Benigni in a scene from the Miramax movie 'Life Is Beautiful' circa 1997. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
December 16, 2023, 3:19 pm
‘Life is Beautiful’ hit US theaters 25 years ago, raising issues that linger today
Roberto Benigni’s 1997 film rocked Hollywood and beyond by attempting to infuse humor into the setting of a concentration camp, to critical acclaim — and criticism by many Jews
By Stephen Silver and Gabe Friedman
Bradley Cooper as Leonard Bernstein and Carey Mulligan as Felicia Montealegre in 'Maestro.' (Jason McDonald/Netflix)
December 14, 2023, 4:42 am
Bradley Cooper’s ‘Maestro’ shows bravura, but reveals little about Leonard Bernstein
In select theaters now and out on Netflix Dec. 20, film is a technical masterpiece but rarely scratches below the surface, reserving its best insights for Bernstein’s wife Felicia
By Matt Goldberg
Mark Margolis was part of a long tradition of Jewish actors playing memorable villains. (AMC/IMDb via JTA)
September 28, 2023, 12:15 pm
The best onscreen villains played by Jewish actors
The theme of Jews in Hollywood has been at the center of a number of recent controversies, but there’s no debating the contributions of these resonant bad guys
By Eric Schulmiller
An undated photo of filmmaker Luca Barbareschi. (Federica Di Benedetto e Marco Bellucci)
September 9, 2023, 2:05 am
Filmmaker Luca Barbareschi has two films premiering at Venice — and a bone to pick
The Jewish-Uruguayan-Italian actor, director, producer and former parliamentarian expounds on cancel culture, his Judaism, and why he feels Roman Polanski isn’t getting his due
By Amy K. Rosenthal
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