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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 469

Jesse Eisenberg

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
Jesse Eisenberg attends the LA Premiere of "Zombieland: Double Tap" in Los Angeles, October 10, 2019. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)
August 19, 2022, 5:35 am
Jesse Eisenberg’s next film tracks 2 cousins exploring grandmother’s Holocaust story
He’ll direct and star alongside Kieran Culkin, exploring ‘historical trauma’ in a modern context; begins filming in March
By CALEB GUEDES-REED
Lizzy Caplan and Jesse Eisenberg, the Jewish stars of 'Fleishman Is in Trouble' (Getty Images)
November 19, 2021, 5:14 am
Lizzy Caplan, Jesse Eisenberg to star in ‘Fleishman is in Trouble’
Adaptation of 2019 novel focuses on a Jewish man’s middle-age crisis
By PHILISSA CRAMER
Jesse Eisenberg (L) attends the Child Mind Institute's 2019 Child Advocacy Award Dinner in New York City, Nov. 19, 2019 (Sylvain Gaboury/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images via JTA); at right, Marcel Marceau performs at the Geffen Playhouse in Westwood California, July 31, 2002. (Michel Boutefeu/Getty Images via JTA)
January 24, 2020, 9:30 am
Jesse Eisenberg feels link to Marcel Marceau who he plays in new movie
Actor says famed mime’s family was from same part of Europe as his own during World War II
By Marcy Oster
In this April 14, 2016 file photo, actor Jesse Eisenberg accepts the Male Star of the Year award during the CinemaCon 2016 Big Screen Achievement Awards n Las Vegas. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)
May 20, 2017, 8:21 am
Eisenberg to play Marcel Marceau in WWII film
Movie by Venezuelan Jewish filmmaker Jonathan Jakubowicz tells the story of mime who saved Jewish orphans during the war
By SIGAL RATNER-ARIAS
In this undated handout photo released by UNHCR on Monday, Sept 12 2016, UNHCR goodwill ambassador Cate Blanchett, center, and camp manager Hovig Etyemezian, right, walk at Zaatari refugee camp as they visit Syrian refugees in Jordan. (Jordi Matas/UNHCR via AP)
September 12, 2016, 7:59 pm
Blanchett, other stars spotlight plight of refugees
In new video, actors ask: ‘If you had to flee your home, what would you take?’
By Jamey Keaten
From left to right, actor Corey Stoll, actor Jesse Eisenberg, actress Blake Lively, director Woody Allen and actress Kristen Stewart pose during a photocall for the film Cafe Society' ahead of the opening of the 69th Cannes Film Festival, southern France, May 11, 2016. (AFP/ALBERTO PIZZOLI)
May 11, 2016, 7:49 pm
Woody Allen’s golden-age love story kicks off Cannes
‘Cafe Society,’ starring Kristen Stewart and Jesse Eisenberg, gets mixed reviews at French film festival
By Fran Blandy
Gal Gadot as Diana Prince (aka Wonder Woman) and Ben Affleck as Bruce Wayne (aka Batman) in a still image from the 2016 movie 'Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice' (screen capture: YouTube)
March 28, 2016, 4:36 am
‘Batman v Superman’ pows box office with $170 million debut
Israel’s Gal Gadot wins praise for her turn as Wonder Woman, is even singled out as the highlight of the movie
By AFP and ToI Staff
Henry Cavill, left, as Clark Kent, and Jesse Eisenberg as Lex Luthor in “Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice.” (Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures/DC Comics)
March 25, 2016, 8:36 am
‘Batman v. Superman’: Jesse Eisenberg on Lex Luthor’s Jewish qualities
When you get past his ‘rageful and envious and increasingly dark’ side, the DC comics supervillain has ‘a very strong moral code and he questions things,’ says actor
By Curt Schleier
Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman, flanked by Ben Affleck's Batman (right) and Henry Cavill's Superman (left). (YouTube screenshot)
March 19, 2016, 2:46 am
Wonder Woman Gal Gadot is real hero of ‘Batman v Superman’
Former Miss Israel stresses how important it is for young girls and boys to have a strong female superhero to look up to
By Frankie TAGGART
In this Feb. 28, 2015 file photo, Jon Stewart appears onstage at Comedy Central's "Night of Too Many Stars: America Comes Together for Autism Programs" at the Beacon Theatre in New York. (Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)
October 27, 2015, 9:56 pm
Jon Stewart opening sanctuary for abused animals
Comedian’s New Jersey refuge and educational center is no funny farm
By AFP
Luzer Twersky, right, consulted on and plays a Hasidic character in the forthcoming film 'Felix and Meira.' (Julie Landreville/JTA)
August 19, 2014, 3:52 pm
Hasidic consultants help Hollywood get it right
In a very niche occupation, mavens dispel misconceptions and advise on language, costuming and plot
By Miriam Moster
Jesse Eisenberg as Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg in 'The Social Network'
July 28, 2014, 10:42 am
Rockets can’t keep Jesse Eisenberg away
The Oscar-nominated actor, who co-stars with Gal Gadot in ‘Batman versus Superman,’ visits Israel despite warfare
By Debra Kamin
Lex Luthor (Courtesy DC Comics)
January 31, 2014, 9:51 pm
Metropolis’ master criminal is now a Member of the Tribe
‘Nebbishy Jew’ Jesse Eisenberg cast as DC Comics’ megalomaniacal and hitherto establishment figure Lex Luthor in upcoming mega movie
By Jordan Hoffman
An outspoken critic of Israel and "Zionist hoodlums," Vanessa Redgrave plans to portray a Holocaust survivor in an off-Broadway play. (Photo credit: CC BY/The Drama League via Flickr.com)
September 21, 2012, 10:16 pm
Vanessa Redgrave, foe of ‘Zionist hoodlums,’ will play Holocaust survivor onstage
Veteran stage and screen star will portray a Polish Jew in New York City production of ‘The Revisionist’
By Nathan Burstein
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