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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 529

Miami Jewish Film Festival

Filmmaker Leslie Gelrubin Benitah sees the devastation wrought on Kibbutz Be'eri during the Hamas assault of October 7, 2023, in this still from 'Milk and Honey, Blood and Tears.' (Courtesy)
January 9, 2025, 2:51 am
Some Jewish film festivals tiptoe around Oct. 7. A Miami festival is leaning into it
Running from Jan. 9-23, the Miami Jewish Film Festival features 13 films dealing with the Hamas atrocities, to help combat denial of the tragedy and make victims’ voices heard
By Rich Tenorio
In this still from the 2018 film 'Back to Maracana,' some long overdue bonding takes place between Brazilian-Israeli father Roberto (Asaf Goldstien) and his son Itai (Rom Barnea). (Courtesy)
January 15, 2020, 8:56 pm
Spotlight on Ibero-Jewish films at Miami festival celebrates influx of Sephardim
Held in a city that’s home to increasing numbers of Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking Jews, festival focuses on movies from Spain, Argentina, Portugal, and Brazil, through January
By Rich Tenorio
Mambo dancers in New York's Catskill mountains, from 'The Mamboniks.' (Courtesy Lex Gillespie)
March 3, 2019, 4:38 pm
Hey mambo: The Latin music craze that moved a generation of Jewish immigrants
The mambo got a foothold in New York’s 1940s and ’50s melting pot, bringing Jews, Italians, Puerto Ricans and others in step, as portrayed in ‘The Mamboniks,’ premiering March 3
By Rich Tenorio
Portuguese army captain Arthur Carlos de Barros Basto (Rodrigo Santos) presides at the head of the table with his wife Lea and child in a scene from the new historical drama 'Sefarad.' (Courtesy Miami Jewish Film Festival)
January 15, 2019, 1:04 pm
Historical drama depicts untold story of the 1930s ‘Portuguese Dreyfus Affair’
Premiering January 15 in Miami, ‘Sefarad’ is the tale of a real-life Marrano WWI war hero who converts to Judaism, revives Oporto Jewry, and is expelled from the military for it
By Rich Tenorio
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