8+ hour, 17+ min ago  (1353+ words) By PJ Grisar April 17, 2026 Of the great debates in film history, a few dominate. How much of Citizen Kane did Orson Welles really write? Is the auteur a film's true author? And, the one that will never be resolved, can…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (796+ words) Moments after this, Allan stomped on a plastic cup of communion wine for, I guess, Judaism. Courtesy of Premarital Movie By Mira Fox April 6, 2026 It's a classic Guess Who's Coming to Dinner set-up: A family's first meeting with their daughter's…...

2+ week, 3+ hour ago  (509+ words) By Benjamin Ivry April 3, 2026 The television entertainment personality Gene Shalit, who celebrated his centenary on March 25, semaphored a Jewish appearance for decades to viewers of NBC's early morning gabfest The Today Show. Shalit apparently kvelled at the notion that he…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago  (379+ words) By Julia M. Klein March 23, 2026 Can We Laugh at That? : Comedy in a Conflicted Age Jacques Berlinerblau University of California Press, 256 pages, $24. 95 Even in these polarized, politically turbulent times, Jacques Berlinerblau argues that the United States still agrees " mostly " on the…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (928+ words) By Mira Fox February 25, 2026 Jewish comedy is, of course, a long and vaunted tradition: Joan Rivers, Mel Brooks, Woody Allen, Lenny Bruce, Larry David. Today, though, everyone is in therapy. Everyone is anxious. Everyone can poke fun at their crazy…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (543+ words) By PJ Grisar February 22, 2026 There is a kind of sublime poetry in Marcel Marceau's first act. As a young man in occupied France, Marceau (then Mangel) forged identity papers and shepherded dozens of Jewish children across the Alps to Switzerland....

2+ mon, 23+ hour ago  (62+ words) The Forward By Dan Friedman February 16, 2026 May his memory be a blessing, and may we, like him, never stop seeing. Dan Friedman is the former executive editor and whisky correspondent of the Forward, and is the author of abook about…...

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2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (183+ words) Amanda Peet plays a former child star in "Fantasy Life." Courtesy of Greenwich Entertainment By Dan Friedman January 27, 2026 At the heart of Fantasy Life, which marks Matthew Shear"s directorial debut, is a sweet relationship between dropout law student Sam…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (600+ words) The comic duo Dzigan and Schumacher in a scene of the film Courtesy of National Center for Jewish Film By Allen Lewis Rickman January 23, 2026 There's an old British expression, "a curate's egg." The story goes that a couple once hosted…...