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Entertainment
A Guide to Living Textually: Ilana Kurshan’s ‘Children of the Book’
Na’amit Sturm Nagel
October 22, 2025
Throughout the memoir, Kurshan balances her love for Jewish texts and literature with raising her children.
‘Ancient Child’ Finds Matisyahu in a Reflective Mood
Brian Fishbach
October 22, 2025
“I called the album ‘Ancient Child,’ because the ancient child is above nature. It’s the process of how we get there. … The question is what happens next.”
‘Unspoken’ Confronts the Hidden Lives of LGBTQ Teens in Orthodox Communities
Ayala Or-El
October 22, 2025
In “Unspoken,” director and producer Jeremy Borison tells the story of Noam (Charlie Korman), a closeted teenager growing up in a modern Orthodox community.
Dwayne Johnson Is Rock Solid In ‘The Smashing Machine’
Alan Zeitlin
October 17, 2025
Johnson excels in the role that could earn him an Oscar for Best Actor.
An Exploration of German Exiles in Hollywood in ‘Weimar Under the Palms’
Jonathan Kirsch
October 16, 2025
A lively and deeply informed account of the era when Los Angeles served as a place of refuge for German, Austrian and Eastern European artists, writers, scholars and intellectuals who fled from the Third Reich.
The Jewish Couple Who Met and Married in a Nazi Concentration Camp
Brian Fishbach
October 16, 2025
The movie has the virtues of “Life is Beautiful” and the intensity of “Schindler’s List,” and stands on its own as an engaging Holocaust drama.
For Irwin Katsof, ‘Living Dangerously’ Means Giving Generously
Toby Klein Greenwald
October 16, 2025
Book Review and Interview: LIVING DANGEROUSLY, My Struggle to Get Rich Without Losing my Soul
‘Among Neighbors’: A Dark Secret Hidden in History
Ayala Or-El
October 15, 2025
While many Holocaust films focus on the atrocities committed by the Nazis, “Among Neighbors” shifts the lens to the Polish people and what occurred after the war.
From ‘Pulp Fiction’ to ‘Red Alert’: Lawrence Bender Confronts the Realities of October 7
Ayala Or-El
October 8, 2025
Producer Lawrence Bender’s career spans a wide range of acclaimed films, from the pop-culture phenomenon “Pulp Fiction” to the Oscar-winning “Good Will Hunting.
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