Culture
It’s Oscar time — Jewi-ish films get nominations
Andrew Lapin, JTAFeb 01, 2024
The year’s biggest movie phenomenon was a one-two punch of blockbusters with Jewish roots — and they both came up big at the Oscar nominations. The Oscars will...
‘Sammy the Spider’ creator recognized in the Sydney Taylor Awards
Penny Schwartz, JTAJan 25, 2024
A lavishly illustrated children’s book about a Chinese Jewish family who celebrate both Rosh Hashanah and Lunar New Year is among the top winners of this year’s...
‘One Life’ tells the story of the ‘British Schindler’
Jackie Hajdenberg, JTAJan 11, 2024
In a 1988 episode of the British television show “That’s Life,” British stockbroker Nicholas Winton was invited to sit in the audience as host Esther Rantzen...
The chilling ‘Zone of Interest’
Andrew Lapin, JTAJan 04, 2024
“The Zone of Interest” is not like other Holocaust movies. Directed by British Jewish filmmaker Jonathan Glazer, the film initially appears to follow an...
Beautifying a necessary evil
Larry HankinDec 07, 2023
In 2014, Elyasaf Miara, a teacher and education advisor living in Shokeda, a remote moshav in the Gaza Envelope, noticed how ugly those concrete boxes were, making them...
Yiddish Book Center reboots exhibit
Andrew Silow-Carroll, JTAOct 26, 2023
Since its opening in 1997, the Yiddish Book Center has wowed visitors with its architecture. A Jewish village resurrected on a college campus in Amherst, Mass., the...