Academy Awards
Terror and the Surveillance State on Film
Zero Dark Thirty and the Israeli documentary The Gatekeepers are up for Academy Awards. Only one should win.
Daybreak: Iran Denies Role in Burgas Bombing
Plus Syrian Druze are joining the opposition
Iran, Oscar Committee Both Hate Ben Affleck
From “Argo” to “Gangster Squad,” a celluloid news round-up
Israeli Documentaries Make Oscar Shortlist
‘The Gatekeepers’ and ‘Five Broken Cameras’ are being considered
Exonerating the Friedmans
Filmmaker Andrew Jarecki is trying to overturn Jesse Friedman’s 1989 Great Neck molestation conviction
Blackout in Tehran
Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi has been banned from making movies for the next 20 years. Here’s how he got around the mullahs.
Prize Fighters
Joseph Cedar’s Footnote pits a Talmudic scholar against his academic son in a tale equal parts midrash, riddle, and Israeli political tragedy
2 or 3 Things I Know About ‘A Separation’
The Iranian film beat the Israeli film and the Polish Holocaust film
Daybreak: U.S. Doubts Iran Bomb Program
Plus WikiLeaks makes another splash, and more in the news
Dictatorial
Sacha Baron Cohen has been warned not to commit any stunts at the Oscars. But why should he listen? It’s not as if he’ll ever win one.
Out of ‘In Darkness,’ Reflection
A response to Agnieszka Holland’s Academy Award-nominated film
Writing Footnote
Director Joseph Cedar on Orthodox Judaism, The Social Network, and the nightmare scenario behind his latest Academy Award-nominated film
Daybreak: Hopeless, Syrian Rebels Get Fiercer
Plus U.N. report refers to Gaza ‘collective punishment,’ and more in the news
Fyvush Finkel: A Charming Conversation With a Longtime Serious Mensch
As the 91-year-old Yiddish theater star embarks on a Purim cabaret show, we revisit his appearance on Vox Tablet
Pin the Crime on the Jew: Blood Libel and the Case of Mendel Beilis
Edmund Levin plumbs trial transcripts to examine how one of Russia’s biggest court cases fed on the myth of Jewish malice
As If You Needed It, Yet Another Reason To Be in Miami: The Delis
Evolving Jewish culture—and doctors’ orders—dealt a blow to South Florida’s delicatessens. But they’re making a comeback.
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