The Scroll
Woody Allen on Israel Criticism, Anti-Semitism
The filmmaker drops some knowledge in an interview with Channel 2 Israel
By
Adam Chandler
· October 15, 2013
The Internet
And More, Much More Than This, Ronan Farrow Will Do It His Way
Do the Woody Allen-family paternity revelations signal the end of the nebbishy übermensch?
By
Rachel Shukert
· October 11, 2013
The Scroll
D.C. Synagogue Hosts Displaced Federal Workers
Plus Israel asks U.N. to recognize Yom Kippur, and more in the news
By
Stephanie Butnick
· October 2, 2013
Film
It’s Woody Allen’s Fault
Noah Baumbach’s new
Frances Ha
shows the fate of a generation enamored of the nebbishy narcissist
By
Andrew Lapin
· June 3, 2013
The Scroll
Benny Goodman’s Big Day
Celebrating the King of Swing
By
Adam Chandler
· May 30, 2013
The Scroll
New York Times Discovers Anat Cohen
The Israeli clarinetist continues to turn heads
By
Adam Chandler
· May 6, 2013
The Scroll
Photo of the Day (and 1977)
A photographer sets up film stills at their original locations
By
Adam Chandler
· May 1, 2013
Theater & Dance
Allan Sherman’s Last Laugh
A thorough new biography chronicles the rise and fall of the big, Jewish self-destructive funnyman
By
Josh Lambert
· April 29, 2013
The Scroll
An Interview With ‘Girls’ Star Alex Karpovsky
The actor/writer/director talks to Jewcy about anxiety and Hebrew School
By
the Editors
· April 26, 2013
The Scroll
Breaking: Every Woody Allen Stammer Ever
This might be the worst 45 minutes of your life
By
Adam Chandler
· March 28, 2013
The Scroll
A Jewish Way To Fight the Flu
Printable Larry David and Woody Allen flu masks
By
the Editors
· January 25, 2013
The Scroll
The Jazz Sound and Jewish Films
David Krakauer links the mediums
By
Jake Marmer
· January 14, 2013
The Scroll
In Memoriam, David Rakoff (1964-2012)
Remembering a brilliant, generous friend
By
Sara Ivry
· August 10, 2012
The Scroll
Sundown: Hizzoner
Plus over a thousand Palestinians displaced last year, and more
By
Marc Tracy
· July 11, 2012
Film
Solondz’s Schlubs
The funny, sad
Dark Horse
adds a creepy loser in love to the director’s catalog of misanthropes
By
J. Hoberman
· June 7, 2012
The Scroll
Sundown: Bar Refaeli, Bar None
Plus among the Hasidim undercover and in drag, and more
By
Marc Tracy
· May 21, 2012
The Scroll
Polanski Making Dreyfus Movie, Hint Hint
Accused rapist, a Jew, decries ‘age-old witch hunt of a minority group’
By
Marc Tracy
· May 10, 2012
The Scroll
Loved in Death
Shivah Stars
By
Marc Tracy
· April 26, 2012
The Scroll
Sandra Fluke To Wed Her Jew Boyfriend
Let the anti-Semitic conspiracy-mongering commence!
By
Marc Tracy
· April 26, 2012
Film
The WASP Woody Allen?
In
Damsels in Distress
, preppy auteur Whit Stillman fetishizes a world of limits, quite contrary to the Jewish director to whom he’s often compared
By
Rachel Shukert
· April 12, 2012
The Scroll
Sundown: No Cast Lead Prosecution
Plus Bibi spares the Hebron house-hunters, and more
By
Marc Tracy
· April 3, 2012
Middle East
Iran Around Tel Aviv
A writer born in the capital of Holocaust denial tours the Jewish state as the cold war between Iran and Israel is about to get hot
By
Sohrab Ahmari
· March 9, 2012
The Scroll
Key Words: Woody Allen, Hasidim, Gigolo
Allen to bring cinema to its peak.
By
Dan Klein
· March 8, 2012
Book Reviews
La Différence
While American Jews cultivate a hyphenated identity, French Jews like to make themselves wholly French. Do we still share a cultural language?
By
Robert Zaretsky
· March 7, 2012
The Scroll
Your Oscar Cheat Sheet
Here’s what to root for
By
Marc Tracy
· February 24, 2012
The Scroll
Contraception: A Defense
Rick Santorum may not like it, but it has its benefits
By
Marc Tracy
· February 23, 2012
The Scroll
The Woodman on Radio Days
Woody Allen and Dick Cavett discuss their childhoods
By
Marc Tracy
· February 22, 2012
The Scroll
Sundown: Young Jews, Many Still Support Israel
Plus the Jewish EGOTs, and more
By
Marc Tracy
· February 14, 2012
The Scroll
Oscar Nominations Announced
Israeli film ‘Footnote,’ Jonah Hill, Woody Allen among nominees
By
Stephanie Butnick
· January 24, 2012
Film
Visionaries
What makes a Jewish film? To open our 100 Greatest Jewish Films week, critics A.O. Scott and Jody Rosen talk about movies from
Abie’s Irish Rose
to
Zelig.
By
Long Story Short
· December 5, 2011
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