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The Holocaust for Communists

The East German-Bulgarian Holocaust movie ‘Sterne,’ screening this weekend at the New York Jewish Film Festival, is one of a group of visceral films made in Communist countries by or with people who survived the war

By J. Hoberman · January 18, 2017

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‘Rabin, The Last Day’ Makes Oliver Stone’s ‘JFK’ Look Stone-Cold Sober

Amos Gitai’s polemical new documentary—opening in U.S. theaters Friday—on the 1995 assassination that rocked Israel sacrifices facts in favor of sensation

By J. Hoberman · January 26, 2016

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Gems From New York’s Film Fest

A live-score screening of the Yiddish classic The Yellow Ticket helps launch the city’s Jewish cinema celebration

By J. Hoberman · January 11, 2013

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Theater & Dance

Event Horizon

Agenda: A month of Jewish film in New York, Shalom Auslander reads in Boston, Donna Karan shops, Susan Sontag is revived, and more

By Stephanie Butnick · January 6, 2012

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Everyone’s a Critic

Readers’ reviews from the 2009 New York Jewish Film Festival

By Our Readers · January 15, 2009

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Forged Reunions

A picture of post-Soviet provincial life, both Jewish and gentile

By Boris Fishman · January 11, 2006