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  • Nadav Lapid, winner of the Golden Bear for best film for 'Synonyms,' attends the award winners press conference during the 69th Berlinale International Film Festival at Grand Hyatt Hotel on Feb. 16, 2019, in Berlin.
    Nadav Lapid, winner of the Golden Bear for best film for 'Synonyms,' attends the award winners press conference during the 69th Berlinale International Film Festival at Grand Hyatt Hotel on Feb. 16, 2019, in Berlin.
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    A Golden Bear for Israel

    The protagonist of ‘Synonyms’ refuses to speak Hebrew. Is that why director Nadav Lapid snagged the Jewish state’s first top prize in nearly 70 years of the Berlin Film Festival?

    byA.J. Goldmann
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    Israeli Zombies, Killers, Torturers, and Human Parasites Invade World Cinema

    As Hollywood looks to mine B-movies for remakes, genre schlock has growing escapist appeal in Israel

    byAmir Bogen
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    Tablet’s Guide to the Academy Awards

    Brush up on your history and learn more about the nominees

    byAdam Chandler
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    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

    byJ. Hoberman
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    Your Oscar Cheat Sheet

    Here’s what to root for

    byMarc Tracy
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    Writing Footnote

    Director Joseph Cedar on Orthodox Judaism, The Social Network, and the nightmare scenario behind his latest Academy Award-nominated film

    byDaphne Merkin
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    Oscar Nominations Announced

    Israeli film ‘Footnote,’ Jonah Hill, Woody Allen among nominees

    byStephanie Butnick
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    National Pride

    This Week in Israel: Obama and Netanyahu spar, a conglomerate is slapped for sales to Iran, the IDF changes uniforms, an Israeli wins at Cannes, and more

    byShoshana Kordova
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    War Movies

    Samuel Maoz’s ‘Lebanon’ is the latest of three recent films about the 1982 Lebanon war

    byAllison Hoffman
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    Fortress of Solitude

    How an antiwar novel became a best-selling solace for Israeli soldiers and their families

    byDiana Bletter
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