Idina Menzel, antisemitic theories and terror: Your guide to Jewish films at the DOC NYC festival Several Jewish-themed documentaries are screening online and in person this month as part of the annual celebration of nonfiction filmmaking. By Sarah Rosen November 11, 2022 1:47 pm
Violent scenes cause some viewers to walk out of Holocaust film at Venice festival Incest, bestiality, rape, mutilation, murder and animal abuse are depicted in “The Painted Bird,” an adaptation of the book by Jerzy Kosinski. September 6, 2019 12:37 pm
Film about Polish director of ‘The Dybbuk’ wins best documentary at Venice Film Festival The film traces the life of Moshe Waks, who was born into a poor Jewish blacksmith’s family in Kovel, in what is now Ukraine, and went on to become a director and Hollywood producer who made more than 40 films. September 12, 2017 6:18 am
Bar mitzvah boy raises money for Parkinson’s — by hosting international kids film festival By Josefin Dolsten September 9, 2016 10:56 am
Famed Holocaust documentarian making pro-Palestinian film By Lisa Alcalay Klug November 19, 2015 12:47 pm