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• Israel ‘almost touched’ peace: A director’s take on the making of HBO’s ‘The Oslo Diaries’

  September 13, 2018 4:51pm

  (JTA) — On Sept. 13, 1993, exactly 25 years ago, Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat were captured shaking hands in a historic ceremony in Washington, D.C., hosted by President Bill Clinton. The leaders agreed to set up a framework, now known as Oslo Accord I, that would lead to the…

• ‘Crossing Delancey,’ now 30 years old, was the ultimate Jewish rom-com

  August 24, 2018 4:35pm

  Warning: There are spoilers about “Crossing Delancey” below. However, they aren’t very unexpected, and they don’t take away from the enjoyment of this delightful film. (JTA) — The movies, at least in contemporary times, don’t have enough great stories of outwardly Jewish love. That’s one of the many reasons why “Crossing Delancey,” the classic 1988…

• ‘You Don’t Mess With the Zohan’ was Adam Sandler’s liberal Zionist manifesto

  June 8, 2018 3:52pm

  NEW YORK (JTA) — Whatever else you can say about the somewhat mixed legacy of his work, you certainly can’t question Adam Sandler’s credentials as an avatar of Jewish cultural pride. Chalk that up to his famous Hanukkah song, which name-checked an array of famous Jews, his Hanukkah-themed animated comedy “Eight Crazy Nights” and the…