Oscars
Israeli film Butcher's Stain receives an Oscar nomination in Best Live Action Short category
Butcher’s Stain has already won a Silver Medal in the Narrative category at the 2025 Student Academy Awards, an important achievement for a filmmaker at the beginning of his career.
Israeli film industry in turmoil as Culture Ministry awards ignite backlash
'Butcher’s Stain' lands Oscars shortlist as Israel shut out of international feature race
Norwegian movies 'Dreams' and 'Love' open in Israel
'Vile' and 'auto-antisemitic': Israeli minister slams Oscar-winning Jewish Holocaust film director
“Whether the victims of October the 7th in Israel or the ongoing attack on Gaza, all the victims of this dehumanization. How do we resist?” Jonathan Glazer asked.
Oscar-winning Jewish director of Holocaust film denounces 'occupation,' 'dehumanization'
While movies are a great form of escapism, reality still managed to find its way into the awards ceremony.
Israeli director Tal Kantor's 'Letter to a Pig' may take home an Oscar
It’s a haunting and beautiful look at a girl listening to a Holocaust survivor tell the story of how his life was saved during the war by a pig he hid behind.
A serious look at the silly Oscars - review
This year it seems borderline ridiculous, since, for most of us, there will be more suspense over which celebrities wear yellow ribbons to draw attention to the 134 hostages held in Gaza by Hamas.
Eliezer Ben-Yehuda’s newspaper comes to life in the new series ‘The Deer’
The Deer (HaZvi in Hebrew) was a newspaper founded by Eliezer Ben-Yehuda, the leading proponent of making Hebrew into the language of the Jewish homeland.
Michael Rapaport calls out Hollywood for ignoring the hostages on 'Eretz Nehederet'
The sketch was especially striking in the way it used clips of real stars attending recent awards shows to make it look as if Rapaport was actually hosting the awards.
Hipsters will love 'Robot Dreams' - review
Recreating the East Village of decades ago will be fun for adult viewers, but not for the vast majority of children, so ignore how appealing this movie looks on the poster and don’t bring your kids.
Jewish performer Barbra Streisand bestowed with Screen Actor's Guild lifetime award
This is the first SAG award for an EGOT winner - having won Emmys, Grammys, Oscars, and an honorary Tony award.
Spirit: The Spiritual Film Festival offers cinema as a way of healing
A festival tradition that will continue this year is lectures by experts that precede the screenings of many films.
Jewish entertainers to the Academy: 'Include Jews in diversity standards'
Jewish entertainers sent an open letter to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, criticizing it for failing to include Jews as an "underrepresented" group in its diversity standards.
