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Cover of Ben Hecht: Fighting Words, Moving Pictures

Ben Hecht: Fighting Words, Moving Pictures

Essay

The Last Great Jewish Novel Was a Movie: A Look Back at the Coen Brothers’ ‘A Serious Man’

An examination of the literary influences behind the film, a decade after its release.

Andrew Ridker

March 19, 2019

Cover of Hedy Lamarr: An Incredible Life

Hedy Lamarr: An Incredible Life

William Roy; Sylvain Dorange, illus.

Cover of The Man Who Made the Movies: The Meteoric Rise and Tragic Fall of William Fox

The Man Who Made the Movies: The Meteoric Rise and Tragic Fall of William Fox

Cover of Seduced by Mrs. Robinson: How "The Graduate" Became the Touchstone of a Generation

Seduced by Mrs. Robinson: How “The Graduate” Became the Touchstone of a Generation

Cover of Warriors, Witches, Whores: Women in Israeli Cinema

Warriors, Witches, Whores: Women in Israeli Cinema

Rachel S. Harris

Cover of Movies and Midrash: Popular Film and Jewish Religious Conversation

Movies and Midrash: Popular Film and Jewish Religious Conversation

Wendy I. Zierler

Essay

Fact-Checking The Frisco Kid: A Historian’s Take on a Jewish Classic

Shari Rabin

December 21, 2017

Cover of The Eddie Cantor Story: A Jewish Life in Performance and Politics

The Eddie Cantor Story: A Jewish Life in Performance and Politics

David Weinstein

News

Naomi Alderman’s “Disobedience” is Now a Film

JBC Staff

September 15, 2017

Essay

A Documentary Film-maker takes on David and Goliath

Paul Boorstin

August 9, 2017

Cover of Hollywood's Spies: The Undercover Surveillance of Nazis in Los Angeles

Hollywood’s Spies: The Undercover Surveillance of Nazis in Los Angeles

Laura B. Rosenzweig

Cover of Hot Pants in Hollywood

Hot Pants in Hollywood

Cover of Dolce Vita Confidential

Dolce Vita Confidential

Cover of The Mighty Franks: A Memoir

The Mighty Franks: A Memoir

Interview

David Bezmozgis on Turning His Short Story, “Natasha,” into a Film

Ranen Omer-Sherman

April 25, 2017