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Jerusalem Film Festival opens 43rd edition at Sultan's Pool with 6,000 guests

Ukrainian director Sergei Loznitsa, one of the most acclaimed filmmakers working today, was the festival’s guest of honor and received an award in recognition of his cinematic achievements.

From left: Jerusalem Film Festival artistic director Orr Sigoli, Jerusalem Film Festival director Roni Mahadav-Levin, Jerusalem Cinematheque executive board chairman Dani Mimran, Jerusalem Mayor Moshe Lion, and Ukrainian director Sergei Loznitsa.
EVGENIA DODINA in ‘Mama.’ She exemplifies the kind of woman who has made the devastating choice to leave her family behind so that she can support them.

Israeli actress Evgenia Dodina triumphs in Or Sinai's ‘Mama’ - review

DAME HELEN Mirren attends a reception at St James's Palace to mark International Women's Day and the fifteenth year of WOW on March 10, 2026 in London, England.

'Evil Zionist b****': Helen Mirren harassed on London streets over Israel support

Hana Laszlo walks the red carpet ahead of a movie showing at the 77th Venice Film Festival, September 2020; illustrative.

'Very difficult for me': Actress Hana Laszlo decides to not carry Independence Day torch


Jews in Bollywood: The Jewish actresses that shaped Indian cinema

New Delhi mural memorializes pioneering Baghdadi-Jewish film divas that helped shape the Bollywood film industry.

 Meenakshi Lekhi (left) and Naor Gilon unveil the mural of Nadira at Connaught Place in New Delhi.

On Jewish hubris and Jewish pride - opinion

intermarriage is a phenomenon that is one painful by-product of Jewish integration into the broader, multi-cultural society that has surrounded us.

 AN IDF officer salutes, at Kibbutz Yad Mordechai, in front of a statue of Mordechai Anielewicz, commander of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising and the kibbutz’s old, destroyed water tower, as the nationwide siren to mark Holocaust Remembrance Day sounds, in 2011.

Olivia Newton-John passes away at 73 after fighting breast cancer

Newton-John was Jewish on her mother's side and is the granddaughter of Jewish Austrian Nobel Prize-winning physicist Max Born.

 Cast member Olivia Newton-John attends a 40th anniversary screening of "Grease" at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in Beverly Hills, California, US, August 15, 2018.

Israeli billionaire’s daughter under fire for paying celebrities to speak about family purity

Many female celebrities shared their experiences on social media, stating their reasons for keeping family purity — while being paid to participate in the campaign. 

 Israeli actress Yael Bar Zohar seen during the match between Hapoel Jerusalem and Maccabi Rishon Lezion at the Final Four semi-final game in Tel Aviv, on June 10, 2019.

Will Smith's Oscar slap: What do Israelis think?

Puzzled by the ‘slap heard round the world,’ many doubt Israeli actors would have reacted this way.

 WILL SMITH and Jada Pinkett Smith pose before the 94th Annual Academy Awards – and the slap – in Hollywood, March 27.

'Seinfeld,' 'Toy Story' actress Estelle Harris dies at 93

Harris was born Estelle Nussbaum to candy-store owners Isaac and Anna Nussbaum in New York City in April 1928.

 Actress Estelle Harris poses during arrivals for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences Tribute to Sophia Loren in Beverly Hills, California, May 4, 2011

Underneath all the makeup, who was the real Tammy Faye?

Opinion: "Her vulnerability and compassion give her a timelessness."

 Tammy Faye Bakker, ex-wife of television evangelist Jim Bakker, stands at the flag draped coffin of former Palm Springs mayor and Congressman Sonny Bono in 1998.

Jessica Chastain wins best actress Oscar for 'The Eyes of Tammy Faye'

Chastain's film charted the real-life story of Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker.

 Jessica Chastain

Israeli TV award winners announced

The Israeli Academy of Film and Television Awards for 2021 winners were announced today and will be broadcasted Thursday night.

 Photo from Dismissed, A Kan 11 tv show

Rachel Wolfson on being the first Jew and woman on the stunt comedy team

One ‘crazy’ family: ‘Jackass: Forever’ star Rachel Wolfson is the first woman in the troupe and the first Jewish member with prominent screen time in a “Jackass” movie.

 Rachel Wolfson in an uncomfortable scene with, from left, Chris Pontius, Eric Andre, and Eric Manaka — and a scorpion — in "Jackass: Forever."