New documentary tells how music and memories helped a Hoosier survive the Holocaust

"Sweet Lorraine in Auschwitz" tells how Frank Grunwald played jazz melodies in his head as he endured Holocaust tragedies as ...
Los Angeles Times

Kindness is the takeaway in the Holocaust-era-set ‘White Bird: A Wonder Story’

In 2017, the film “Wonder” was a surprise critical and commercial hit for Lionsgate. Adapted from a children’s novel by R.J. Palacio, the film starred Jacob Tremblay as young Auggie, a boy with the ...
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‘Eleanor the Great’ is a crowd-pleasing comedy with a queasy Holocaust concept

"Eleanor the Great" sidesteps its larger, more pressing questions about memory for a morality tale about grief.

Lights, camera, action: Jewish movies coming to South Florida this October

The copious amount of Jewish holidays is shortly coming to a close, leaving more free time to watch movies. And the timing is perfect, because there are a variety of Jewish-themed movies (and one ...
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Jerry Lewis Holocaust comedy movie believed lost discovered after 45 years

Jerry Lewis' infamous Holocaust clown comedy movie that was believed to have been lost for over four decades has been discovered in the bank vault of a Swedish actor. The Day the Clown Cried, Lewis's ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency

From ‘A Real Pain’ to ‘The Brutalist’ and beyond, Jewish movies were everywhere in 2024. What does it mean?

Hollywood tore itself apart after this year’s Oscars ceremony following a Jewish director’s acceptance speech for a Holocaust film, in which he criticized Israel months into its war in Gaza. But there ...

Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center in Glen Cove remembers victims of Oct. 7 Hamas attack

Among those who spoke were a Holocaust survivor and an Israeli citizen living near the Gaza border when Hamas militants ...