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Film & TV Haredi Jews won a legal battle against conversion therapy — a new film shows the fight’s not over
‘Queer and Frum’ explores life after coming out
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Film & TV This might just be the unlikeliest Jewish couple you’ve ever seen in a movie
Harriet Rossetto and Mark Borovitz find happiness in 'The Jewish Jail Lady and the Holy Thief'
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Film & TV A fascinating new documentary shows how antisemitic lies were the ‘original fake news’
'The Conspiracy' director Maxim Pozdorovkin on why the myth of Jewish control is so durable
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Film & TV An ancient community of 850 on biblical soil — with Jewish roots
In a new documentary, Samaritans look to their heritage from the 12 tribes of Israel while also facing the threat of extinction
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Film & TV In two provocative documentaries from Israel, an argument that bearing witness is insufficient
'Tantura' and 'A Reel War: Shalal' show what archives and oral history can accomplish — and what they can't
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Film & TV Can you tell the entire history of antisemitism in just four episodes?
A new documentary strives to chronicle the story of the oldest hatred from antiquity to the 21st century
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