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‘Denial,’ or the Holocaust on Trial
Rachel Weisz plays famed historian Deborah Lipstadt in this tense new courtroom drama. The scholar must defend herself against libel charges for calling out David Irving, a notorious British Holocaust denier.

Rachel Weisz plays famed historian Deborah Lipstadt in this tense new courtroom drama. The scholar must defend herself against libel charges for calling out David Irving, a notorious British Holocaust denier.
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State of the Arts
High-profile festivals and public venues like the Mahaneh Yehudah market have made Jerusalem a go-to place for Jewish art-lovers.

High-profile festivals and public venues like the Mahaneh Yehudah market have made Jerusalem a go-to place for Jewish art-lovers.
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Stanley Kubrick: The Exhibition
Legendary director Stanley Kubrick, known for iconic movies like ‘The Shining,’ is the focus of a retrospective at San Francisco’s Contemporary Jewish Museum.

Filmmaker Stanley Kubrick, known for iconic movies like ‘The Shining,’ is the focus of a retrospective at California’s Contemporary Jewish Museum.

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Forbidden Love and a Mother-Daughter Divide in ‘Sand Storm’

by Tom Tugend

Israel’s 2016 Oscar entry tells the story of a generational divide in a traditional Bedouin family.

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On Display: Operation Moses; Bob Dylan Through Israeli Eyes

by Leora Eren Frucht

Two temporary exhibits—one of them on Nobel Prize winner Bob Dylan—are currently on display at Tel Aviv's Beit Hatfutsot museum.

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Israel’s Diaspora Museum Gets a Makeover

by Leora Eren Frucht

Inside the new wing of Beit Hatfutsot: The Museum of the Jewish People in Tel Aviv.

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The Gloriously Anxious Art of Roz Chast

by Rahel Musleah

In one cartoon titled “Oy!” a jar labeled “Grandma Yetta’s Gefilte Fish” shows an elderly woman shrugging as she says, “What’s in it? Don’t ask.”

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A Behind-the-Scenes Look at ‘Denial’

by Curt Schleier

It was experiences like filming in Auschwitz that made this project special for British actress Rachel Weisz, as she stepped into the role of Holocaust historian Deborah Lipstadt.