From Yoni’s Desk: Holocaust remembrance and the movies
CJNeditor Yoni Goldstein looks back on a quarter century of Holocaust movies.
New Netflix drama spotlights Egyptian who spied for Israel
The JTA interviews Israeli filmmaker Ariel Vroman about his new Netflix movie, The Angel.
Screenwriter’s debut stars Harvey Keitel as Russian mobster
Jon Carlo who grew up in Toronto, did not realize at the time that he was waiting on a future scene partner.
Movie tells a stellar story of Jewish desire and discretion
One of this year’s best films is Call Me by Your Name is a lush drama, set in Italy circa 1983 which observes the slowly budding romance between 17-year old Elio and an American doctoral student, Oliver.
Richard Lewinski: The man behind the ENIGMA model
The invention of the ULTRA computer, designed to break secret German communications channeled through the Nazi encrypting device ENIGMA, was the single most extraordinary espionage and deception coup in the history of warfare.
Finding God on the silver screen
Sara Horowitz describes her fascination behind the film Wedding Plan which explores the nature of God and our relationship to the divine.
