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Jeff Bergman (Photo courtesy of Jeff Bergman)
June 8, 2026, 11:58 am
Pitt alum Jeff Bergman to star in Pixar’s ‘Toy Story 5’
The prolific voice actor will step into the role of Mr. Potato Head
By Octavia Liku
Noam Ash (left) and Charlie Barnett (right) in the 2026 film "Bookends," written by Ash. (Courtesy Noam Ash)
March 6, 2026, 1:38 pm
Jewish writers initiative launches first film: a comedy about a Holocaust survivor and his gay grandson
F. Murray Abraham stars in “Bookends” alongside its writer, Noam Ash.
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Timothée Chalamet in "Marty Supreme" (Courtesy of A24)
January 22, 2026, 3:34 pm
Timothée Chalamet and ‘Marty Supreme’ net 9 Oscar nominations for Jewish sports fable
“The Voice of Hind Rajab” also picked up a surprise nomination.
By Andrew Lapin
Timothée Chalamet attends the 75th Berlin International Film Festival in Berlin on Feb. 14, 2025. (Photo by Harald Krichel via Wikimedia Commons)
January 12, 2026, 12:13 pm
Timothée Chalamet wins Golden Globe for ‘Marty Supreme’
The Hollywood star won best actor in a musical or comedy for his role as a 1950s Jewish ping-pong prodigy.
By JNS Staff
Scarlett Johansson is seen on Sept. 23, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Raymond Hall/GC Images via Getty Images, via JNS)
December 1, 2025, 2:11 pm
Scarlett Johansson: Film backer tried to nix Shoah plot
The director says a financier urged her to drop the Holocaust-lie storyline from “Eleanor the Great,” but she secured backing elsewhere.
By JNS Staff
Ewan Horrocks as Helmuth Hubener holds a sign in a still from 'Truth and Treason.' (Courtesy Angel Studios)
October 29, 2025, 4:58 pm
New film revives little-known legacy of Mormon teen executed for opposing Hitler
Now in theaters, ‘Truth and Treason’ tells story of Helmuth Hubener, a German whose religious convictions inspired him to speak truth to power even if it meant risking his life
By Rich Tenorio
The documentary "Torn" (2024) examines the poster wars in New York City, when activists put up and ripped down signs calling attention to Israeli hostages in Gaza. (Courtesy Nim Shapira)
October 23, 2025, 11:13 am
With hostages home, filmmaker says documentary about poster wars remains relevant
"This was an attack on freedom of speech, and this was anti-American."
By Philissa Cramer
Anne Meara, Jerry Stiller and Amy and Ben Stiller in an archival image from the 1960s (Photo courtesy of Apple TV+, via the Forward)
October 17, 2025, 3:20 pm
Ben Stiller wants you to meet his parents
In ‘Stiller & Meara: Nothing is Lost,’ the filmmaker has his l’dor v’dor moment
By PJ Grisar
Rotem Sela as Batsheva Yahalomi in Red Alert, episode 4, streaming on Paramount+, 2025. (Green Productions, Bender Brown Productions, Keshet 12, the IEF, & Paramount+)
October 9, 2025, 2:54 pm
On Paramount+, Apple TV, HBO and more, Oct. 7 emerges as a cinematic subgenre
At least a dozen movies and TV shows, including “Red Alert” and “One Day in October,” have hit screens two years after Hamas’ attack on Israel.
By Asaf Elia-Shalev
Jessica Chastain in “The Savant" (Courtesy of Apple TV+)
September 26, 2025, 11:36 am
Apple TV+ shelves ‘The Savant,’ a thriller inspired by ADL’s secretive anti-extremism unit
The real-life sleuth the story is based on no longer works for the Anti-Defamation League.
By Asaf Elia-Shalev
(Photo by Anne Joyce, courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics)
September 25, 2025, 12:44 pm
‘Eleanor the Great’ is a crowd-pleasing comedy with a queasy Holocaust concept
Scarlett Johansson’s debut as a director leverages a unique tragedy for a universal message
By PJ Grisar
Pittsburgh SWAT team member Bob Stroschein leaving the scene of the synagogue shooting (Photo courtesy of Jon Becker, via Steve Mescan)
September 3, 2025, 9:03 am
New Pittsburgh synagogue shooting film chronicles bravery of first responders
Viewers learn details about the tactical decisions made by the first responders, and about their roads to physical and psychological healing.
By Toby Tabachnick
Shanna Carrick (Photo by Studio413)
August 13, 2025, 12:53 pm
Meet Shanna Carrick, Film Pittsburgh’s new executive director
Carrick will be at the helm of festivals such as JFilm and ReelAbilities
By Emma Riva
Israel Defense Forces Maj. Gen. (res.) Noam Tibon speaks during a press conference, March 12, 2024. (Photo by Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90, via JNS)
August 13, 2025, 9:47 am
Toronto film festival cancels screening of Oct. 7 documentary
Sources told "Deadline" that TIFF pulled the film due to risks of anti-Israel protests at the event, which is scheduled to run Sept. 4-14.
By JNS Staff
Jean Dujardin, left, as Georges Picquart and Louis Garrel as Alfred Dreyfus star in Roman Polanski's "An Officer and a Spy." (IMDB via JTA)
August 8, 2025, 4:11 pm
Roman Polanski’s Dreyfus Affair movie ‘An Officer and a Spy’ finally opens in the US
Dreyfus doesn’t shine but the lessons of the affair do, write two scholars about the long-delayed movie.
By Rebecca Kobrin and Maurice Samuels
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