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The Cinematic Legacy of Legendary Jewish Filmmaker Claude Lanzmann From Sartre to 'Shoah': The Cinematic Legacy of Legendary Jewish Filmmaker Claude Lanzmann

The Secret Jewish Origins of Wonder Woman

Captain America a Nazi? His Creators Must Be Turning in Their Graves

How Two Jews Got to Helm Star Trek's Starship Enterprise How anti-Semitism Led Shatner and Nimoy to Boldly Go to Hollywood

Bowie Created Ultimate Jewish Persona David Bowie Created the Ultimate Jewish Persona (Without Being Jewish)

A Hoopoe bird feeds its nestling. 'They are cocky and vulgar, rejecting bourgeois manners and embracing peasant earthiness, like my old idea of kibbutzniks,' writes Donahaye.

A Bird’s-eye View of Israel A Disillusioned Zionist's Bird’s-eye View of Israel

Taylor Schilling as Piper Chapman in a scene from 'Orange is the New Black.'

Judaism in Jail Judaism in Jail: ‘Orange Is the New Black’ Finds a New Religion

Jack Nicholson as Jack Torrance in "The Shining" directed by Stanley Kubrick.

Stanley Kubrick’s ‘The Shining’: A Biblical Prophecy?

Mr. Spock and Captain Kirk.

Spock Embodied Star Trek's Jewish Undertones Leonard Nimoy as Spock Embodied Star Trek's Jewish Undertones

Atticus Aldridge, a Jewish character on Downton Abbey, played by Matt Barber.

On U.K. TV, Inconspicuously Jewish Characters A Revolution on British TV: Jewish Characters Who Look Just Like You and Me

Joel Edgerton as Ramses in Ridley Scott's 'Exodus: Gods and Kings.'

Seeing Red: Is Ridley Scott's 'Exodus' Racist or Groundbreaking?

London News for October 13, 1888: "A Suspicious Character"

Anti-Semites and Jack the Ripper When anti-Semites Screamed Out Jack the Ripper

A photo of the late actor Robin Williams playing Mork left by people paying their respects, at a makeshift memorial in Boulder, Colo., Aug. 12, 2014, outside the house where the show was filmed.

The Ostensible Jewishness of Robin Williams' Mork

Eugene Levy as Jim's Dad in 'American Reunion' (2012).

Jewish Father Knows Best Forget Your Yiddische Mama, Jewish Father Knows Best

Kirk Douglas in 'Paths of Glory.'

'Paths of Glory' Revisited 'Paths of Glory' Revisited: A Still-palpable Jewish Subtext

The original - scene from 1959 'Ben-Hur' with Stephen Boyd (left) and Charleton Heston.

And God Said, Make Biblical Epic Movies And God Said, Let Hollywood Make Biblical Epics

Cornelius and Dr. Zaius, two characters from Planet of the Apes... Are they Jewish?

Planet of the Apes: A Movie About Jews?

Leonardo DiCaprio as Jordan Belfort in a scene from 'The Wolf of Wall Street.'

The Jews in Scorsese’s Movies Jews in Scorsese's Films: Rare but Potent

The War Room in Stanley Kubrick's 1964 film 'Dr. Strangelove.'

‘Dr. Strangelove’ and the Jewish Question 'Dr. Strangelove’ and the Jewish Question

The Nativity scene gone awry in 'Curb Your Enthusiasm'

9 Best Jewish Xmas Screen Moments 9 Best On-screen Jewish Christmas Moments

The cult science fiction show, Doctor Who.

Is Doctor Who a Jew?

Offices of Mad Magazine

You Don't Have to Be Jewish to Be Mad, but It Helps You Don't Have to Be Jewish to Be Mad ... but It Helps

Jerry Seinfeld.

Jewish TV Clichés Are a Thing of the Past Curb Your Enthusiasm: Jewish TV Cliches Are a Thing of the Past

A scene from 'The Jazz Singer,' with Al Jolson (1927).

Why Tinseltown Can't Do Yom Kippur The Fast and the Curious: Why Hollywood Turned Its Back on the Day of Atonement

Director Roman Polanski attending a news conference for the film 'La Venus a la Fourrure' at the 66th Cannes Film Festival, May 25, 2013.

The Jewish Spine of Polanski's Films The Jewish Spine of Roman Polanski's Films

Ajax Amsterdam fans waving an Israeli flag during a Champions League match against Maccabi Tel Aviv in Amsterdam in 2004.

Jews and Soccer: A Complicated Relationship

A still from the movie "Annie Hall."

Nuts to Woody, Jews Do Sports, and Well Hollywood's Stereotype of the Wimpy Jew Refuses to Die

For Jews on film, the posh world of tennis always seems to be just out of reach.

For Jews on Film, the Tennis Lawn Is Always Greener

Actor James Gandolfini in his role as Tony Soprano.

James Gandolfini's Jewish Link James Gandolfini's Jewish Links: Shrinks, Gangsters and Maurice Sendak

Henry Cavill as Superman in 'Man of Steel.' Devoted to tikkun olam.

Superman, Man of Steel or Schlemiel? Superman, Man of Schlemiel?

A scene from Madagascar.

Oy Vey: How Cartoons Draw on Jewish Typecasts Oy Vey: How Animated Films Draw on Jewish Stereotypes

Charlton Heston as Moses in "The Ten Commandments."

11th Commandment - Watch This Movie? The Birth of Two Nations

In Old Hollywood of the studio system, moguls avoided anything explictly Jewish. Now Jewish holidays are getting their turn in the spotlight.

Purim Is Ready for Its Hollywood Close-up

‘Schindler’s List’ (1993)

Trivializing Shoah on the Big Screen The Cinematic Cheapening of the Holocaust

Adam Sandler's films sometimes hint at Judaism and sometimes center around Jewish themes explicitly, such as his animated ode to Hanukkah - 'Eight Crazy Nights'.

How Hollywood Does Hanukkah A Brief History of Hollywood and Hanukkah

ICYMI

There's a Mass Palestinian Grave at a Popular Israeli Beach, Veterans Confess

This Is How 'Fauda' Creators Just Became $50 Million Richer

America’s 'World War III' Plan for Iran, and Israel’s Part in It America’s Wild 'World War III' Plan for Iran, and Israel’s Part in It

This Filmmaker Dares to Question the Figure of 6 Million Jewish Victims in WWII

Israel's COVID Dashboard Crashes. We've Entered a New Phase

'The Chameleon': U.S. Experts Shaken Over What This Iranian Scholar Just Said