Second Annual Austin Jewish Film Festival

March 27-April 3

"...Mamadrama: The Jewish Mother in Cinema..."

March 26, 2004 Screens Feature

1997 Austin Jewish Book Fair

"...Jewish Family Service Fundraiser..."

Nov. 7, 1997 Books Feature

Jewish Book Fair

"...The 13th Annual Jewish Book Fair will feature a variety of authors speaking..."

Nov. 1, 1996 Books Feature

Austin Jewish Repertory Theater's W.

This solo version of Woyzeck is a fresh, compelling take on Buchner's play, powerfully performed by Joey Hood

"...This Austin Jewish Repertory Theater production is satisfying and thoughtful on all..."

Aug. 26, 2016 Arts Review by Shanon Weaver

An Asian Mom and a Jewish Mom Walk Into a Bar …

Actually, they walk into Austin's Lucky Chaos Theatre this Friday

"...We can thank them for The Asian Mom/The Jewish Mom, a one-night-only live show exploring the almost eerie..."

Jan. 31, 2013 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Fifth Austin Jewish Film Festival

Jan. 20-26

Jan. 19, 2007 Screens Feature

A Lot of Anti-Jewish Prejudice or a Lot of Ignorance

"...for that matter. There must be a lot more anti-Jewish prejudice in the world than I ever dreamed of,..."

Sept. 8, 2006 Postmarks

Classic Jewish Comfort Food Elevated With Modern Techniques

Traditional Jewish food your Bubbe would be proud of

Sept. 14, 2012 Books Feature by Amy Kritzer

Austin Jewish Book Fair

Death Becomes Her: Marion Winik

Oct. 31, 2008 Books Feature by Melanie Haupt

The Whole Schmear

The First Annual Austin Jewish Film Festival

"...Texas has been host to Jewish communities since the 1840s, and Jewish settlers arrived as..."

Oct. 18, 2002 Screens Feature by Maya Churi

Deli Man

This doc about Jewish delis is tasty but fatty

"...looks and tastes great in this loving documentary about Jewish delicatessens, but the meal would go down even better..."

March 13, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

A Big Tent

Two Largest Jewish Congregations Join Dell Campus

"...family and others on the stage at the Dell Jewish Community Campus groundbreaking. photograph by Minh "Groundbreaking" generally has..."

Dec. 19, 1997 News Feature by Andy Langer

Tradition in Transition

Previewing the Austin Jewish Film Festival

"...and passing of the 20th century, which saw the Jewish people live through the depths of deprivation in Europe,..."

Jan. 25, 2008 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

The Secret History

That a man from San Antonio named Richard Santos has as much to add to the world of Jewish intellectual pursuits as an attorney named Rosen is as fascinating as it should be obvious, David Garza writes after he attended the Texas Jewish Historical Society's 22nd annual gathering. For the first time, perhaps, an entirely constructive revision may be taking place in the history of those we call the "people of the Book."

"...body, and tells a room full of impeccably dressed Jewish men and women: "You should hear some of the..."

May 11, 2001 Books Feature by David Garza

Beyond Himself

Roger Gathman talks to Jonathan Safran Foer about the author's unconscious grasp of the Jewish literary tradition.

"...A novel so seemingly saturated in Jewish literature would imply a like-minded writer. But Foer, in..."

Nov. 15, 2002 Books Feature by Roger Gathman

A Lesson in Bilingual Education

Middle East biliginual education group breaks new ground

"...met staff from the Hand in Hand Center for Jewish-Arab Education. Founded in 1997, the group runs public schools..."

Oct. 9, 2015 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg

"...Sandy Koufax, the great Dodgers pitcher who was also Jewish. But the earlier, and perhaps more historically noteworthy, successes..."

Aug. 18, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Indignation

Philip Roth's 2008 novel is hauntingly translated to the screen

"...we know that the film will likely feature a Jewish homeboy from Newark, N.J., expressions of penile enlightenment, blow..."

Aug. 12, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg

Gertrude Berg, the woman behind the radio and TV icon Molly Goldberg, is profiled in this documentary.

"...sitcom, owes its very existence to a short, rotund Jewish woman by the name of Gertrude Berg. From I..."

Oct. 2, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Spy Behind Home Plate

Fascinating documentary about spy/baseball player Moe Berg never cracks his code

"...War II spy missions, and unusual corners of American Jewish history. The subject of the film is Moe Berg,..."

July 19, 2019 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Reexamining History at AJFF

Austin Jewish Film Festival wrap

"...The 12th annual Austin Jewish Film Festival offered up yet another nicely curated slate..."

April 6, 2014 Screens Post by Anne S. Lewis

Keep Not Silent

The fourth Austin Jewish Film Festival

"...mogul Rupert Murdoch. So then Murdoch must be secretly Jewish, comes the reply. Of course...."

Jan. 20, 2006 Screens Feature by Spencer Parsons

Rosenwald

Chicago-based, Jewish philanthropist Julius Rosenwald is profiled

"...narrative at any moment), this documentary about a Chicago-based, Jewish philanthropist who spent his fortune building schools for impoverished..."

Oct. 9, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Cafe Au Lait

"...at the same time. Felix (Kassovitz) is a white, Jewish rapper and Jamal (Kounde) is a black, upper-class student..."

April 7, 1995 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Last Butterfly

"...happens, he is eventually sent to Terezin -- a Jewish ghetto that serves as a final stopping-off point before..."

Aug. 13, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Quarrel

"...director Cohen comes across as a sort of vituperative, Jewish My Dinner With Andre but without the claustrophobia. This..."

June 25, 1993 Movie Review by Pamela Bruce

Deadly Currents

"...the locus of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is Muslim versus Jewish ideology. Another problem is scant historical information about why..."

June 18, 1993 Movie Review by Pamela Bruce

Family Matters

Exploring identity at the Austin Jewish Film Festival

"...The subject of Jewish identity may seem like an obvious topic for a..."

March 23, 2012 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Shanghai Ghetto

"...bathwater. And since Shanghai Ghetto is a documentary about Jewish refugees from Nazi Germany who escaped to Shanghai, China,..."

May 30, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles

The transcendent history of one of the greatest musicals ever

"...to place it in the context of the post-Holocaust Jewish experience and the social and civil revolutions of the..."

Sept. 13, 2019 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

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