The Quarrel

"...the yeshiva (a school of intense religious training in Judaism), which is the reason for his earlier split with..."

June 25, 1993 Movie Review by Pamela Bruce

Protocols of the Elders of Chisum

State rep joins the tin foil hat brigade

"...a stationary Earth. The Web site’s diatribes against 'Talmud/Kabbala-based Judaism' also play on anti-Semitic stereotypes: What kind of 'Jewish..."

Feb. 16, 2007 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Disobedience

Rachel Weisz explores the complexities and joys of choice in Britain's Jewish communities.

"...afforded to women in patriarchal institutions such as Orthodox Judaism, an inequity that informs the drama precipitated by the..."

May 11, 2018 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Go for Zucker!

As two German families collide, the film explores its characters’ shared history to unravel the challenges of political and personal reunification.

"...but Levy’s intention is probably to prove how marginalized Judaism is in modern Germany, despite ostensible decades of healing..."

March 31, 2006 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

James' Journey to Jerusalem

A movie about a Christian pilgrim and chance, temptation, and illusions’ protection.

"...American screens. James’ Journey is not a movie about Judaism, faith, or Israel’s social and political struggles (at least,..."

May 14, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Kadosh

"...glimpse it provides into the inner workings of Orthodox Judaism. The film's long opening shot of Meir rising from..."

May 26, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Code We Share

How a nice Jewish boy like Lorne Opler found G_d at a Christian seminary.

"...seminary allowed me to safely re-examine my connection to Judaism, and consider a return home, when the time was..."

Oct. 22, 1999 Features Feature by Lorne Opler

Postmarks

Contradictions Exposed

"...Ken Kennedy Heart of Judaism To the Chronicle,..."

Jan. 10, 1997 Column

From Garden State to the Final Moments in Wish I Was Here

Zach Braff on death, Kickstarter, and his new film

"...that, and all he has in his quiver is Judaism."..."

July 24, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Aimée & Jaguar

"...pass as an Aryan, Felice continuously flaunts her hidden Judaism (and lesbianism) in the face of the ruling party...."

Sept. 15, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Tradition in Transition

Previewing the Austin Jewish Film Festival

"...Deconstructing Harry. While arguing against the longstanding conventions of Judaism with his devoutly religious sister, atheist Harry Block (Allen)..."

Jan. 25, 2008 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

The Whole Schmear

The First Annual Austin Jewish Film Festival

"...really want to go away.' So when I thought Judaism was in the wane in the South, it certainly..."

Oct. 18, 2002 Screens Feature by Maya Churi

Menashe

In an Orthodox Jewish community, a father struggles to retain custody of his son

"...Not even passing knowledge of Hasidic Judaism is required to sympathize with Menashe’s predicament. Director Weinstein..."

Sept. 1, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Wedding Plan

A rom-com with a twist

"...Indeed, the film is circumscribed by its belief in Judaism and in marriage as a cornerstone of the religion..."

June 2, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Sandra Bernhard ♥ America

Sandra Bernhard returns to Austin for We're Still Queer Honey!

"...AC: How observant are you in your Judaism? Do you go to a synagogue?..."

June 4, 2010 Features Feature by Cindy Widner

Entrée to Judaism: A Culinary Exploration of the Jewish Diaspora

Over the centuries, wherever Jews have settled across the globe, they've absorbed and adapted local flavors into their culinary customs

"...Entrée to Judaism: A Culinary Exploration of the Jewish Diasporaby Tina Wasserman..."

Dec. 4, 2009 Food Feature by MM Pack

Until the Light Takes Us

This music documentary chronicles the history, ideology, and aesthetic of Norwegian black metal.

"...“actually killed this fucking faggot back in Lillehammer.” Christianity, Judaism – nothing’s sacred to this lot, including jumping on..."

Nov. 20, 2009 Movie Review by Raoul Hernandez

Also at AJBF ...

Ticketed and free events at the 2009 Austin Jewish Book Fair

"...(Sum: Forty Tales From the Afterlife) and Rick Goldberg (Judaism in Biological Perspective: Biblical Lore and Judaic Practices), Sunday..."

Oct. 30, 2009 Books Feature

A Serious Man

The Coen brothers deliver one of their best and most personal movies, a kind of cockeyed Jewish fable that urges us to embrace life's mysteries.

"...mess you up, too. Such quandaries are older than Judaism, an idea set forth in the film’s preamble, which..."

Oct. 16, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Religulous

Bill Maher walks with the angels in this documentary, which he uses as his pulpit to proselytize the gospel of doubt.

"...various representatives of the Western religious faiths of Christianity, Judaism, Islam, and Mormonism (Eastern and African religions are paid..."

Oct. 3, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Then She Found Me

Helen Hunt directs and stars in this movie which finds just the right mix of drama, comedy, and the unknown – in other words, life as we live it.

"...especially satisfying in regard to April's expression of her Judaism.) Hunt's visual palette often looks as drab as the..."

May 9, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Perfect Liberty

To find themselves, the subjects of this year's rock docs found that they had to follow their own sound

"...rehab clinic, where he discovers the saving power of Judaism, a religion that up until that point had been..."

March 9, 2007 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Nowhere in Africa

"...British enemy alien camp (ludicrously, in light of their Judaism) in the second act, it’s become clear that their..."

May 23, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Believer

"...relationship with an emotionally damaged young woman fixated on Judaism. To his credit, director/screenwriter Bean eschews sensationalizing Danny's situation,..."

July 5, 2002 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Trembling Before G-d

"...communities. In these more traditional and literal branches of Judaism, homosexuality is condemned as a Biblical abomination. The desire..."

May 31, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Letters at 3AM

The gargoyles guarding the great cathedrals are a part of religion, a part of humanity, even a part of God. You come to be redeemed, but it's possible you'll be devoured.

"...images in Protestant churches, if at all. Islam and Judaism forbid religious imagery entirely, as do many Protestant sects...."

May 3, 2002 Column by Michael Ventura

The Last Fool of Chelm

How Nathan Englander Survives His New Fame

"..."How should we teach Judaism to our secular children?" asks a woman from the..."

Dec. 3, 1999 Books Feature by David Garza

Postmarks

Nonprofit Needs

"...form" is how Christianity traditionally defamed both Jews and Judaism, bequeathing to the Christian West a 1,500-year legacy of..."

March 19, 1999 Column

I Love You, I Love You Not

"...the Nazis' genocidal atrocities. Leaving aside the implausibility of Judaism being viewed as an exotic, inscrutable phenomenon in the..."

April 3, 1998 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Jewish in Austin

A Texas Jewboy Misses Home

"...your family, except that my family doesn't really practice Judaism beyond enjoying a lovely smoked fish platter on brunch..."

Dec. 27, 1996 News Feature

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