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FF2 APPLAUDS JOE CEDAR’S BEAUFORT!
 

 

 
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CHICAGO FESTIVAL OF ISRAELI CINEMA 2007
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Chicago International Film Festival 2006
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Archive of WJD Columns: 
(Published from 12/03 – 9/05)
Avi Hoffman Comes to Chicago
BERGA on Page & Screen
Something Old, Something New: Feeling God’s Presence in Everyday Life
Crossing the Delaware:
Todd Solondz heads west in PALINDROMES
Good Sports:  Jewish Athletes of the 1930s Defy Nazi Stereotypes
Spanish-Flavored Shtetlach:
Two Films Chart Diaspora Struggles in Latin America
HOLOCAUST FILMS: From Memory to History
Skip Venice; Head Straight to Kovno
Schwartz’ TEVYE Receives the Royal Treatment from NCJF

 

The State of Israeli Cinema:  Israeli Films are Getting Better & Better
INSIDE THE ISRAELI SETTLEMENT MOVEMENT:  CAMPFIRE Premieres @ the CIFF
In ROSENSTRASSE, Ordinary Women Accomplish the Extraordinary
GARDEN STATE:
Finding the Hidden Depths in a Place You Thought You Knew
In The Eye of the Beholder:
New Revivals of FIDDLER ON THE ROOF open in Chicago & New York
HEIR TO AN EXECUTION:
The Rosenbergs’ Granddaughter Makes a Film about Their Legacy
ANNE B. REAL:  A Cinematic Tribute to Anne Frank
BROKEN WINGS Soars!
Jan’s Thoughts on MONSIEUR IBRAHIM 
Jan’s 10th Anniversary Tribute to SCHINDLER’S LIST