AUTHOR’S NOTE: Upon looking for an image for this piece, our initial search was for blood splatter, but we kept coming across blood stained flowers. That set off an alarm, and we looked up their meaning. Apparently, blood stained flowers symbolize the martyrs of resistance. While we can’t be sure of this connection in the music […]
With the inaugural Jewish Roots Screenwriters Collective now complete, we’re proud to introduce the program’s first cohort of fellows. Over the past several months, these actively working film and television writers explored Jewish texts, wisdom, values, and culture while developing original stories and strengthening projects they ultimately pitched to industry financiers. Meet the writers helping […]
For an animator, a job at Disney is the ultimate achievement, and for Saul Blinkoff it was no different. He landed his dream job in his twenties, after years of working towards that goal, made a few movies, and then at a moment when he literally had “the whole package” – he did something unexpected. […]
In the last couple of weeks, the Jewish community has debated the merit or mistake of bringing streamer Clavicular (a known abuser of women and alleged rapist) on a public trip to Israel. Sadly, he is not the first person to get a platform in our community, despite his abuse being known (by at least […]
A marquee advertising Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey” recently declared: “Before there were the Jews, there was… The Odyssey.” The slogan has sparked backlash, and for good reason. It isn’t historically accurate. While “The Odyssey” was composed centuries later, its story is traditionally set around 1200 BCE, in the aftermath of the Trojan War. By that […]
Dear Jew in the City, Why do Orthodox Jews have to wait until certain times to pray? Sincerely, Mark Dear Mark, Thanks for your question – and I know exactly why you’re asking: because of the bill to make Daylight Savings Time permanent. As many have noted, this would make it difficult – if […]
