LOOK, there’s always going to be a Holocaust movie. The undeniable horror of Hitler’s genocide left an indelible scar on Jewish history, and its seemingly infinite tales of tragedy and […]
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Jewish Film Fest: Something for the whole mishpocha
Any way you slice it, the 12th Annual Joan and Murray Gefen Memorial Savannah Jewish Film Festival is quite a mouthful. Fortunately, SJFF organizers have arranged the festival’s tremendous breadth […]
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Jewish Film Fest biopic stars improbably sexy Sophie Tucker
Possessed with a formidable girth and an even fuller voice, Sophie Tucker reigned over every single performance platform that existed in the early 20th century.
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When humanity fails, grim laughter comforts
The unspeakable atrocities committed by Hitler and the Nazis happened barely 70 years ago, and yeah, it’s still too soon for a Comedy Central roast. (Unless Mel Brooks comes out of retirement.)
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Bearing the torch for ‘Thanksgivukkah’
From the 1970s to the 1990s, the first night of Chanukah in Savannah meant the Maccabee Torch Relay, a coordinated effort by members of all three of the city’s synagogues.