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Between the Temples: Gentle Portrait of Grief Yields Sincere if Awkward Laughs

Between the Temples: Gentle Portrait of Grief Yields Sincere if Awkward Laughs

By Karen Gordon

ReviewJim SlotekAugust 22, 2024Between the Temples, Comedy, American, Nathan Silver, C. Mason Wells, Jason Schwartzman, Carol Kane, Robert Smigel, Dolly De Leon, Caroline Aaron, Madeline Weinstein, Jewish cinemaComment

Restoring Tomorrow: Doc on Temple Rescue Feels Meh Despite its Ambitions

By Liam Lacey

ReviewOctober 10, 2018Documentary, Aaron Wolf, Restoring Tomorrow, Jewish cinema, Jewish issues, Zach Braff, Burt Bacharach, Wilshire Boulevard Temple, Religion, Old Hollywood, The Jazz Singer, Warner BrothersComment

Aida's Secrets: A 'displaced persons' camp baby-boom sparks a parent-search 60 years on

By Jim Slotek

ReviewJim SlotekJanuary 10, 2018Documentary, Holocaust, Jewish cinema, Lost relatves, World War II, Bergen-Belsen Displaced Persons Camp, Alon Schwarz