Jewish Culture

Israeli films portray the ties and the tensions between Jews and Arabs.

Jewish film festivals are wildly popular--and for some moviegoers, are a major expression of their Judaism.

Shadow cinema.

Liberal politics in Israeli movies of the 1980s and '90s.

Exploitation and moral responsibility in Holocaust filmmaking

As the number of Holocaust-themed films grow, many questions arise from the attempt to depict this tragedy on screen.

Spielberg's masterpiece focuses on an enigmatic non-Jewish businessman and the Jews whom he saved during the Holocaust.

Films and television shows are comfortable with Jewish themes and characters--and, often, with distorting Judaism.

A U.S.-led effort to stem the violence that dominates Israeli-Palestinian relations.

Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997) changed the face of American poetry.

A poem from Emma Lazarus's 1871 collection Ademtus and Other Poems

The poetry of Emma Lazarus (1849-1887), best known for the verse inscribed on the Statue of Liberty pedestal