Alan Zeitlin
ARTICLES BY: Alan Zeitlin
Yitzhak Rabin’s Killer Is Portrayed On Screen in ‘Incitement’
In telling the story of the murder of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin from the viewpoint of the assassin, Yaron Zilberman had to watch his step. The...
Snubbing Sandler and ‘Uncut Gems’
It's not even close. Joaquin Phoenix's performance in Joker is otherworldly, and he deserves to win the Oscar for Best Actor. But Adam Sandler's performance in...
Bringing Young, Diverse Jews Together — Over Kugel
Simone Weichselbaum and Yossi Rosenberg decided it was time to shake things up. The best friends wanted to hold events for Jews who were single....
Mourning a Jewish Man of Laughter
He was a prankster who loved to wear purple. He was a devoted father of two young girls. His phone contact for his wife Laura...
Baseball Card Documentary Has a Heartbreaking — and Jewish — Angle
Stuart Stone’s documentary Jack of All Trades is about the baseball card collecting phenomenon -- and its demise. It also forces him to confront a...
A New Play Tells the Amazing Story of Hannah Senesh
For her Off-Broadway debut, Lexi Rabadi knew it wouldn’t be easy. She had to portray an iconic figure whom she’d never heard of, learn to...
Remembering and Clarifying the Murder of Leon Klinghoffer
Former New York Times and Wall Street Journal reporter Julie Salamon is the author of An Innocent Bystander: The Killing of Leon Klinghoffer. Klinghoffer, a 69-year-old...
‘Other Story’ Film Hits Highs and Lows in Discussing the Orthodox World
Parents don’t always approve of who their children marry. But when they try to stop the wedding, things can get messy. That's the case in Avi...
Abraham Foxman Talks Antisemitism, BDS, and Mel Gibson
Abraham Foxman is the National Director Emeritus of the Anti-Defamation League and a Holocaust survivor. He is the author of several books, including Jews and Money:...
Jewish Professor and Poet Discusses His New Book of Poetry
Baruch November is a professor of English at Touro College in Manhattan. His poems have appeared in The Forward, The Jewish Journal, Paterson Literary Review and...
Comedian Will Head to Israel Armed With Passover Punch-Lines
Is it permissible to make jokes during the Passover seder? “Of course,” says comedian Eli Lebowicz. "It’s the only way to get people to stay awake.” The...
‘King Bibi’ Director Reflects on the Power of a Leader
Dan Shadur is the director of "King Bibi: The Life and Performances of Benjamin Netanyahu." The documentary uses archival footage to show Netanyahu’s rise to...
Jewish Singer Uses Music to Get Through a Rocky Road
In the age of streaming music, releasing an album with 21 songs might not be the best business move. Giving it a controversial title that...
Why Matthew Broderick Wanted to Star in a Buddy Film About Jewish Mourning
Matthew Broderick’s comedic talent on screen is unquestionable. But starring in a film as a biology professor helping a Hasidic cantor deal with his wife’s...
