UKJFF

Meet Gidi Dar, the secular Israeli film director whose movies opened the door for Shtisel and other Charedi dramas

The film-makers’s latest film The Wedding Entertainer is set in the Chasidic community of Jerusalem. It makes its UK premiere at next month’s UK Jewish Film Festival

By John Nathan

6 min read

Funny angles: Shuli Rand, Iris Bahr and Tzufit Grant in The Wedding Entertainer. Inset: Gidi Dar

UKJFF

The Charedi leaver who is singing the Yiddishe blues

By Hilary Freeman

5 min read

Anoushka Cowan stars in Friday Night Flop with her mum Tracy-Ann Oberman. The film will premiere at the Jewish Film Festival on 7 November. (Photo: Ben Yacobi)

UKJFF

The Jewish Film Festival is back: Here are the must-see movies

By Nicole Lampert

10 min read

Sisters in arms: Liraz Charhi as Sara and (right) Netta Garti as Nicole

Film

Small town life and casual racism in 1960s Israel

By John Nathan

1 min read

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UKJFF

Meet Gidi Dar, the secular Israeli film director whose movies opened the door for Shtisel and other Charedi dramas

The Charedi leaver who is singing the Yiddishe blues

The Jewish Film Festival is back: Here are the must-see movies

Small town life and casual racism in 1960s Israel

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