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SAS Rogue Heroes continues the tradition of joke Jewish soldiers

This comic relief role for Jewish soldiers has been a constant for well over a century

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She Said film review: How two NY Times journalists exposed Harvey Weinstein

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Why filmmaker Ondi Timoner believes ‘It’s our fear of death that changes our lives’

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New film explores when escape to Iran meant freedom for the Jews of Iraq

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Film director James Gray: Why I cast Anthony Hopkins as my zeida

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Meet the ex-JFS pupil who left the circus to be a stuntwoman

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Nocebo Film review: A maid story mixes classic horror with socio-political issues

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