We all know that attempts were made to assassinate Adolf Hitler in Germany late during World War II. But what if he had been assassinated in November 1939? Think how history would have changed, particularly for Jews.Such an assassination attempt actually...

Charming and warm, the Israeli comedy “The Women’s Balcony” entertains but also captures an appealing feeling of community –  and even family – that being part of a religious congregation can bring. It is no small feat.That sense of a close,...

The St. Louis Jewish Film Festival continues its 22nd year with two upcoming events at the Jewish Community Center’s Mirowitz Performing Arts Building.At 4 p.m. Sunday, July 16, the festival will screen “Monkey Business: The Curious Adventures of...

Divorced dad Joey Miller is in a pickle. The DJ king of the Jewish party circuit in Detroit, Joey’s equipment gets trashed in a freak accident, leaving him broke and without a source of income. What’s worse is that Joey’s daughter and apple of his...

When you listen to songs like “Are You Lonely For Me Baby?” and “Cry Baby,” you are getting a sense of legendary songwriter and music producer Bert Berns’ sadness, according to the famous musicians interviewed in a new documentary, “Bang!...

Suppose archeologists in Israel come across a scroll that contains a detailed interview with King David written by his official scribe. Such a discovery would of course dwarf the Dead Sea Scrolls as the most sensational Jewish find of the century, indeed...

“Past Life” is a tense and moving Israeli mystery based on a true story about a Holocaust survivor and his two daughters.Directed by award-winning Israeli writer/director Avi Nesher, the film begins in 1977. The younger daughter, Sephi Milch (Joy...

“On the Map,” a film about the 1977 Maccabi Tel Aviv team that won basketball’s European Championship, could just as easily have been named “The Tal Brody Story” or “Miracle on Hardwood.”The first alternative title is appropriate because...

The 22nd annual St. Louis Jewish Film Festival takes place June 4-8 at Landmark Plaza Frontenac Cinema. With 16 films from nine countries, it is truly “a global film feast,” according to organizers. The festival will present seven narrative features...

For those old enough (or curious enough) to have watched the classic ’70s “Saturday Night Live” sketch about Shimmer — “it’s a floor wax and a dessert topping!” — you’ll find no surprise in how the sweet “Midnight Orchestra” can...

In director Atom Egoyan’s thriller “Remember,” Martin Landau and Christopher Plummer play Max and Zev respectively, two Shoah survivors now living in a New York retirement home. When Zev’s beloved wife dies, Max tells Zev he must now fulfill...

The tremendous significance of the late Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, who was brave on the battlefield and at the negotiating table, is vividly evident in the compelling documentary, “Rabin in His Own Words,” directed by Erez Laufer.Despite...