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So far Nora Lee Mandel has created 319 blog entries.

Sand Storm

Balancing Bedouin tradition and modern life is a rocky path for women.

By |October 9th, 2016|Israeli, Middle East|0 Comments

The Ruins of Lifta

Opening up a space for Palestinian and Jewish dialogue outside Jerusalem

By |September 23rd, 2016|Documentary|0 Comments

Demon

A crackling, spookily atmospheric, intelligent, and sometimes funny ghost story.

By |September 5th, 2016|Foreign, Top Picks|0 Comments

The People vs. Fritz Bauer

How a German Jewish, gay, ex-political prisoner, and prosecutor fought East and West German bureaucracies to bring war criminals to court.

By |August 19th, 2016|Germany, War|0 Comments

A Tale of Love and Darkness

A lovely tribute to a great writer and his Jewish mother-muse.

By |August 18th, 2016|Book adaptation, Family drama|0 Comments

The Tenth Man

An adult prodigal son returns home from New York City to the old Jewish neighborhood known as El Once in Buenos Aires.

By |August 5th, 2016|Family drama, Foreign|0 Comments

Miles Ahead

Star, cowriter, producer, and director Don Cheadle's passion project, a biopic of jazz legend Miles Davis.

By |July 31st, 2016|Biopic, DVD/Streaming/On Demand|0 Comments

Tikkun

The prime reason to see this artsy film is the beautiful black-and-white, weird, and mystical imagery of cinematographer Shai Goldman.

By |June 9th, 2016|Israeli|2 Comments

Germans & Jews

This thoughtful, wide-ranging documentary covers the changing relationship between Jewish and German intellectuals since the Holocaust.

By |June 9th, 2016|Holocaust|0 Comments