Steven Spielberg

This week in Jewish history: Jordan & Jerusalem, Tel Aviv & Egypt

A highly abridged weekly version of Dust & Stars.

 NAZI TROOPS and students gather seized papers and books to burn, in the Opernplatz, Berlin, 1933.
 ‘NORTH BY NORTHWEST’ and ‘Carrie’ are among the films slated for the ReFILM: Restoration Film Festival at the Jerusalem Cinematheque.

ReFILM festival in Jerusalem to showcase gems of film in new line-up

 ‘DIANE VON FURSTENBERG: Woman in Charge’ on Disney+.

New documentaries on 3 Jewish icons and October 7 - what's on Israeli TV?

 PRESIDENT ISAAC HERZOG attends the Megillah reading at the Theatron Hotel synagogue in Jerusalem.

Grapevine March 27, 2024: When the nose knows


Steven Spielberg: 'Machinery of extremism' is used on campuses

In his speech, Spielberg lamented polling showing high rates of antisemitism on college campuses. He also condemned other forms of hate, including anti-Arab, anti-Muslim and anti-Sikh discrimination.

 Director Steven Spielberg gestures on the red carpet as he attends a ceremony in which he is to receive the Honorary Golden Bear Award for Lifetime Achievement at the 73rd Berlinale International Film Festival in Berlin, Germany, February 21, 2023.

Spielberg speaks out against ‘unspeakable barbarity against Jews’ in Oct. 7 attacks

“I never imagined I would see such unspeakable barbarity against Jews in my lifetime,” Spielberg wrote.

 Director Steven Spielberg gestures on the red carpet as he attends a ceremony in which he is to receive the Honorary Golden Bear Award for Lifetime Achievement at the 73rd Berlinale International Film Festival in Berlin, Germany, February 21, 2023.

Letters to the Editor, November 13, 2023: Spielberg's Indifference

Readers of The Jerusalem Post have their say.

 Letters

Grapevine November 12, 2023: Ethics and objectivity

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

 The CNN logo stands outside the venue of the second Democratic 2020 U.S. presidential candidates debate, in the Fox Theater in Detroit, Michigan, US, July 30, 2019.

Holocaust survivors call on Spielberg to condemn Hamas's massacre

The Holocaust Survivors’ Foundation-USA published an open letter calling on Schindler’s List director Steven Spielberg to condemn Hamas’s massacre.

 STEVEN SPIELBERG on the set of  ‘Schindler’s List.’

25 years ago, ‘Saving Private Ryan’ presented a rare portrait of a Jewish soldier in film

Andrew Sarris argued that no war movies at the time “even bothered to suggest that the war against Hitler was connected to his persecution of the Jews.”

 Steven Spielberg speaking at the 2017 San Diego Comic Con International

Indiana Jones returns: The secret behind a 40-year phenomenon

Indiana Jones returns for another thrilling adventure, leaving fans eager to unravel the secret behind the character's enduring global appeal for over 40 years.

 HARRISON FORD  in ‘Indiana Jones and The Dial of Destiny.’

Steven Spielberg involved in possible TV adaptation of 'Leopoldstadt'

Patrick Marber, who directed the stage version, would adapt the script for television, and Stephen Daldry, known for his work on the revered show “The Crown,” would direct.

 ‘LEOPOLDSTADT’: A stunning play tracing a Jewish family in Vienna over different periods, pre- and post-Holocaust.

Oscars: Predicting the 2023 Academy Award winners

It will be broadcast live in Israel on the Yes network, starting at 3 a.m. Israel time on March 13 on the Yes Movies Drama Channel, and will be preceded by red-carpet coverage. 

 ‘EVERYTHING, EVERYWHERE All at Once’

Steven Spielberg: You can't separate hate and antisemitism

In an interview with Stephen Colbert, Steven Spielberg talks about a resurgence of antisemitism in public discourse.

 Steven Spielberg speaking at the 2017 San Diego Comic Con International

‘Cocaine Bear’ star Alden Ehrenreich got big break after Spielberg saw him at a bat mitvzah

Ehrenreich, now 33, made a scrappy home movie that he and other friends showed at the bat mitzvah ceremony in 2009.

 DIRECTOR STEVEN SPIELBERG waves to the audience after receiving the Honorary Golden Bear Award for Lifetime Achievement at the 73rd Berlinale International Film Festival, in Berlin, on Tuesday.