Orthodox filmmaker Rama Burshtein is a special case. Not only does she come from a community that frowns on film-watching — never mind film-making — but she has managed to create “Fill the Void,” a ...

Editor’s Note: Simi Horwitz’s stories on the Orthodox world have been named a finalist in the prestigious Deadline Club awards. Read her complete story of Orthodox women filmmakers here. The Haredi ...

Long isolated from secular society, Haredim Jews are turning to cinema in increasing numbers – even those who have never seen a film “We justify making movies because we understand that this is the ...

Sandi Simcha DuBowski’s documentary about gay and lesbian Orthodox Jews already has opened some eyes. Now he hopes to change some minds. “Trembling Before G-d,” which was shown to much acclaim earlier ...

WASHINGTON — The Kennedy Center will be screening a film in the New Year about Orthodox Christianity, which has been experiencing a surge of converts in recent years, in an effort to promote works ...

Menashe Lustig sits at a diner table in Brooklyn’s Borough Park neighborhood, a yarmulke atop his head, tzitzit around his waist, an egg sandwich on his plate. Lustig, like the majority of the people ...

JERUSALEM (AP) — Like so many parents, Ori Gruder was grappling with how to talk to his 10-year-old son about sex. Being a member of Israel’s ultra-Orthodox religious community, which tends to keep ...

"The Women's Balcony," a niche slice-of-life story, is finding unexpected success around the world. (JTA) — It’s safe to call the Israeli film “The Women’s Balcony” the opposite of a Hollywood ...

The tension between being homosexual and being accepted as an Orthodox Jew is at the center of an award-winning documentary scheduled to be shown as part of the Virginia Festival of Jewish Film. Even ...

Hundreds of billboards affirming the tsar's love for his empress have been welcomed by director of controversial film 'Matilda.' By Nick Holdsworth, Vladimir Kozlov Moscow Red Sqaure - H 2015 In the ...