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West Bank villagers view Oscars at night, outdoors

In act of defiance, residents of Bilin put up screen next to security barrier

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ADL not amused by ‘Ted’s’ Oscars sketch

Watchdog slams myths and stereotypes in skit created by host Seth McFarlane on Jewish control of the film industry

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‘Bethlehem’ a big winner at the Israeli Oscars

Political thriller about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict will likely be Israel’s nominee for the Academy Awards

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Three films with Israeli ties angling for Oscar

Submissions for nomination in the Best Foreign Language category include an Israeli film, a Palestinian film and a Filipino film about Israeli migrants

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The unanswered questions of Agnieszka Holland

The Polish filmmaker talks about the Holocaust, her movies, and the themes she returns to time and again

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‘Lawrence of Arabia’ star Peter O’Toole dead at 81

Eight-time Academy Award nominee filmed ‘Masada’ in Israel

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No chance at Oscar for Israel this year

Palestinian drama ‘Omar’ makes the shortlist for Best Foreign Film, while Israeli ‘Bethlehem’ snubbed

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‘Bethlehem’ fails to make Oscar shortlist

Yuval Adler’s drama had been highly tipped to nab a coveted Oscar nomination

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Paul Rudd fans, get ready to bug out with ‘Ant-man’

The Jewish State gets dissed by Oscar, ‘The Wolf of Wall Street’ is worse than Not Good For the Jews, and can preacher Ben Stiller get an ‘Amen’?

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Palestinian movie, partly filmed in Israel, gets Oscar nod

Hany Abu-Assad was born in Israel, and he filmed some of ‘Omar,’ a West Bank love story, in Nazareth. But he calls his film Palestinian, and so does the Academy

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‘Gravity,’‘American Hustle’ lead Oscar nominations

Two movies head pack with 10 Academy nods each; ’12 Years a Slave’ garners nine; Palestinian film also heads to California

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Oscars recognize film from ‘Palestine’ for first time

‘Territories’ dropped from description of nominee ‘Omar,’ signaling a change in Academy policy

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Walking this year’s red carpet, thorny global politics

The Academy of Motion Pictures has declared Palestine a state, and this time around, Israeli officials aren’t fighting it

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Life and laughter from Oscar-nominated film about survivor, 110

Alice Herz-Sommer, a concert pianist in Theresienstadt, takes center stage in ‘The Lady in Number 6′

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Dress like Portman and Streisand

Hollywood memorabilia house holds Jewish Oscar Auction in run up to the Academy Awards

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