After reconnecting at a Simchat Torah event, Tamar Caplan and Alex Zeldin find chemistry -- and matching Jewish ideals -- and level up from friendship to lifelong love

Citing 'anti-Communist' content, authorities won't let locals print 'The Queen of Cleveland,' Shula Kazen's story of surviving the Iron Curtain, even though it would be sold abroad

Scientists decry rejection of papers by Russian scholars and cancellation of concerts by Russian performers, as many experience 'shame by virtue of being Russian'

In 'What’s So Funny?' the Jewish son of Eastern European immigrants talks about growing up in New York, defying his parents' expectations and finding inspiration in everyday life

In 'Witness,' playing through January 23, the Arlekin Players take their performance online, combining tech elements to transport viewers back to the ill-fated MS St. Louis in 1939

A surprisingly true to life depiction of Russian-Jewish immigrants in 1980s Brooklyn doesn't hinder the universal message in the movie, opening Oct. 22 in NY and streaming Oct. 29