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Since Oct. 7, screenings across the country have been canceled, postponed, and cited in a federal lawsuit.

Ryan Grim speaks to the filmmakers of “Israelism,” a documentary on the unique relationship between American Jews and an idealized version of Israel.

The season brings the rescheduled Boston Palestine Film Festival, screenings from families and a sci-fi movie marathon. Here's what Erin Trahan recommends checking out this winter.

Art, directly or indirectly, has to respond to the most pressing demands of its time, or it will not endure or leave a deep mark on human consciousness.

Israelism, produced by first-time documentarians Erin Axelman and Sam Eilertsen, is a sensitive and contemplative work that reveals Israel to be a garrison state sustained by violence and lies.

The fact that a documentary by and about left-wing Jews is seen, on some campuses, as too insensitive to Israel to be shown publicly demonstrates what a confused moment this

If we don’t want escalating bigotry to enable escalating repression, we need to err on the side of speech.

The Chavurah group at Penn faces discipline after showing a film critical of Israel.

The documentary Israelism will play at The Westdale on Dec. 6, as originally planned, said a statement from the Westdale Cinema Group's board of directors Friday.

University of Pennsylvania administrators told a student group it could lose funding and organizers could face consequences for screening "Israelism."