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Academy Awards turns its back on latest Israeli film

Tim Kalkhof plays a German man who falls in love with a married Israeli man in "The Cakemaker." (Strand Releasing)
December 18, 2018 / Tom Tugend, JTA

LOS ANGELES (JTA)– Israel’s more than half-century courtship to win an Oscar for best foreign-language film will continue past 2019. Since submitting its first entry — and winning its first nomination — for “Sallah”  in 1964, Israel has made the short list of top nominees 10 times, without ever… Read more »

In ‘The Cakemaker,’ a gay lover and straight woman long for the same man

Tim Kalkhof plays a German man who falls in love with a married Israeli man in "The Cakemaker." (Strand Releasing)
August 2, 2018 / Tom Tugend, JTA

LOS ANGELES (JTA) —  “The Cakemaker” has been one of the more successful indie films on the international festival circuit over the past year. Its recipe: a secret gay Israeli-German love affair, a tragic death and another secret affair — between a straight woman and a gay man. The… Read more »