Hannah Brown

Hannah Brown covers culture and has been the movie critic for The Jerusalem Post since 2001. Born and raised in New York City, she was a movie critic at The New York Post , as well as a columnist and an editor in the business section there. Her first novel, If I Could Tell You , inspired by her experiences raising a son with autism, was published by Vantage Point Books in New York in March 2012. Her short fiction has appeared in Commentary , The Jerusalem Post Magazine and Short Story Quarterly .Two of her short stories were included in the anthology Israel Short Stories , published by Ang-Lit Press in Tel Aviv in February 2011. She has published articles, essays and reviews for Newsweek , The Forward , and The Jerusalem Report . From 2007-2008, she hosted a weekly radio show about movies on the RAM FM station. She lives with her two sons in Jerusalem.
DANIEL GIMPEL (right) plays a religious young woman who has just been dumped and who has decided to rebel by attending Nova.

'Our Loves' is a film about people, not October 7, Israeli filmmaker Avi Nesher tells 'Post'

Avi Nesher’s ‘Our Loves’ follows ordinary Israelis whose lives are upended by October 7, transforming a story of horror into a moving exploration of survival, love, change, and hope.

SEPTEMBER 12, 2026
Gal Gadot attends the Los Angeles premiere of Amazon MGM Studios' "The Runner" at Harmony Gold on August 27, 2026 in Los Angeles, California.

Gal Gadot and Jimmy Kimmel blow the shofar to celebrate Rosh Hashanah

“Oh, good. We could use a good year,” said Kimmel as he picked up the shofar. After he played, they sat and improvised together until they burst out laughing.

SEPTEMBER 12, 2026
(L-R) Steven Spielberg, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jerry Seinfeld.

No. 19: Jerry Seinfeld, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Steven Spielberg: Hollywood heavyweights

While a worldwide wave of antisemitism has been growing, some high-profile Hollywood Jews have continued to speak up in support of Israel, and at other times, have let their actions do the talking.

SEPTEMBER 10, 2026

Haifa International Film Festival to present the best of world cinema

The festival’s main international competition, Carmel, will open with Boyle’s Ink, which opened this year’s Venice Film Festival.

SEPTEMBER 9, 2026
MARIANNE FAITHFULL in the documentary ‘Broken English.’

What to watch this week: ‘Fauda,’ ‘The Sixteenth Sheep,’ and 9/11 tributes

TV Time: Fauda’s final season confronts October 7 and the cost of revenge, alongside new documentaries on Israeli music and 9/11.

SEPTEMBER 9, 2026
YAAKOV ZADA-DANIEL (right) and Lior Raz in Season Five of ‘Fauda.'

'Tell Me Everything' wins Best Picture at Ophir Awards, earns Israel’s Oscar submission

Tell Me Everything won Best Picture and 9 other awards at the Ophir Awards and will go on to be considered for the Best International Feature Academy Award.

SEPTEMBER 9, 2026
Picture of Tell Me Everything/ courtesy of United King Films

Spiritual guide promotes worldwide meditation event to mark 25th anniversary of September 11 attack

Michal Lichtman, a spiritual guide who works with people on developing awareness and what she describes as their “inner light,” has proposed an international meditation to be held on Friday.

SEPTEMBER 9, 2026
THE IDEA for this year’s global meditation grew out of an event Michal Lichtman organized in Jerusalem last year as part of her initiative, Migdalor – Growing Light.

Eyal Golan’s ‘Science Fiction’ is Israel’s most played song of the year

Eyal Golan, Sarit Hadad and Avi Ohayon led ACUM’s annual rankings of Israel’s most played songs, performers, songwriters and composers.

SEPTEMBER 8, 2026
EYAL GOLAN performs at Bloomfield Stadium in Tel Aviv in June.

Jerusalem Cinematheque pays tribute to actor, director, and sex symbol Paul Newman

The cinematheque retrospective offers an unusually strong overview of Newman's career, featuring both movies he led and directed.

SEPTEMBER 6, 2026
Paul Newman and Eva Marie Saint in 'Exodus.'

Guy Nattiv’s ‘The Liberation’ premieres at the Telluride Film Festival

The psychological drama, written by Nattiv and Noa Berman-Herzberg, was inspired by a true story from Nattiv’s family.

SEPTEMBER 6, 2026
'The Liberation' by Guy Nattiv.

Radiohead guitarist Jonny Greenwood, Dudu Tassa to kick off Jerusalem Oud Festival

The festival will take place from November 5-12, bringing together musicians from Israel and abroad for 16 performances at the Jerusalem Theatre, Khan Theater, and Confederation House.

SEPTEMBER 6, 2026
DUDU TASSA (left) and Jonny Greenwood will perform material from their acclaimed collaborative project ‘Jarak Qaribak.’

‘Jerusalem of Gold’ exhibit brings five Israeli artists to the capital’s theater

Jerusalem of Gold, a group exhibition featuring five Israeli artists, is open now and will be on display at the Jerusalem Theatre’s Salon Gallery until the end of September.

SEPTEMBER 5, 2026
LEFT: AARON KRAUS, ‘Standing Prayer (Amidah).’ RIGHT: MIRIAM JASKIEROWICZ ARMAN, ‘Begetting Life.’

What to watch this week: Gal Gadot speeds through The Runner, Hearsay delivers gripping thriller

TV Time: A new Gal Gadot thriller, a chilling Israeli TV drama, and Hanoch Daum’s return headline this week’s entertainment picks.

SEPTEMBER 5, 2026
‘THE RUNNER’ is just what the trailer promises, an action-packed thriller featuring Gal Gadot as Maia, a lawyer and single mother in London who has to save her son.