Lustig didn't ask his rabbi for approval when he acted in "Menashe," a film based on his life, but he figured out his own rationale. Actors discovered at the Sundance Film Festival often hail from ...

In “Menashe,” out Friday, a hapless widower risks losing custody of his young son, simply because, his rabbi explains, there’s no real home without a woman. That’s both the plot of Joshua Z. Weinstein ...

Menashe Lustig sits at a diner table in Brooklyn’s Borough Park neighborhood, a yarmulke atop his head, tzitzit around his waist, an egg sandwich on his plate. Lustig, like the majority of the people ...

They've given us the sweetest taboo: "Menashe" is a fascinating, poignant and rare glimpse into the world of ultra-Orthodox Jews in Brooklyn, starring members of the Hasidic community. Since much of ...

The Sundance entry was filmed in secret and is one of the first films to be performed almost entirely in Yiddish in nearly 70 years. A24 has acquired the U.S. and Chinese Distribution rights to ...

Menashe Lustig (left) and Ruben Niborski star in “Menashe.” Photo by Federica Valabrega, courtesy of A24 Filmmaker Joshua Z. Weinstein has shot documentaries throughout Asia and Africa, but in 2014 he ...

COM alum Joshua Weinstein’s (COM ’05) fiction film “Menashe” takes an intimate look into the lives of New York’s Hasidic Jewish community, to give an honest account of the real lives beyond the pop ...

"Menashe" — thought to be the first Yiddish movie in more than 70 years — is based on the true story of a Hasidic single father in Borough Park. BOSTON (JTA) — With more than a decade’s worth of ...

Menashe Lustig stood in the back of a darkened movie theatre in New York City, laughing. Looking at his tzitzit, you might think that he had snuck into the theater to watch a movie without being ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Actors discovered at the Sundance Film Festival often hail from unexpected places. Take, for example, Quvanzhané Wallis, the eight ...