Welcome to The Reel Schmooze with ToI film reviewer Jordan Hoffman and host Amanda Borschel-Dan, where we bring you all the entertainment news and film reviews a Jew can use.

This week, Hoffman starts the program with a unique dvar Torah, tying together the new blockbuster “The Odyssey” with James Joyce’s “Ulysses” and antisemitism in Ireland. Goes well with white fish.

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Then we turn to the main event: “Reading Lolita in Tehran,” which was directed by Israeli filmmaker Eran Riklis and is currently playing in select cinemas.

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