Holocaust survivor Rita Zohar brings lived history to Scarlett Johansson’s directorial debut

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Holocaust Survivor Rita Zohar Brings Lived History To Scarlett Johansson’s Directorial Debut

By The Times of Israel

JTA — When Rita Zohar stepped into the role of Bessie Stern, a Holocaust survivor whose death sets in motion Scarlett Johansson’s new film “Eleanor the Great,” she wasn’t simply acting. Zohar, 81, is a childhood survivor of the Holocaust. She was als ...Read more