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Esther D. Kustanowitz

Esther D. Kustanowitz

Esther D. Kustanowitz wrote a TV column for J. She is based in Los Angeles and has been known to track #TVGoneJewy. Follow her on Twitter @EstherK.

two older men and one older woman struggle to get the corpse of another older man out of bed
Posted inTV

Move over ‘Shtisel’ — time to give other Israeli TV shows a look

Esther D. Kustanowitz by Esther D. Kustanowitz July 29, 2020August 2, 2020
A police officer in the fictional haredi-run state in the Israeli TV series "Autonomies."
Posted inTV & Film

In alt-history Israeli miniseries ‘Autonomies,’ secular and religious worlds clash

Esther D. Kustanowitz by Esther D. Kustanowitz June 25, 2020June 25, 2020
Patti Lupone as Avis Amberg in “Hollywood/” (Photo/Saeed Adyani-Netflix)
Posted inTV & Film

In alternate history of ‘Hollywood,’ diverse characters get to act out their ambitions

Esther D. Kustanowitz by Esther D. Kustanowitz May 26, 2020May 26, 2020
Gertrude Berg as Molly Goldberg in the original version of "The Goldbergs."
Posted inTV & Film

Watch list dwindling? Here are some more Jewish TV and movies to watch.

Esther D. Kustanowitz by Esther D. Kustanowitz May 7, 2020May 12, 2020
Lior Raz (right) plays Doron, who heads a special ops team in the Israeli TV drama “Fauda.” (Photo/Courtesy Netflix)
Posted inTV & Film

‘Fauda’ returns to Netflix for season 3, as tense and chaotic as ever

Esther D. Kustanowitz by Esther D. Kustanowitz April 20, 2020April 22, 2020
The cast of BBC's "Friday Night Dinner," which Americans can catch on Hulu and Amazon Prime.
Posted inTV & Film

British comedy ‘Friday Night Dinner’ is hilarious quarantine viewing

Esther D. Kustanowitz by Esther D. Kustanowitz April 6, 2020April 6, 2020
Ben Cole as President Charles Linbergh (left) and John Turturro as Rabbi Lionel Bengelsdorf in "The Plot Against America." (HBO)
Posted inTV & Film

‘The Plot Against America’ is a jagged pill in overwhelming times

Esther D. Kustanowitz by Esther D. Kustanowitz March 25, 2020March 26, 2020
Gene Wilder (left) and Harrison Ford as a Polish rabbi and an American bank robber in "The Frisco Kid," in which the odd couple travels west to San Francisco together.
Posted inTV & Film

Hunkered down at home? Here are 10 Jewish things to watch

Esther D. Kustanowitz by Esther D. Kustanowitz March 18, 2020
Shira Haas in "Unorthodox"
Posted inCulture

Young ‘Shtisel’ star leaves it all behind in Netflix’s ‘Unorthodox’

Esther D. Kustanowitz by Esther D. Kustanowitz March 11, 2020
Al Pacino (center) assembles a band of Nazi-hunting vigilantes in "Hunters." (Charles Saunders/Amazon Studios)
Posted inTV

In ‘Hunters,’ Al Pacino and his gang of vigilantes target Nazis in 1970s America

Esther D. Kustanowitz by Esther D. Kustanowitz February 21, 2020February 21, 2020

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