TV Why did it take so long to get a Netflix show about Bernie Madoff? We’ve been in the era of scammer documentaries for years now. There was “The Vow,” which detailed NXIVM, and “Wild Wild Country”… By Mira Fox, Forward Jan 10, 2023
Film ‘You People’: Jewish guy finds love with Farrakhan follower’s daughter Were Jews the “OG slaves”? Can American slavery be compared to the Holocaust? And who gets the last word on Louis Farrakhan? These questions have spurred… By Andrew Lapin, JTA Jan 6, 2023
Film Legacy Film Festival spotlights ups and downs of elderly Jews A 98-year-old toymaker takes you into his studio to discuss the joys of his craft. A San Francisco filmmaker turns the lens on his grandparents as they… By Liz Harris Dec 27, 2022
TV From Maisels to Bergsteins, Jews thrived on TV in 2022 With people returning to theaters and streaming content continuing to dominate entertainment, Jews on television and in film have had quite a year. (Just… By Esther D. Kustanowitz Dec 21, 2022
Books What does Saul Bellow think of cancel culture? Watch this film On his deathbed, Saul Bellow asked a question his admirers and detractors have long been agonizing over: “Was I a man, or was I a jerk?” Of course this is… By PJ Grisar, Forward Dec 16, 2022
TV & Film New doc tells Idina Menzel’s rise, from bat mitzvah circuit to Broadway Before becoming one of the most iconic vocal performers of her time, appearing in Broadway shows such as “Rent” and “Wicked” and voicing Queen Elsa in… By Stephen Silver, JTA Dec 12, 2022
TV ‘My Unorthodox Life’ is back — and it's girlboss divorce season Everyone knows the girlboss era is over. For almost a decade, the term denoted admiration for a woman who, through grit and determination, achieves the… By Irene Katz Connelly, Forward Dec 2, 2022
Comedy Jewish comedy is thriving, even as antisemitism rocks pop culture Two weeks after a Trump-supporting heckler threw a beer can at Ariel Elias at a club in New Jersey over her politics, the Jewish comedian’s fortunes took… By Jackie Hajdenberg, JTA Nov 30, 2022
Film With ‘She Said’ in theaters, journalist Jodi Kantor coming to Palo Alto When the New York Times journalist Jodi Kantor was reporting the 2017 Harvey Weinstein sexual assault story that earned her a Pulitzer prize, the powerful… By Sarah Rosen, JTA Nov 22, 2022