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Glenn Close is a new addition to the second season of "Tehran."
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Glenn Close joins a less exhilarating season 2 of hit Israeli series ‘Tehran’

Esther D. Kustanowitz by Esther D. Kustanowitz June 14, 2022June 14, 2022
Ver voynt in an ananas untern yam? (Photo/Getty; Design/JTA-Jackie Hajdenberg)
Posted inTV & Film

The ‘SpongeBob SquarePants’ theme song is now in Yiddish

Jackie Hajdenberg by Jackie Hajdenberg and JTA June 14, 2022
Serayah as Rbel in the BET+ original series "Kingdom Business"
Posted inUncategorized

The gospel of ‘Kingdom Business’ director Christopher Erskin

TaRessa Stovall by TaRessa Stovall and Forward June 13, 2022June 13, 2022
The two Annes go head to head. (Photo/Forward-Courtesy Adi Eshman)
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SFJFF: What happens if a Black non-Jewish woman plays Anne Frank?

Mira Fox by Mira Fox and Forward June 10, 2022July 25, 2022
A shot of two of the children’s tattoos in the Netflix series “Stranger Things.”
Posted inTV & Film

‘Stranger Things’ fans deny their tattoos evoke the Holocaust — but it’s a growing trend.

Mira Fox by Mira Fox and Forward June 9, 2022June 9, 2022
There’s no prize money for winning "Great Australian Bake Off," just flowers and “quite a nice cake plate” that Rossanis said she has hidden so her children don’t smash it. (Photo/Forward-Courtesy Rossanis)
Posted inTV

She won ‘The Great Australian Bake Off’ — with kosher boob cakes

Mira Fox by Mira Fox and Forward June 8, 2022June 8, 2022
Tom Cruise at a "Top Gun: Maverick" premier at Leicester Square in London, May 19, 2022. (Photo/JTA-Neil Mockford-FilmMagic via Getty Images)
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Israeli heirs to the ‘Top Gun’ story sue Paramount for copyright infringement

by Madeline Fixler and JTA June 7, 2022
Poster for "The House on Chelouche Street"
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Liked ‘Beauty Queen of Jerusalem’? Here are 7 other movies and shows that feature Ladino.

Gabe Friedman by Gabe Friedman and JTA June 2, 2022June 2, 2022
Bradley Cooper as Leonard Bernstein on the set of "Maestro." (Photo/Netflix)
Posted inTV & Film

Netflix releases photos of Bradley Cooper wearing prosthetic nose to portray Leonard Bernstein, reigniting Jewish representation debate

Gabe Friedman by Gabe Friedman and JTA June 1, 2022June 1, 2022
David Harbour in a scene from season four of "Stranger Things." (Screenshot from YouTube)
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Season 4 of Netflix’s ‘Stranger Things’ filmed in a Lithuanian prison where Nazis jailed Jews

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer and JTA May 30, 2022May 27, 2022

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