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Michael Aloni and Hila Saada as the central couple in "The Beauty Queen of Jerusalem." (Photo/YES Studios)
Posted inTV

‘The Beauty Queen of Jerusalem’: Can a new Israeli Netflix series succeed if it flunks history?

Mira Fox by Mira Fox and Forward May 12, 2022June 2, 2022
The cast of "Heirs of the Land" on set in Spain in 2020. (Photo/Courtesy Netflix)
Posted inTV & Film

Spanish Jews take the spotlight in ‘Heirs to the Land,’ a Netflix series set pre-Inquisition

Cnaan Liphshiz, Netherlands-based Europe Correspondent for JTA by Cnaan Liphshiz and JTA May 9, 2022
Oscar Isaac as Marc Spector in a very Jewish episode of "Moon Knight.
(Photo/Marvel Studios-Gabor Kotschy)
Posted inTV & Film

The slowly emerging Jewish identity of Moon Knight 

Esther D. Kustanowitz by Esther D. Kustanowitz May 4, 2022May 4, 2022
screenshot from "Ridley Road": a tall balding man, holds a blond woman's hand as they run through a crowd
Posted inTV

In PBS’ gripping series ‘Ridley Road,’ a Jewish woman infiltrates British neo-Nazis in 1962

by Andrew Lapin and JTA May 2, 2022May 2, 2022
Ben Foster as Harry Haft, a Holocaust survivor who becomes a professional boxer, in HBO’s “The Survivor.” (Photo/JTA-Jessica Kourkounis-HBO)
Posted inFilm

Ben Foster pulls no punches playing a Holocaust-survivor-turned-boxer in HBO’s new movie

by Andrew Lapin and JTA April 26, 2022
in a screenshot from Russian Doll, a woman with red hair peeks out of a subway car door
Posted inTV & Film

In ‘Russian Doll,’ inherited Holocaust trauma spills through generations — via time travel

Mira Fox by Mira Fox and Forward April 21, 2022April 22, 2022
Amy Schumer stars as Beth (left) and Laura Benanti plays her mother, Jane, in "Life & Beth." (Photo/RNS-Marcus Price-Hulu)
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Amy Schumer is more Jewish than her new show is willing to admit

by Rabbi Jeffrey K. Salkin and RNS April 12, 2022
(From left) Dor Gvirtsman, Aleeza Chanowitz, Marnina Schon and Tomer Machloof in "Chanshi." (Photo/Vered Adir, HOT)
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Bay Area-raised actors join Henry Winkler in Israeli comedy ‘Chanshi’

Alix Wall by Alix Wall April 11, 2022April 12, 2022
Brosnahan as the titular Marvelous Mrs. Maisel doing stanup comedy
Posted inTV & Film

How ‘The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’ undercuts its own feminist and Jewish identity

Mira Fox by Mira Fox and Forward March 29, 2022
Throughout research for her book, Friedman learned about how movement improved women’s physical and mental health and well-being and contributed to their confidence, independence, self-worth, happiness, and ability to be active participants in their own lives even as they grew older. (Photo/Courtesy Jazzercise)
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How Jewish women pioneered the fitness movement

by Stav Ziv and Forward March 18, 2022

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