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Liev Schreiber as Ray Donovan in "Ray Donovan: The Movie." (Photo/Showtime)
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Ray Donovan, the Irish fixer with a Jewish soul, gets his movie

Esther D. Kustanowitz by Esther D. Kustanowitz January 11, 2022
David Alvarez as Bernardo in Steven Spielberg's "West Side Story" remake. (Photo/JTA-Niko Tavernise-Twentieth Century Fox)
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Golden Globes 2022: Andrew Garfield, and Steven Spielberg’s ‘West Side Story,’ win big

by JTA January 10, 2022
Comedian Bob Saget performs at the Improv Comedy Club at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, Fla., Feb. 24, 2006. (Photo/JTA-Ralph Notaro-Getty Images)
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Bob Saget, comedian and actor who played Danny Tanner on ‘Full House,’ dies at 65

Shira Hanau by Shira Hanau and JTA January 10, 2022
Andrew Garfield in "Tick, Tick ... BOOM!"
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Drake nixes Grammys; Jon Stewart talks Harry Potter; Larry David is bald; etc.

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky January 4, 2022January 6, 2022
Saul Bellow in 1976 (Photo/U.S. State Department)
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Genius, jerk, misogynist, everyman — the many lives of Saul Bellow

by Julia M. Klein and Forward January 3, 2022January 3, 2022
Anneke von der Lippe as Alex (left) and Amos Tamam as Arik in "The Girl From Oslo." (Photo/Netflix)
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Searching for context after binging Israeli-Norwegian hostage drama ‘The Girl From Oslo’

Esther D. Kustanowitz by Esther D. Kustanowitz December 29, 2021January 2, 2022
Andy Samberg and Maya Rudolph are the hosts of "Baking It."
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Schlubby Adam Sandler couture blows up; Hanukkah takes over ‘Baking It’; etc.

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky December 21, 2021December 21, 2021
"Santa Inc.," an eight-episode series on HBO Max, features the voices of Jewish comedians Sarah Silverman, as elf Candy Small (left) and Seth Rogen as Santa.
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Silverman and Rogen’s ‘Santa Inc.’ brings raunch and activism to Christmas

Esther D. Kustanowitz by Esther D. Kustanowitz December 16, 2021December 20, 2021
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How one Jewish woman became the mother of improv comedy

by Joshua Flanders and Forward December 16, 2021December 16, 2021
Andrew Garfield in "Tick, Tick ... BOOM!"
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Steven Spielberg, Tracee Ellis Ross among Jewish Golden Globes nominees for 2022

by Emily Burack and JTA December 13, 2021

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