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Carl Reiner at the Aero Theatre in Santa Monica, Calif., Aug. 3, 2017. (Photo/JTA-John Wolfsohn-Getty Images)
Posted inObituaries

Carl Reiner, comedy legend and consummate old Jew telling jokes, dies at 98

by JTA June 30, 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
Nissim Black in his new music video "Win." (Screenshot/YouTube)
Posted inCelebrity Jews

Nissim and Amar’e on horseback; ‘Fauda’ creator’s new spy show; new shows for Bette Midler and Debra Messing; etc.

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky June 23, 2020June 24, 2020
Julia Lindon in a scene from “Lady Liberty.” (Photo/Courtesy Classy Kid Productions)
Posted inTV

‘Lady Liberty’: Jewish Film Institute has Pride in livestream of funny TV pilot

Laura Pall by Laura Paull June 15, 2020
Michael Stuhlberg as Larry Gopnik in the Coen Brothers' "A Serious Man."
Posted inTV

8 great Jewish movies only a click away

by Michael Fox June 9, 2020June 10, 2020
A police officer in the fictional haredi-run state in the Israeli TV series "Autonomies."
Posted inCelebrity Jews

‘Fiddler’ returns to big screen; ‘Shtisel’ guys do alt-history; Daveed Diggs rides a train; Gal Gadot is Hedy Lamarr; etc.

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky June 8, 2020June 9, 2020
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at his residence in Jerusalem, Feb. 28, 2019. (Photo/JTA-Gali Tibbon-AFP via Getty Images)
Posted inCulture

‘Bibi,’ TV series about Benjamin Netanyahu, is in the works

Marcy Oster by Marcy Oster and JTA June 3, 2020June 4, 2020
Ben Cole as President Charles Linbergh (left) and John Turturro as Rabbi Lionel Bengelsdorf in "The Plot Against America." (HBO)
Posted inHistory

FDR had a Jewish strategy much like the one in ‘Plot Against America’

Rafael Medoff by Rafael Medoff May 26, 2020May 26, 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
Loud Jewish comedian Sarah Silverman will soon voice an animated Santa Claus. (Photo/Gage Skidmore-Wikimedia Commons)
Posted inCelebrity Jews

Sarah Silverman is Santa Claus; Disney’s Jewish prince; Ben Platt hangs with Beanie Feldstein; etc.

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky May 25, 2020

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