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Shira Haas in "Unorthodox"
Posted inCulture

Young ‘Shtisel’ star leaves it all behind in Netflix’s ‘Unorthodox’

Esther D. Kustanowitz by Esther D. Kustanowitz March 11, 2020
Jewish Maori director Taika Waititi is adapting Roald Dahl's work for the screen. (JTA/ALBERT L. ORTEGA/GETTY)
Posted inTV

Jewish director Taika Waititi adapting anti-Semite Roald Dahl’s work is perfect

by A.R. Vishny and JTA March 9, 2020March 9, 2020
From left, some of the stars of Amazon's "Hunters": Saul Rubinek, Carol Kane, Tiffany Boone, Louis Ozawa Changchien and Josh Radnor. (Christopher Saunders)
Posted inTV & Film

Is ‘Hunters’ basically Jewsploitation? A journalist and a rabbi discuss Amazon’s Nazi-killing show.

Gabe Friedman by Gabe Friedman and JTA March 2, 2020
Gal Gadot on the cover of Entertainment Weekly for her upcoming sequel "Wonder Woman 1984."
Posted inCelebrity Jews

Ethiopian Jew goes to Eurovision; Philip Roth goes to television; Tarantino goes to Israel; etc.

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky February 28, 2020February 28, 2020
Al Pacino (center) assembles a band of Nazi-hunting vigilantes in "Hunters." (Charles Saunders/Amazon Studios)
Posted inTV

In ‘Hunters,’ Al Pacino and his gang of vigilantes target Nazis in 1970s America

Esther D. Kustanowitz by Esther D. Kustanowitz February 21, 2020February 21, 2020
Lior Schleien, shown here in a 2018 segment, is the host of the Israeli satirical show "Gav HaUma." (Screenshot from Facebook)
Posted inComedy

Meet Lior Schleien, Israel’s Jon Stewart

Ben Sales by Ben Sales and JTA February 21, 2020
Karen Gillan as Amy Pond and Matt Smith as The Doctor in the 2011 episode "Let's Kill Hitler."
Posted inTV & Film

‘Doctor Who’ loves its Nazi storylines — but where are the Jews?

by Julia Peterson and JTA February 13, 2020
Vampire Weekend frontman Ezra Koenig. (Wikimedia)
Posted inMusic

Big win for Ezra Koenig; Jesse Eisenberg goes silent; Sam Mendes cleans up; etc.

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky February 4, 2020February 4, 2020
The main cast of "The Good Place."
Posted inTV & Film

Saying goodbye to ‘The Good Place’ from my place (Judaism)

Esther D. Kustanowitz by Esther D. Kustanowitz February 3, 2020February 4, 2020
"Shtisel" co-creator Yehonatan Indursky and Haredi activist Pnina Pfeuffer discuss the show at Congregation Sherith Israel in San Francisco, Jan. 29, 2020. (S. Smith Patrick)
Posted inTV

‘Shtisel’ creator and haredi activist discuss change among Israel’s ultra-Orthodox

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten January 31, 2020February 6, 2020

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