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Raphael Bob-Waksberg, creator of "BoJack Horseman" (Photo/Courtesy of Netflix)
Posted inCelebrity Jews

Sacha Baron Cohen as ‘The Spy’; Jews of country music; an Emmy for Bob-Waksberg?

by Nate Bloom September 5, 2019September 5, 2019
Rabbi Jacob Kessner confronts his zombified congregants in the latest episode of "Fear the Walking Dead."
Posted inTV & Film

This week on ‘Fear the Walking Dead,’ zombies attack my childhood synagogue

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky September 3, 2019September 4, 2019
Valerie Harper, left, as Rhoda with Mary Tyler Moore in the television series "The Mary Tyler Moore Show." (Photo/JTA-Bettmann-Getty Images)
Posted inTV & Film

How Valerie Harper’s Rhoda embodied a very Jewish type

by Andrew Silow-Carroll and JTA September 3, 2019
Shlomi Elkabetz plays the lead investigator in “Our Boys.” (Photo/Courtesy HBO-Ran Mendelson)
Posted inTV & Film

‘Our Boys’ will make you uncomfortable, which is exactly why you should watch it

Esther D. Kustanowitz by Esther D. Kustanowitz August 29, 2019August 30, 2019
Israeli actor Tomer Capon is one of the stars of "The Boys" on Amazon Prime. Left to right: Karl Urban, Capon, Laz Alonso and Jack Quaid.
Posted inCelebrity Jews

Israeli star Tomer Capon fights superheroes; remembering Robin Williams; etc.

by Nate Bloom August 21, 2019August 21, 2019
(From left) Rebekka Johnson as Dawn, Jackie Tohn as Melrose and Kia Stevens as Tammé in season 3 of “GLOW” (Photo/Courtesy Netflix-Ali Goldstein)
Posted inTV & Film

Season 3 features a revealing desert seder for the gorgeous ladies of ‘GLOW’

Esther D. Kustanowitz by Esther D. Kustanowitz August 13, 2019August 14, 2019
Swami Satchidananda giving the opening speech at Woodstock (Photo/Wikimedia-Mark Goff)
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Woodstock turns 50; feminist gangsters; ‘Scary Stories’; etc.

by Nate Bloom August 7, 2019
William Shatner on stage during “Star Trek: Mission New York,” Sept. 4, 2016 (Photo/JTA-Roy Rochlin-Getty Images)
Posted inCelebrity Jews

Tarantino’s latest; Polanski’s take on Dreyfus Affair; Captain Kirk’s Jewish values

by Nate Bloom July 24, 2019
From "Picture of His Life," a documentary about photographer and Pacific Grove resident Amos Nachoum, which will screen at the 2019 San Francisco Jewish Film Festival.
Posted inTV & Film

Comedies and docs, fiddlers and polar bears: 2019 S.F. Jewish Film Fest ready to roll out the red carpet

Laura Pall by Laura Paull July 10, 2019July 10, 2019
Michael Chabon sits in a futuristic chair on the Discovery bridge set
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Chabon in captain’s chair for new Star Trek series; ‘Tales of the City’ returns; the Jews of ‘Lion King’

by Nate Bloom July 8, 2019July 9, 2019

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