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French-Jewish comedian Jonathan Cohen (third from left) with other members of the cast of Netflix series "Family Business" (Photo/Netflix)
Posted inTV

Netflix’s French-Jewish comedy version of ‘Breaking Bad’ is a light-hearted look at a community under threat

Cnaan Liphshiz, Netherlands-based Europe Correspondent for JTA by Cnaan Liphshiz and JTA July 5, 2019
John Goodman as Walter Sobchak in "The Big Lebowski." (Shut up, Donny.)
Posted inTV & Film

We need fewer stereotypical Jews on TV — and more Walter Sobchaks

by Molly Pascal June 26, 2019June 26, 2019
Mel Brooks plays Melephant Brooks (not pictured) in the fourth Toy Story movie.
Posted inCelebrity Jews

Melephant Brooks, Carl Reineroceros and the other Jews of ‘Toy Story 4’

by Nate Bloom June 24, 2019
Vanessa Bayer is best known as a former "Saturday Night Live" cast member, but she's also the author of a new children's book that reflects her own experience with illness as a child.
Posted inBooks

SNL alum Vanessa Bayer on comedy, her new children’s book and childhood illness

by Dan Pine June 21, 2019June 21, 2019
Handmaids rehearse “the ceremony” in Hulu’s “The Handmaid’s Tale” (Photo/George Kraychyk)
Posted inTV & Film

How the future of ‘Handmaid’s Tale’ echoes our Biblical past

Esther D. Kustanowitz by Esther D. Kustanowitz June 20, 2019June 20, 2019
Adam Sandler and Jennifer Anniston star in the new Netflix comedy "Murder Mystery."
Posted inCelebrity Jews

Adam Sandler back on Netflix; CJM pops up in romcom; etc.

by Nate Bloom June 13, 2019
“Good Omens,” a six-episode Amazon miniseries based on the book by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett, stars Michael Sheen (left) as the angel Aziraphale and David Tennant as the demon Crowley. (Photo/Amazon Studios)
Posted inTV & Film

Heaven and hell, angels and demons: Welcome to TV in 2019

Esther D. Kustanowitz by Esther D. Kustanowitz June 6, 2019
Christina Applegate (on couch) plays recent widow Jen, who meets Judy (Linda Cardellini) at a grief support group, in Netflix’s “Dead to Me.”
Posted inCulture

‘Dead to Me’: The next must-watch show for Jewish women

Lior Zaltzman by Lior Zaltzman May 30, 2019
Scene from "Law & Order: SVU" episode "Assumptions"
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‘Law & Order’ episode touches on Ilhan Omar tweets and MAGA hat teens

Esther D. Kustanowitz by Esther D. Kustanowitz May 16, 2019May 17, 2019
Christopher Abbott and George Clooney in Hulu's adaptation of Joseph Heller's Jew-ish WWII satire "Catch-22"
Posted inCelebrity Jews

Josh Gad is a dog; Paul Rudd hosts SNL finale; ‘Catch-22’ comes to TV

by Nate Bloom May 13, 2019May 17, 2019

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