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Eli Roth plays Andrew Finkelstein in HBO's "The Idol." (Photo/Eddy Chen-HBO)
Posted inTV

Is ‘The Idol’ good for Hollywood Jews or ‘torture porn’?

PJ Grisar by PJ Grisar June 6, 2023June 6, 2023

This story was originally published in the Forward. Live Nation representative Andrew Finkelstein rolls up to the gate of his client Jocelyn’s estate in a bright red convertible — when the […]

Audrey Glickman, a survivor of the 2018 Tree of Life synagogue shooting in Pittsburgh, blows the shofar outside the building in the HBO documentary "A Tree of Life." (Photo/Courtesy HBO)
Posted inCulture

HBO’s documentary on the Tree of Life synagogue shooting arrives as the nation’s eyes are back on antisemitism

by Andrew Lapin and JTA October 27, 2022
Nathan Fielder in an episode of HBO's "The Rehearsal." (Photo/Courtesy HBO)
Posted inTV

How ‘The Rehearsal’ and ‘Rehearsals’ point the way to Yom Kippur

Esther D. Kustanowitz by Esther D. Kustanowitz September 23, 2022September 28, 2022
In episode 5 of "The Rehearsal," Nathan Fielder navigates the complexities of an interfaith family — sort of. (Photo/Courtesy HBO)
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Nathan Fielder’s HBO show ‘The Rehearsal’ offers an unusual portrayal of interfaith parenting gone wrong

Jackie Hajdenberg by Jackie Hajdenberg and JTA August 15, 2022
Ben Foster as Harry Haft, a Holocaust survivor who becomes a professional boxer, in HBO’s “The Survivor.” (Photo/JTA-Jessica Kourkounis-HBO)
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Ben Foster pulls no punches playing a Holocaust-survivor-turned-boxer in HBO’s new movie

by Andrew Lapin and JTA April 26, 2022
Adrien Brody in Season 3, Episode 4 of "Succession." (Photo/Macall B. Polay-HBO)
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Adrien Brody brings a Jewish character — and antisemitism — to HBO’s ‘Succession’

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer and JTA November 9, 2021February 13, 2023
Imri Biton (left) and Nadia Tereszkiewicz in "Possessions." (Photo/Courtesy HBO Max)
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HBO Max’s next Israeli show: ‘Possessions,’ a thriller about a French woman caught in a murder case

Curt Schleier by Curt Schleier and JTA January 25, 2021
a scared young soldier crouches behind a rock holding a machine gun
Posted inTV & Film

Big budget, small human stories: ‘Valley of Tears’ tackles Yom Kippur War

Esther D. Kustanowitz by Esther D. Kustanowitz November 9, 2020November 9, 2020
Morgan Spector, center, as Herman Levin, and Zoe Kazan, right, as Bess Levin, in HBO's "The Plot Against America." (Photo/Michele K. Short-HBO)
Posted inTV & Film

I cover anti-Semitism on a daily basis. This is why ‘The Plot Against America’ is the scariest show I’ve ever seen.

Gabe Friedman by Gabe Friedman and JTA April 22, 2020
Mel Brooks’ trademark Borscht Belt style came out of his childhood in the Jewish tenements of Brooklyn. (Courtesy HBO)
Posted inSeniors

Mel Brooks tones down the silly in HBO reminiscence

Curt Schleier by Curt Schleier and JTA December 19, 2019December 18, 2019

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