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What the new season of ‘Nobody Wants This’ gets right — and very wrong — about Judaism

Mira Fox by Mira Fox October 24, 2025October 24, 2025

This story was originally published in the Forward. Click here to get the Forward’s free email newsletters delivered to your inbox. Spoilers ensue for the second season of Nobody Wants This, […]

A still from Netflix series "Long Story Short"
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Take it from this rabbi: You should binge-watch Netflix’s ‘Long Story Short’ for the High Holidays

Rabbi Benjamin Resnick by Rabbi Benjamin Resnick September 18, 2025September 18, 2025
"Hitler and the Nazis" makes use of colorized archival footage — some from Leni Riefenstahl — as well as reenactments. (Photo/Courtesy of Netflix)
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Is Netflix’s new Hitler docuseries worth watching?

PJ Grisar by PJ Grisar June 10, 2024
Moses (Avi Azulay, center) in between his siblings Aaron (Ishai Golan) and Miriam (Reymonde Amsellem) in "Testament: The Story of Moses." (Photo/Netflix)
Posted inFilm

We found 430 inaccuracies in Netflix’s Moses docuseries ‘Testament’

Rabbi Shlomo Litvin (Photo/Courtesy) by Rabbi Shlomo Litvin April 16, 2024April 16, 2024
(From left) Adam Sandler, Sarah Sherman and Dan Bulla with director Sammi Cohen on the set of “You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah.” (Photo/Scott Yamano-Netflix)
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‘You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah’ director wants to normalize queer Jewish experiences

PJ Grisar by PJ Grisar August 23, 2023August 24, 2023
Aleeza (left) and Ori in "Jewish Matchmaking." (Photo/Courtesy Netflix)
Posted inTV & Film

In ‘Jewish Matchmaking,’ diverse Jews experience Orthodox dating practices

Jackie Hajdenberg by Jackie Hajdenberg and JTA May 3, 2023
Kevin Janssens as Noah in "Rough Diamonds." (Photo/Netflix-Nyk Dekeyser)
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Netflix’s ‘Rough Diamonds’ brings viewers into the drama of Antwerp’s Orthodox diamond district

Gabe Friedman by Gabe Friedman and JTA April 25, 2023
Jonah HIll (left) as Ezra and Lauren London as Amira in "You People." (Photo/Parrish Lewis-Netflix)
Posted inTV & Film

‘You People’ is an unfunny step back for Black-Jewish relations

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten January 31, 2023February 1, 2023
Miriam Haart (left) speaking with Manny Yekutiel at Manny's in San Francisco on Jan. 18, 2023. (Photo/Lillian Ilsley-Greene)
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Miriam Haart in San Francisco: ‘My religion is trying to get women to believe in themselves’

Lillian Ilsley-Greene by Lillian Ilsley-Greene January 24, 2023January 24, 2023
a photo of Bernie Madoff and a few others that appears to have been put through a paper shredder and then put back together
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Why did it take so long to get a Netflix show about Bernie Madoff?

Mira Fox by Mira Fox and Forward January 10, 2023

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