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Brennon Lemieux (left) and Alexa Alfia, engaged at first sight on "Love Is Blind." (Photo/Courtesy Netflix)
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Viewers love Jewish ‘Love is Blind’ contestant’s confidence — but not her background

Mira Fox by Mira Fox and Forward November 1, 2022November 1, 2022
Idris Abdellaoui (left) as Osama and Mo Amer as Mo in "Mo." (Photo/Courtesy Netflix)
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‘Mo,’ groundbreaking series about a Palestinian American, pushes some Jewish buttons

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Judaism, mythology and God knows what else haunt the dreams of Netflix’s ‘Sandman’

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A shot of two of the children’s tattoos in the Netflix series “Stranger Things.”
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‘Stranger Things’ fans deny their tattoos evoke the Holocaust — but it’s a growing trend.

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The cast of "Heirs of the Land" on set in Spain in 2020. (Photo/Courtesy Netflix)
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Spanish Jews take the spotlight in ‘Heirs to the Land,’ a Netflix series set pre-Inquisition

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in a screenshot from Russian Doll, a woman with red hair peeks out of a subway car door
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In ‘Russian Doll,’ inherited Holocaust trauma spills through generations — via time travel

Mira Fox by Mira Fox and Forward April 21, 2022April 22, 2022
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by Aviya Kushner and Forward February 23, 2022February 24, 2022

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