This Reform Rabbi is One of 456 Competitors on Season 2 of Netflix’s ‘Squid...
Grace Gilson | JTA
Jamie Field was still a rabbinical student at Hebrew Union College in New York City when she watched the first season...
Freed Hostage Alon Ohel Plays Piano on Israeli Sketch Comedy Show ‘Eretz Nehederet’
Grace Gilson | JTA
The Israeli sketch comedy show “Eretz Nehederet” is famous for parodying every aspect of Israeli politics and culture. But the smiles...
Netflix Drops Season 2 of ‘Nobody Wants This,’ Returning Rabbi Noah and Interfaith Dilemmas...
Philissa Cramer | JTA
When the first season of the surprise hit “Nobody Wants This” ended last year, viewers were left with a cliffhanger about...
Apple TV+ Shelves ‘The Savant,’ a Jessica Chastain Thriller Inspired by ADL’s Secretive Anti-Extremism...
Asaf Elia-Shalev | JTA
Apple TV+ has delayed the release of “The Savant,” a show starring Jessica Chastain that puts a spotlight on the secretive...
Take It From This Rabbi: You Should Binge-Watch Netflix’s ‘Long Story Short’ for the...
Rabbi Benjamin Resnick | JTA
During Selichot services, I led members of our congregation in our first recitation of “Ashamnu,” the confessional acrostic that we...
Larry David Teams Up With Obamas to Create New TV Comedy Series
Grace Gilson
After his beloved and extremely Jewish sitcom “Curb Your Enthusiasm” ended after 12 seasons last year, many fans undoubtedly had the same thought:...
Hollywood Outlier: American Actor Elliott Gould Focuses the Camera on Real Life
Rochel Grosz | JNS
It’s difficult to imagine a face like Elliott Gould’s becoming a matinee idol today. It is angular and brooding, with eyes...
‘The Jews’ Fight Is My Fight,’ Dr. Phil Tells JNS
Vita Fellig
The television host Phil McGraw, known as Dr. Phil, has received death threats, been swatted repeatedly and faced an onslaught of hate mail...
Nathan Fielder Says Paramount Plus Pulled His TV Episode on Holocaust Awareness After Oct....
He’s known for a prankish public persona laced with several layers of irony. But Jewish comedian Nathan Fielder has always insisted he’s sincere about...
‘Shtisel’ Star Sasson Gabay Is Happy to Be Back Playing a Complex Haredi Orthodox...
Gabe Friedman | JTA
“I’m preparing a tea so we can talk with leisure,” Sasson Gabay says over the phone from Israel.
The Israeli film and...