Jackie Hajdenberg, JTA
• Published February 1, 2023
(JTA) — Americans subscribed to Amazon Prime Video can now listen to never-before-heard recordings of Adolf Eichmann confessing to his crimes, in his own voice.
“The Devil’s Confession: The Lost Eichmann Tapes” is a three-part documentary series...
NATE BLOOM , Special to the Jewish Light
• Published January 24, 2023
“Poker Face” premieres on the streaming Peacock channel on Jan. 26th. It is a “case-of-the-week” mystery comedy-drama. NATASHA LYONNE, 43, produces the series and she stars in it (I gather she plays the only actor who will appear in all 10 episodes).
An...
Adam Kovac, The Forward
• Published January 24, 2023
Comedian Jon Lovitz is having a moment thanks to disgraced congressman George Santos.
Not that Santos is a fan, having taken to Twitter to say how unimpressed he’s been with the myriad comedic takes on him. Lovitz fired back, saying that even his...
By PJ Grisar, The Forward
• Published January 23, 2023
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Each season of Fauda features a new director and writer and the same kind of fool-proof formula.
Co-creator and star...
(JTA) – When Amazon Prime released the first season of “Hunters” in 2020, it advertised its Nazi-hunting TV show as “Inspired By True Events.”
That was true only in the loosest possible sense of the term. Starring Al Pacino and Logan Lerman...
Bill Motchan , Special to the Jewish Light
• Published January 15, 2023
Missouri gained national attention Jan. 3 when Amber McLaughlin became the first transgender woman executed in the United States. In early February, another execution is scheduled in Missouri, one of 29 states with the death penalty. Rick Stack, a Jewish...
By Mira Fox, The Forward
• Published January 12, 2023
We’ve been in the era of scammer documentaries for years now. There was The Vow, which detailed NXIVM, and Wild Wild Country about the Rajneeshees. Tiger King took early-pandemic Netflix watching by storm. LuLaRich dealt with the phenomenon of multi-level...
Sarah Jae Leiber, Special To The Jewish Light
• Published January 10, 2023
Jewish writer Taffy Brodesser-Akner’s television adaptation of her bestselling novel, Fleishman is in Trouble, ended last week on a triumphant note. There was a marriage proposal, a strange bat mitzvah, and a successfully performed dance class routine—some...
(JTA) – Were Jews the “OG slaves”? Can American slavery be compared to the Holocaust? And who gets the last word on Louis Farrakhan?
These questions have spurred very serious debates over time — and now will be getting a raunchier take in the...
By Lior Zaltzman, Kveller
• Published January 5, 2023
We’ve been hoping to see Michael Aloni in more English-language shows ever since he appeared in HBO’s “Scenes from a Marriage” — and our prayers, I’m happy to say, will soon be answered.
Aloni is about to star in a very Jewish Hulu...
By Benjamin Ivry, The Forward
• Published January 2, 2023
Barbara Walters, who died Dec. 30, 2022, at the age of 93, has a secure place in history as the first Jewish co-host, as well as first female co-host, of an American TV news program.
The success that accompanied her through the decades in stints...
(JTA) – As “The Daily Show” looks ahead to a future without host Trevor Noah, at least three Jewish comedians are waiting to take his place — at least temporarily.
Al Franken, Sarah Silverman and Chelsea Handler are among the extensive list...
