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Haim sisters to soundtrack animated Netflix film

February 5, 2021

HBO Max’s next Israeli show: ‘Possessions,’ a thriller about a French woman caught in a murder case

January 24, 2021

The formerly Orthodox character on ‘The Good Doctor’ is inspired by the creator’s family

December 30, 2020

‘Homeland’ creators are adapting Nathan Englander’s ‘Dinner at the Center of the Earth’ into a TV series

December 1, 2020

HBO adapts ‘Oslo,’ Tony Award-winning play about peace accords, into original film

November 12, 2020

6 Jewish-themed films to watch through this year’s online DOC NYC festival

November 5, 2020

HBO Max to air Yom Kippur War drama ‘Valley of Tears,’ Israel’s biggest-budget TV series ever

October 14, 2020

Bette Midler shines as an angry Jew in HBO’s ‘Coastal Elites’

September 11, 2020

Famed Israeli wildlife photographer Amos Nachoum gets a thrilling documentary about his career — and his quest to get close to a polar bear

June 15, 2020

The coronavirus didn’t just upend Broadway — it put indie projects in limbo

May 27, 2020

Jerry Stiller was a mensch. He could act with the best of them, too.

May 11, 2020

The musician Shulem on being the first artist raised Hasidic to sign with a major record label

April 23, 2020

David Simon didn’t like ‘The Plot Against America’ when he first read it. Trump’s election changed his mind.

March 16, 2020

‘One Jewish Boy,’ an English play about a mixed-race interfaith couple, sold out shows — and ignited a storm of anti-Semitism

March 10, 2020

Ben Schwartz is the voice of ‘Sonic: The Hedgehog’ and is friends with Billy Crystal. He’s still worried about fitting into Hollywood.

February 24, 2020

Hanukkah photography exhibit offers a window into Hasidic Jewish life

December 20, 2019

Clive Owen plays a Hasidic violin virtuoso in new film ‘The Song of Names’

December 17, 2019

Mel Brooks gets serious in HBO special — but there’s plenty of shtick, too

December 16, 2019

Michael Chabon adapting ‘Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay’ for Showtime miniseries

December 10, 2019

The king of farce’s new play is inspired by his parents’ love letters

November 29, 2019

Netflix to air miniseries on the trial of Nazi guard nicknamed ‘Ivan the Terrible’

October 25, 2019

Documentary shows how ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ made it to the stage

August 16, 2019

Julian Edelman gets his own Showtime documentary

June 27, 2019

Smithsonian channel documentary explores ‘Adolf Island,’ a British isle that housed concentration camps

June 18, 2019

When young Israelis move to Germany or Austria, it’s a hard pill for their families to swallow

June 12, 2019

Documentary on Dr. Ruth delves into the sex therapist’s Holocaust past

May 16, 2019

Discovery Channel and PBS to air Holocaust documentaries for Yom Hashoah

April 25, 2019

The deadly Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire inspires a contemporary composer

January 24, 2019

Michael Douglas and Alan Arkin mine aging for laughs in Chuck Lorre’s latest, ‘The Kominsky Method’

November 16, 2018

Claude Lanzmann’s posthumous ‘Shoah’ sequel ‘Four Sisters’ is sadly relevant

November 14, 2018

‘Manchester by the Sea’ director’s latest Broadway play follows Jewish family dealing with tragedy

November 8, 2018

How Moises Kaufman went from a yeshiva in Venezuela to directing a Harvey Fierstein classic

October 26, 2018

‘Fauda’ screenwriter wanted to depict terrorists as ‘real human beings’

September 27, 2018

In this Argentine film, a Holocaust survivor leaves home to find the man who saved him in WWII

September 20, 2018

Gender nonbinary activist Kate Bornstein seeks to shatter stereotypes in Broadway’s ‘Straight White Men’

August 9, 2018

An all-female Orthodox ambulance corps gets a film of their own

July 10, 2018

‘Maktub,’ an Israeli comedy about low-level gangsters, makes it to Netflix

June 18, 2018

Rachel Bloom on Michelle Wolf, her first movie and post-‘Crazy Ex-Girlfriend’ plans

May 3, 2018

Jewish-American soldiers didn’t just fight Nazis in WWII — they endured anti-Semitism

April 5, 2018

Zach Braff is happy to be back on TV. ‘Scrubs’ fans should be, too.

March 27, 2018

The creator of Netflix’s ‘Jessica Jones’ is becoming a feminist icon in the #MeToo era

March 22, 2018

A refreshing romantic comedy about an autistic couple who meet at a Jewish community center

March 13, 2018

Itzhak Perlman’s inspiring musical journey — and his delightful 50-year marriage — captured in a documentary

March 9, 2018

Arthur Miller’s daughter made an intimate HBO documentary about her father

March 7, 2018

This 25-year-old Jewish guy plays SpongeBob on Broadway

December 21, 2017

Jewish family learns they are related to Scarlett Johansson by watching PBS show

November 3, 2017

Rob Reiner on Judaism, movies and his experience ‘home shuling’

October 31, 2017

Comedian Gilbert Gottfried isn’t a cranky loudmouth, as documentary about him shows

October 30, 2017

Paul Rudd learns about his family history from a JTA article on ‘Finding Your Roots’

October 26, 2017

Josh Gad honors his Holocaust survivor grandparents with role in ‘Marshall’

September 29, 2017

This Jewish man was once New York’s toughest cop. Now he’s a TV star.

September 12, 2017

Al Franken learned about justice from his childhood rabbi

June 30, 2017

Carl Reiner, 95, dishes his secrets to longevity

May 19, 2017

How Liev Schreiber’s Jewish grandpa inspired him

May 4, 2017

Hank Azaria opens up about speaking Ladino and his latest TV role

April 13, 2017

A celebrity photographer trains his lens on Holocaust survivors

March 29, 2017

Jessica Biel discovers that she’s a little bit Jewish

March 22, 2017

Try not to cry during this Oscar-nominated film about a Holocaust survivor and his violin

February 8, 2017

Josh Radnor, beyond ‘How I Met Your Mother’

December 21, 2016

This former nebbish can help you become super popular — like him

December 2, 2016

Comedian Nick Kroll is serious about being funny

October 28, 2016

Ewan McGregor’s biggest challenge: Philip Roth

October 20, 2016

Anger becomes comedian Lewis Black

August 21, 2016

What’s a nice Jewish boy like Daniel Radcliffe doing playing a neo-Nazi?

August 16, 2016

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