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Television
Podcast – FAUDA: the Israeli Netflix TV hit with co-creator Avi Issacharoff
Naor Meningher and Eytan Weinstein
March 15, 2017
Julie Klausner talks ‘Difficult People,’ her ‘very Jewish’ comedy series
Gerri Miller
June 29, 2016
“Difficult” only begins to describe Julie Kessler and Billy Epstein, the snarky, pop culture-obsessed, 30-something New Yorkers at the center of the Hulu comedy series “Difficult People.”
Drivers in L.A. are extremely dangerous. So why don’t policymakers and police do something?
Jared Sichel
June 29, 2016
Jill Kargman is a modern Jewish mother in ‘Odd Mom Out’
Gerri Miller
June 15, 2016
Following Mark Twain’s famous advice to “write what you know,” Jill Kargman penned satirical stories about being a mom who didn’t fit the mold of the perfect Upper East Side Manhattan socialite.
‘Good Wife’ creator Michelle King satirizes D.C. politics in ‘BrainDead’
Gerri Miller
June 2, 2016
The acclaimed drama “The Good Wife” ended its seven-season run May 8, and Michelle King, who created, wrote and produced the series with her husband, Robert, is already missing it.
Summer TV: A host of Jewish stars shine in new and returning shows
Gerri Miller
June 2, 2016
A guide to summer TV
Weston latest Jewish actor to take the plunge as Houdini
Gerri Miller
May 4, 2016
The life of renowned Hungarian-Jewish magician and escapologist Harry Houdini has been portrayed onscreen by multiple Jewish actors, including Tony Curtis, Paul Michael Glaser and Adrien Brody.
PBS revisits notorious Leopold and Loeb case in ‘The Perfect Crime’
Tom Tugend
February 3, 2016
It was a time of unease for middle-aged Middle Americans.
The Jewish stars, creators and themes of winter TV
Jewish Journal
February 3, 2016
Whether on camera or behind the scenes, Jewish talent and topics are evident all over television these days in series and specials on broadcast networks, cable and streaming services.
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