We need fewer stereotypical Jews on TV — and more Walter Sobchaks
by Molly Pascal (JTA) — The other day, my Catholic mother-in-law again implored me, her sole Jewish daughter-in-law, to watch “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.” The…
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A former lawmaker hopes HBO’s ‘Chernobyl’ spurs change in Israel
by Josefin Dolsten (JTA) — The HBO historical drama “Chernobyl,” which dramatizes the events surrounding the 1986 nuclear explosion in the now-Ukrainian city, has generated plenty…
‘Dead To Me’ is the new Netflix show Jewish women need to watch
by Lior Zaltzman This story originally appeared on Kveller. It’s been a while since I felt like a show outsmarted me. But “Dead to Me,”…
Discovery Channel and PBS to air Holocaust documentaries for Yom Hashoah
by Curt Schleier (JTA) — Alan Moskin served in Patton’s 3rd Army as it liberated Mauthausen. The experience, he said in an unintentional wordplay, was…
Your favorite cooking shows are finding young chefs at Jewish summer camps
by Ben Sales (JTA) — Zach Atlas has been going to camp about as long as he’s been baking. During the summer Atlas, 14, is…