33 years after classic bar mitzvah episode, revamped ‘Wonder Years’ revisits the ritual
by Phyllis Cramer (JTA) — Paul Pfeiffer’s bar mitzvah made Jewish television history when “The Wonder Years” devoted an episode to it in 1989. Pfeiffer,…
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Golden Globes 2022: Andrew Garfield, and Steven Spielberg’s ‘West Side Story,’ win big
by Shira Hanau, Gabe Friedman (JTA) — Golden Globes fans may have noticed something different this year: The annual entertainment awards were not announced on…
Steven Spielberg, Tracee Ellis Ross among Jewish Golden Globes nominees for 2022
by Emily Burack (JTA) — The Golden Globes won’t be televised, but there will be Jewish honorees — among them two directors at different stages…
Stephen Colbert thinks there aren’t enough Hanukkah movies, so he made up some of his own
by Shira Hanau (JTA) — Stephen Colbert gave Jewish viewers of the Late Show a special Hanukkah gift Monday night: a bit about the glut…
Susie Essman, TV’s most outrageous Jewish mother, talks ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ and cancel culture
by Andrew Lapin (JTA) — On the wall of Susie Essman’s powder room hangs a giant portrait of herself. Actually, the portrait is of Susie…