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Netflix’s ‘Nobody Wants This’ casually celebrates Judaism. I want a second season.

A gender historian and scholar of intermarriage says she watched the “hot rabbi” show with apprehension.

By Keren R. McGinity September 30, 2024 1:24 pm

‘The Goldberg-Variations,’ a revival of famous George Tabori play, explores Jewish trauma through humor and satire

A black comedy about antisemitism and belief arrives at Manhattan’s Theater for the New City as the Jewish community prepares for the High Holidays and the anniversary of Oct. 7.

September 27, 2024 2:35 pm

In Netflix’s ‘Kissufim,’ a story about Israeli life on the Gaza border gains new resonance after Oct. 7

The real-life Kibbutz Kissufim lost 18 people in Hamas’ attack, two years after the movie was filmed.

September 26, 2024 2:57 pm

Kristen Bell as Joanne and Adam Brody as Noah in "Nobody Wants This." (Stefania Rosini/Netflix)

How a real-life rabbi coached Netflix’s ‘Nobody Wants This’ about making interfaith relationships realistic

By Shira Li Bartov September 26, 2024 11:12 am

Museum of the Bible unveils world’s ‘oldest Jewish book’ in new exhibit

By Asaf Elia-Shalev September 24, 2024 5:42 pm

For Jewish White Sox fans, this season has made a bad year even worse

By Jacob Gurvis September 23, 2024 6:36 pm

Albany Book Festival cancels panel with Jewish moderator, citing ‘impasse’ over her Zionism

By Jackie Hajdenberg September 20, 2024 3:32 pm

Singer, composer and anthropologist Galeet Dardashti.

How Galeet Dardashti is reimagining a Persian High Holiday musical tradition

By Lisa Keys September 20, 2024 11:38 am

California passes law to help Holocaust survivors and heirs recover Nazi-looted art

By Jackie Hajdenberg September 19, 2024 6:01 pm

The deadly pager operation in Lebanon is no laughing matter. Or is it?

By Andrew Silow-Carroll September 19, 2024 7:48 am

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Netflix’s ‘Nobody Wants This’ casually celebrates Judaism. I want a second season.

‘The Goldberg-Variations,’ a revival of famous George Tabori play, explores Jewish trauma through humor and satire

In Netflix’s ‘Kissufim,’ a story about Israeli life on the Gaza border gains new resonance after Oct. 7

How a real-life rabbi coached Netflix’s ‘Nobody Wants This’ about making interfaith relationships realistic

Museum of the Bible unveils world’s ‘oldest Jewish book’ in new exhibit

For Jewish White Sox fans, this season has made a bad year even worse

Albany Book Festival cancels panel with Jewish moderator, citing ‘impasse’ over her Zionism

How Galeet Dardashti is reimagining a Persian High Holiday musical tradition

California passes law to help Holocaust survivors and heirs recover Nazi-looted art

The deadly pager operation in Lebanon is no laughing matter. Or is it?

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