In HBO's first 'The Plot Against America' trailer, Jews are under attack

In HBO’s first ‘The Plot Against America’ trailer, Jews are under attack

The series, based on Philip Roth’s novel, is co-written by David Simon, the Jewish creator of “The Wire.”

Morgan Spector, as Herman in the trailer for HBO's "The Plot Against America," cleans a swastika off of a Jewish gravestone. (Screen shot from YouTube)

Morgan Spector, as Herman in the trailer for HBO's "The Plot Against America," cleans a swastika off a Jewish gravestone. (Screen shot from YouTube)

By Gabe Friedman January 31, 2020 11:24 am

(JTA) — The first trailer for HBO’s adaptation of the Philip Roth novel “The Plot Against America” was released on Thursday.

The series, co-created by David Simon and based on Roth’s 2004 novel of the same name, premieres on March 16. It stars John Turturro (as a rabbi), Winona Ryder, Zoe Kazan and Morgan Spector (best known for his role on “Homeland,” the American adaptation of the Israeli series “Hatufim”).

Fans of the Roth novel should be excited, as the trailer shows that the miniseries is faithful to the book’s plot. In the novel’s alternate history, Charles Lindbergh, the aviator-turned-anti-Semitic-populist, becomes president and stokes anti-Jewish fear throughout the U.S.

“There’s a lot of hate out there, and he knows how to tap into it,” Spector’s character Herman says of Lindbergh in the trailer. Watch it here.

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