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Shalom, Jon Stewart: The Liberal Lion Steps Down From 'The Daily Show' After...
We’ve covered Jon Stewart quite a lot over the years—mostly because of his run as host of Comedy Central’s The Daily Show, which comes to a close on Thursday night, while keeping in mind his...
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A Nutty Jubilee: 'The Jerry Springer Show' Turns 25
Dressed in a tux, Jerry Springer, the king of trashy television, celebrated his show’s silver jubilee on Monday. That’s 25 years of paternity tests, adult babies, kung fu hillbillies, baby mamas,...
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Yiddish-Speaking Brooklyn Hits the Small Screen
If you’re going to showcase Brooklyn, where better to start than the neighborhoods of Williamsburg, Crown Heights, and Borough Park where the Yiddish language thrives? That’s exactly what non-profit...
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Jill Soloway's 'Transparent' Continues Its Accurate Portrayal of American...
The second season of Transparent, Jill Soloway’s multi-generational dramedy about the triumphs and struggles of the Pfefferman family as they adapt to the reality of having a transgender parent,...
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In 'Transparent,' It Makes Sense that a Jewish Family and Transgender Issues...
There was an unanswered question at the heart of the first season of Transparent, the TV-show-not-for-TVs, produced by an Internet retail behemoth, that earned so much love last year. It was a question...
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'Broad City' Season 3 Is Out, and It's as Good as Ever
Is it ridiculous to fantasize we—Abbi, Ilana, and me—could hang out? It is nuts, given my age and station, to think the stars of Broad City would want me as a friend? See, I’m a single parent to a...
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Why You Should Be Watching 'Crazy Ex-Girfriend'
When I first saw the ads for the CW’s Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, featuring a pink-clad, open-mouthed, pink-lipsticked, manic-eyed girl ferociously clutching a pink balloon string, I thought, “This show is...
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This Week on Unorthodox: 'Sex With Shakespeare' Author Jillian Keenan and...
This week on Unorthodox: Tel Aviv, so hot right now. Our Jewish guest is writer Jillian Keenan, whose first book, Sex With Shakespeare, explores her dual passions for the Bard and BDSM. She tells us...
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‘Game of Thrones’ Author George R.R. Martin Predicts Future of Jewish State
“Alas, the apt phrase is not ‘open city’ but ‘open sore.’ Jerusalem bleeds as it has for almost four decades. If this city is sacred, I should hate to visit one that was profane.” No, this sentence was...
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Throwback: Remembering PingPong, Israel's Disastrous Eurovision 2000 Entry
On Saturday night, the Eurovision Song Contest—an televised evening of chansons, costumes, and camp—returns to Stockholm, scene of an infamous disaster for Israel in this musical extravaganza. In 2000,...
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Hulu's 'The Path' Is Remarkable Because it Portrays Religion and Systems of...
The finale of the first season of The Path, one of the most remarkable pop culture explorations of religion in recent memory, is coming to a television screen (or, laptop screen, since it’s a...
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Andy Cohen Expands His Entertainment Empire by Launching His Own Book Imprint
With his firm hand on the helm of the vast Bravo experiment—from the inescapable and seemingly infinite Real Housewives franchise to his own late-night talk show Watch What Happens: Live—it’s more than...
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This Week on Unorthodox, Humorist Mo Rocca, Writer Rebecca Schiff, and a New...
This week on Unorthodox: Kappa connections, ruff times for dogs in Iran, and a new original song from our in-house Jewbadour Jim Knable. Our Jewish guest is Rebecca Schiff, whose debut short-story...
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A Comedy Writer Penned a 'Seinfeld' Episode About 9/11—and It's Hilarious
For a comedy, Seinfeld could get pretty dark. Take Susan’s death in “The Invitations” episode that aired during Season 7. Outside of her parents, no one shows anything resembling empathy. Or how about...
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Netflix Keeps Adding Israel's Best TV and Film. Here's What You Should Watch.
In recent years, American audiences have become familiar with Israeli television through its frequent overseas adaptations. The most famous of these, of course, is the hit show Homeland, a take-off of...
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How 'The O.C.' Taught a Catholic School Girl About Chrismukkah
A decade-plus of Catholic school in Texas will teach you a lot. It certainly taught me about spirituality and humanity, the power of prayer and our capacity for compassion. It also taught me to leave...
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Watch: Geoffrey Rush Is Albert Einstein in New 'Genius' Series for National...
For its first scripted television series, the National Geographic Channel is producing a “Genius” anthology that will focus on a different really, really smart person (Nat Geo calls them “innovators”)...
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Joseph A. Wapner, a star TV judge on star 'The People's Court,' dies at the...
The forces of truth and justice seem to have taken blow after blow of late, and this weekend brought about another sockdolager, albeit of the more elegiac kind: The esteemed judge Joseph A. Wapner,...
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Hunky Jewish Time Travelers: Josh Bowman and Adam Pally Star in Two New Shows
This Sunday two new shows featuring time-travel elements will have their series premiere. These series have something else in common, too: a lead actor who is Jewish, or “Jew-ish, ish.” In Fox’s Making...
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What HBO's 'Big Little Lies' Can Teach the Jewish Community About Domestic Abuse
Note: This article contains spoilers for ‘Big Little Lies.’ “He hurts you.”Continue reading "What HBO's 'Big Little Lies' Can Teach the Jewish Community About Domestic Abuse" at...
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