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Honestly, it was a girl’s dream come true. Queer Eye called, and they were looking for my husband. To be fair, David does have excellent taste. He’s just a bit of a…minimalist? So I figured hey, if the...
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When Entourage wraps up its third season Sunday night, fans can expect answers to many questions. Will Vinnie stop alienating studio heads long enough to land another job? Will he fire his agent Ari?...
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On Unorthodox, Phil Rosenthal's New Netflix Food Series, and DoubleX Gabfest...
We’ve got swag! Show your love for Unorthodox with our new T-shirts, sweatshirts, and baby onesies. Get yours here. Our Jewish guest this week is Everybody Loves Raymond creator Phil Rosenthal, whose...
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Today on Jewcy: Is the musical anti-Semitic? Maybe.
As they often do, Passover and Easter coincide this year; Easter Sunday is the second full day of Pesach (which is also April Fools’ Day this year— beware). Normally this wouldn’t be much cause for...
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On Unorthodox, Josh Malina and Hrishikesh Hirway of 'The West Wing Weekly'...
This week on Unorthodox, a crossover episode! We’re joined by Joshua Malina and Hrishikesh Hirway, hosts of The West Wing Weekly podcast, an episode-by-episode discussion of one of television’s most...
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The Jewish Women Who Are Revolutionizing Television
The blaring neon cover of Stealing the Show: How Women Are Revolutionizing Television by Joy Press is scattered with the names of the high-powered women—producers, directors, and writers—profiled...
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Late TV Producer of 'Hill Street Blues' Fame Steven Bochco Wasn't Just a...
When I met Steven Bochco in 1991, he was already one of the most successful producers in television history. Having made one fortune already, he would go on to make several more. Steven’s father,...
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The fourth season of Curb Your Enthusiasm, Larry David’s HBO comedy series, is over, but people are still talking about its second-to-last episode, “The Survivor,” which upends traditional views of...
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Born in Bavaria in 1840, Solomon Star was sent to live with his uncle in Cincinnati at age 10. But it wasn’t long after his 21st birthday that he picked up and headed west. He wound up in the Dakota...
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Article 130
In The Chosen Image: Television’s Portrayal of Jewish Themes and Characters (1999), Jonathan and Judith Pearl argue that, although Hollywood movies tend to depict the bar and bat mitzvah as trivial or...
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Article 129
If I didn’t know any better, I’d think Jews are a bunch of insufferable narcissists who need not only to keep telling themselves they’re as good as everyone else but also forever and loudly assert it...
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Article 128
Arrested Development, Fox’s much admired but ultimately doomed comedy, hasn’t yet been buried a month and ABC has trotted out Sons & Daughters, a sitcom about a diverse clan of dysfunctional...
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Article 127
As the latest season of The Real World rolls out in Key West, Odessa-born Svetlana (“We’re not Russian, we’re Jewish,” she tells the camera) is the babe to watch. Sure, she’s got a boyfriend back home,...
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Honestly, it was a girl’s dream come true. Queer Eye called, and they were looking for my husband. To be fair, David does have excellent taste. He’s just a bit of a…minimalist? So I figured hey, if the...
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Article 125
When Entourage wraps up its third season Sunday night, fans can expect answers to many questions. Will Vinnie stop alienating studio heads long enough to land another job? Will he fire his agent Ari?...
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Article 124
For his latest creation, Studio 60 on The Sunset Strip, Aaron Sorkin has packed up his dense banter and righteous moral indignation, and moved them—along with some familiar faces—3,000 miles west from...
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Article 123
Jennifer Weiner’s breezy bestsellers are often mentioned alongside the likes of Bridget Jones’ Diary and The Girls’ Guide to Hunting and Fishing. Her first, Good in Bed, which chronicles the romantic...
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The Golem of Prague’s got a tough gig these days. Who can count the number of times in the last ten years he’s had to haul his clay body out of the attic of the Altneu Synagogue? Is there a contract...
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So, yes, Adam Lambert is gay. The American Idol runner-up confirms what everyone in the country pretty much already knew in the new Rolling Stone, which hit newsstands yesterday. Here’s something you...
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The inimitable (and Talmud-quoting) Norman Lear gets love from the A.V. Club on the release of a new boxed set of DVDs of six Lear shows. Not all the titles are winners. One Day at a Time and The...
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