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They’re both opening this Friday, but, otherwise, Aviva Kempner’s documentary Yoo Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg and Sacha Baron Cohen’s mockumentary Brüno have little in common. One’s a reverent tribute to...
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In Israel, even controversies spawn their own controversies. First came the controversy over a TV ad for an Israeli cell phone provider, which feature IDF soldiers kicking around a soccer ball with...
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Article 17
• Two Kentuckians joined forces to end their bidding war over a 15.6-pound champion ham, paying a total of $1.3 million to charity. One of the lucky winners is a Jewish banker who says, “I’m delighted...
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• To cap off her visit to Israel, Madonna visited the tomb of revered kabbalist Rabbi Isaac Luria, which was worthwhile if only for this sentence: “Madonna was accompanied in her visit by Rabbi Michael...
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Article 15
A New York Times Magazine article exploring production of Shara’a Simsim, the Palestinian version of Sesame Street, reveals a gentler microcosm of the strife that plagues the region. According to...
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• According to the Washington Post, “When Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Mitchell report to the White House next week on the administration’s goal of restarting the peace talks, they...
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• Some high school students in New South Wales, Australia, use a textbook that says, among other things, that “polygamy is ‘commonly practiced’ in Israel” and that Jews “’choose sophisticated...
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Article 12
Medium, which ended its seven-season run last week, was a show about ghosts, the afterlife, and general spookiness. But what it was really about was the messiness of family life. It presented the...
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Article 11
This morning, eight Israeli soldiers joined our group. I sat down with Tal, a Tel Aviv native, to talk—mostly about T.V. Do you watch T.V.? Of course I watch TV.Continue reading "" at...
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Arab Media Coverage of the Obama-Romney Race Is a Stark Contrast to...
The prevalent view of American politics in Arab countries—fostered for decades by dictators and the media they controlled, and by non-state actors like al-Qaida—was long thus: Democrats and Republicans...
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Sherwood Schwartz: The Med-School Reject Who Created ‘Gilligan’s Island’
Sherwood Schwartz, a well-regarded young television writer in the early 1960s, had pitched a show about seven desert-island castaways trapped together to his longtime agent in Hollywood and got an...
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TV's 'Botched' Takes On The Art of Fixing the Failures of Plastic Surgery
I’ve tried to stay away from plastic surgery reality shows over the years. I’m not squeamish about the bloody stuff, or the inevitable moment when the surgeon either shoves in or pulls out a quivering,...
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TV’s Panicky New Shtetls
Ever since Matthew Weiner and his Mad Men said shalom to the small screen, TV, it seems, has become a starkly goyish affair: From I Can Do That, where celebrities compete against one another with newly...
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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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'Star Trek' Gets TV Reboot on CBS
Your daily American entertainment streaming experience is about to hit warp speed. The Star Trek television enterprise will be getting a seventh (!) treatment, CBS announced on Monday. The new Star...
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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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'The Last Tycoon,' F. Scott Fitzgerald's Tale of Hollywood Jews, Debuts on...
This summer we’re bringing you daily posts from our sister site, Jewcy.com, edited by Gabriela Geselowitz. You can find more from Jewcy here. If you’re still waiting for The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (and...
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All Those TV Remakes Are Good for Your Soul. Seriously.
It’s September, which, for those who harbor religious sensibilities, can only mean one thing: The high holidays will soon be upon us. And by the high holidays, I, of course, mean television’s new fall...
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Today on Jewcy: This monster has bunny ears.
You may have stopped watching Arthur (about the shenanigans of an anthropomorphized aardvark and his friends,) on PBS ten or fifteen years ago, but the show is still chugging along, with new episodes....
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Today on Jewcy: Where does the new DC TV crossover line up with other...
The CW is up to four shows that simultaneously take place in the DC comic book universe— that’s The Flash, Supergirl, Arrow, and Legends of Tomorrow. Tonight will begin their annual crossover, “Crisis...
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