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William Jackson Harper as Chidi and Kristen Bell as Eleanor on 'The Good Place.' (Screen shot from YouTube/ via JTA)
August 17, 2020, 2:36 am
Locked down? Open up to… a pretty Jewish view of afterlife in ‘The Good Place’
With the first three seasons streaming on Netflix and the fourth arriving next month, anyone can get an entertaining lesson in moral philosophy from this wacky, unorthodox series
By Penina Beede
Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey in a scene from the 1987 film 'Dirty Dancing.' (Vestron/Getty Images/ via JTA)
August 2, 2020, 10:21 am
Locked down? Open up to… iconic film about US Jewish life, ‘Dirty Dancing’
One of Hollywood’s most crackling romances, the seminal Patrick Swayze movie’s understated premise shows a taboo interfaith courtship in the Catskill mountains of yesteryear
By Stephen Silver
Rachel Bloom as Rebecca Bunch in 'Crazy Ex-Girlfriend.' (Screen shot from YouTube/ via JTA)
July 11, 2020, 4:38 pm
Locked down? Open up to… perfect pandemic-era insight in ‘Crazy Ex-Girlfriend’
As the world struggles through a perfect storm, this delightfully Jewish series both teaches and entertains as it deals with issues like gender equality, mental health, and racism
By Penina Beede
Daniel Craig as a Jew with a gun in 'Defiance.' (Screenshot from YouTube/ via JTA)
July 3, 2020, 10:50 pm
Locked down? Open up to… Jewish partisans resisting Nazis in ‘Defiance’
Now streaming on Netflix, the 2008 film starring Daniel Craig and Liev Schreiber tells the true story of the Bielski brothers, partisans who helped 1,000 Jews survive in the forest
By Stephen Silver
Ramy Hassan (played by Ramy Youssef) and Zainab (played by MaameYaa Boafo) in a scene from the second season of the Hulu show 'Ramy.' (A24/ via JTA)
June 28, 2020, 6:49 am
Locked down? Open up to ‘Ramy,’ a religious Muslim who Orthodox Jews understand
With its second season now streaming on Hulu, the show’s protagonist’s funny but poignant struggle with religion is eminently relatable for people of any (or no) faith
By LAURA E. ADKINS
Dave Burd in an episode of 'Dave.' (Screen shot from YouTube)
June 20, 2020, 4:09 pm
Locked down? Open up to… Lil Dicky’s new series, ‘Dave’
The satirical rapper may have found his true calling as the Larry David of the rap world; the show combines his very real rapping skills with pitch-perfect (but very vulgar) comedy
By Gabe Friedman
This image released by A24 shows Kevin Garnett, Lakeith Stanfield and Adam Sandler in a scene from 'Uncut Gems.' (A24 via AP)
June 14, 2020, 11:17 pm
Locked down? Open up to Adam Sandler’s ‘Uncut Gems,’ a lesson in race relations
Now streaming on Netflix, the film is a nuanced look at the close but sometimes tense relationship between Jewish and black New Yorkers
By Ben Sales and Gabe Friedman
Israeli singer and songwriter Riff Cohen. (CC-SA-3.0/ Yanai Yechiel)
June 7, 2020, 4:31 am
Locked down? Open up to… eclectic singer-songwriter Riff Cohen
With North African heritage and a Tel Aviv upbringing, this vocalist doesn’t follow the typical female popstar formula. Check out her groovy joie de vivre
By Joy Bernard
Lior Raz stars as Doron Kavillio in 'Fauda.' (Screen shot from YouTube/via JTA)
May 29, 2020, 4:32 am
Locked down? Open up to… premier Israeli TV series ‘Fauda’
If somehow you missed this gripping (insanely violent) series, there is no time like coronavirus time to watch seasons 1-3
By Ben Harris
(Image by Imagno/Getty Images; design by Arielle Kaplan/via JTA)
May 26, 2020, 4:16 am
Locked down? Open up to… Yiddish, starting with these 10 words
To help get your family through virus crisis, get off your tuchas
By Ellen Scolnic and Joyce Eisenberg
The cast of 'Hashoter Hatov.' (Netflix/ via JTA)
May 25, 2020, 2:26 am
Locked down? Open up to… satirical Israeli police series ‘Hashoter Hatov’
Now streaming on Netflix, the show — whose title is Hebrew for ‘The Good Cop’ — turns the toxic masculinity associated with law enforcement on its head
By Lior Zaltzman
Geddy Lee of Rush performs during the final show of the R40 Tour at The Forum on Saturday, August 1, 2015, in Los Angeles. (Rich Fury/Invision/AP)
May 23, 2020, 4:57 pm
Locked down? Open up to… Rush’s Jewish frontman Geddy Lee
The cerebral prog-rock group’s singer and bass player has long been a favorite for the nerdier-than-average fanbase — and penned a song for his Holocaust survivor parents, to boot
By Jordan Hoffman
A scene from the film 'Abe.' (Courtesy of Blue Fox Entertainment)
May 16, 2020, 3:31 am
Locked down? Open up to… food uniting a Jewish-Palestinian family in ‘Abe’
A young protagonist of mixed heritage uses his newfound skills to make a culinary fusion that may also mend a rift between his diverse relatives
By Gerri Miller
Author David Rakoff during an interview in Toronto, 2010 (Frank Gunn/AP Photo/The Canadian Press)
May 14, 2020, 6:14 am
Locked down? Open up to… David Rakoff’s defensively pessimistic wit
Award-winning humorist, who died at age 47, would have had lots to say about today’s tumultuous world
By Renee Ghert-Zand
From left: Israeli poets Yonatan Berg, Shimon Adaf, and Hagit Grossman. (Micol Levi Yaron, Courtesy Wesleyan University Press; Ronen Lalena; Dina Gona)
May 11, 2020, 4:17 pm
Locked down? Open up to… 3 exceptional contemporary Israeli poets
Two new collections have been released in recent months, and one slightly older poem serves as an anthem for these times
By Mitch Ginsburg
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