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FILE - James Van Der Beek attends the FOX Winter Press Day in Los Angeles on November 18, 2024. (Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)
February 13, 2026, 4:39 am
‘Dawson’s Creek’ star James Van Der Beek, dead at 48, had longstanding ties to Israel
US actor, who died after years-long battle against colorectal cancer, met his wife while traveling in Tel Aviv and later married her there
By Grace Gilson
Rabbi Jamie Field poses as a contestant for "Squid Game: The Challenge" on Netflix. (Tom Dymond/Netflix via JTA)
November 5, 2025, 4:26 am
Rabbi stars in new season of Netflix’s ‘Squid Game: The Challenge’
‘I often share that the Torah is a sacred story of people being people,’ says Jamie Field, adding that she ‘felt this so deeply during my experience on Squid Game’
By Grace Gilson
A screenshot of the Peacemaker dance 'emote' from Fortnite shows the controversial swastika-like pose that led to it being pulled from the game. (Screenshot: X, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
September 30, 2025, 6:38 am
Fortnite removes ‘Peacemaker’ dance ’emote’ that users said resembled a swastika
‘Peaceful hips emote’ in hit video game is linked to character in television series ‘Peacemaker’ who finds alternate reality version of the US where the Nazis won World War II
By Grace Gilson
Jessica Chastain in 'The Savant.' (Courtesy of Apple TV+ via JTA)
September 27, 2025, 5:13 am
Apple TV+ postpones a Jessica Chastain thriller inspired by secretive ADL unit
A NYT report says the charged atmosphere around Charlie Kirk’s murder has delayed the release of ‘The Savant,’ based on a real-life highly covert anti-extremism monitor
By Asaf Elia-Shalev
Illustrative: A film crew shoots a scene from the hit TV show 'Fauda' in Tel Aviv on May 30, 2019. (AP/Oded Balilty)
July 21, 2025, 4:54 pm
Funding for original Israeli TV projects is about to dry up, warn industry insiders
At the Jerusalem Film Festival, producers of hits such as ‘Tehran’ say outdated legislation coupled with wariness of international companies means Israeli productions may soon say ‘the end’
By Amy Spiro
Actor and comedian Larry David leaves Madison Square Garden after an NBA basketball game between the New York Knicks and the Boston Celtics, February 8, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Noah K. Murray)
July 11, 2025, 4:16 pm
Larry David teams up with the Obamas on US history comedy series
The 78-year-old creator of ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ co-writes, executive produces and stars in the new sketch show produced by the former president and first lady’s Higher Ground
By Grace Gilson
German-Jewish philosopher Hannah Arendt (Courtesy)
June 27, 2025, 5:40 pm
How Hannah Arendt faced down tyranny in the US, far from Eichmann’s Jerusalem trial
New documentary airing June 27 in the US on PBS explores how the Jewish writer and activist brought lessons from WWII Germany to McCarthy-era America — and draws a modern-day parallel
By Rich Tenorio
Nathan Fielder speaks onstage during the 2024 Writers Guild Awards Los Angeles Ceremony at the Hollywood Palladium on April 14, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. (Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images for Writers Guild of America West/AFP)
April 30, 2025, 3:06 pm
Nathan Fielder says Paramount+ pulled his TV episode on Holocaust awareness after Oct. 7
In the latest season of ‘The Rehearsal,’ the Jewish comedian reveals that a 2015 segment about his genocide awareness apparel brand Summit Ice was taken down intentionally
By Andrew Lapin
Gabay and Hadas Yaron play father and daughter in 'Kugel,' a new Israeli series set in the haredi Orthodox community of Antwerp. (Izzy via JTA)
April 20, 2025, 1:25 am
‘Shtisel’ star Sasson Gabay is happy to be back playing a complex Haredi Jew in ‘Kugel’
The Iraqi-born actor is reprising his role as the Yiddish-speaking Nuhem in a highly-anticipated prequel to the hit series ‘Shtisel,’ set in Antwerp
By Gabe Friedman
Jesus and his disciples in a still from Season 2 of 'The Chosen.' (Courtesy)
March 28, 2025, 1:22 am
Just in time for Passover, Jesus biopic ‘The Chosen’ premieres Season 5 in US cinemas
Launching March 28, hit show doesn’t downplay Christ’s Jewish roots but takes advice from a Messianic rabbi. Season Five: Last Supper to see a theatrical run before heading to streaming
By Rich Tenorio
From 'Kan, 7.10.360,' the digital museum created by public broadcasting channel Kan 11, recounting the people and places of the October 7 Hamas terrorist attack (Courtesy Kan)
September 3, 2024, 6:30 pm
Public broadcaster to launch Oct. 7 digital museum in English as well as Hebrew
Kan also to offer documentaries and series alongside its extensive flagship project to mark first anniversary of Hamas terror attack
By Jessica Steinberg
The Jim Henson Company and Israel's Ananey Studios are partnering on "The Season Keepers," a new 2D animated series (Courtesy)
June 18, 2024, 10:53 am
Tel Aviv studio partners with Jim Henson Company on animated series
Show offers ‘climate hope’ with fairytale story of twin siblings and epic seasonal battle
By Jessica Steinberg
Holocaust survivor Naki Bega looks at her Auschwitz-Birkenau serial-number digits tattooed on her skin, as she poses at her daughter's home in Athens, Greece, on March 14, 2023. (Louisa GOULIAMAKI/AFP)
January 18, 2024, 12:06 pm
Hit book ‘Tattooist of Auschwitz’ being adapted for small screen
Creators of TV series, to air on Peacock in May, aim to authentically reproduce story of survivor Lali Sokolov, including by casting Jewish actors Harvey Keitel, Jonah Hauer-King
By Shira Bartov
Larry David arrives at the premiere of "Curb Your Enthusiasm" on Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2021, at Paramount Studios in Los Angeles. (Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)
December 16, 2023, 7:29 am
‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ to end after upcoming 12th season
As show concludes, Larry David says he can now be ‘the thoughtful, kind, caring, considerate human being I was until I got derailed by portraying this malignant character’
By Andrew Lapin
Darla Contois, left, as Esther Rosenblum and Lisa Edelstein as Golda Rosenblum in 'Little Bird.' (Courtesy of Steve Ackerman vi JTA)
November 4, 2023, 1:13 am
In PBS series ‘Little Bird,’ a Jewish woman uncovers her traumatic Indigenous past
Airing weekly in the US through Nov. 16, the show draws on the experiences of co-creator Jennifer Podemski, a victim of the ‘Sixties Scoop’ torn from her mother’s arms
By Shira Li Bartov
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