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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 338

Television

Boris tells the children the story of Purim in 'Rugrats' holiday special, aired March 22, 2024 (Screenshot via Amazon Prime Video).
March 26, 2024, 2:52 am
‘Rugrats’ Purim special has a grown-up lesson for wary US Jews
As antisemitism hits new highs amid the Israel-Hamas war, the cartoon adds to two past acclaimed holiday episodes with a message of courage and unity
By Maya Zanger-Nadis
Former AOL/Time Warner CEO Gerald Levin steps outside the Apollo Theater in Harlem, May 16, 2002, in New York, before handing off the reins of leadership to Richard Parsons in the company's annual meeting. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File)
March 15, 2024, 11:02 am
Gerald Levin, ex-Time Warner CEO who engineered disastrous mega-merger, dies at 84
The executive joined Time in the early 1970s and came to be known as ‘the resident genius,’ but his legacy was later tarnished by record losses from deal with AOL
By David Hamilton
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
Fran Drescher, president of SAG-AFTRA, is interviewed at a Writers Guild of America rally outside Paramount Pictures studio, May 8, 2023, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
July 20, 2023, 12:54 am
SAG strike puts its brash Jewish president, Fran Drescher, squarely in the spotlight
The ‘Nanny’ writer and actress continues in the tradition of Jewish women labor activists – and her portrayals in television and film show that she has long admired them
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Newton Minow delivers a speech at the Gannett Foundation Media Center at the Columbia School of Journalism on the 30th anniversary of the speech in which he criticized television as a vast wasteland, May 9, 1991, New York. (Susan Ragan/AP)
May 7, 2023, 8:14 am
Newton Minow, ex-FCC chief and tireless champion for quality television, dies at 97
Jewish official, who famously dubbed TV a ‘wasteland,’ played key role in expanding range of broadcast channels, tech, content in US; early Obama supporter, gave him summer job
By AP and ToI Staff
Ramy (Ramy Youssef), left, and Yuval (Julian Sergi) travel to Israel together for a business opportunity in season three of the Hulu series "Ramy." (Courtesy of Jon Pack/Hulu via JTA)
October 22, 2022, 5:23 am
TV’s Ramy Youssef opens up about filming in Israel, writing Jewish characters
Creator of Hulu series ‘Ramy’ discusses Shireen Abu Akleh’s death complicating his Middle East stay, casting Jews in show and how an influential rabbi helped his spiritual journey
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Jesse Armstrong, center, and the cast and crew of 'Succession' accept the Emmy for outstanding drama at the 74th Primetime Emmy Awards at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, on Sept. 12, 2022. (Mark Terrill/AP)
September 13, 2022, 9:00 am
‘Succession,’ ‘Ted Lasso’ top Emmys; first-time winners shine
British Jewish actor Brett Goldstein takes best supporting honor, while Selma Blair, battling multiple sclerosis, gets standing ovation as she presents final award of the night
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Julia Haart and her family compete on 'Celebrity Family Feud,' hosted by comedian Steve Harvey, August 14, 2022. (ABC/Christopher Willard via JTA)
August 16, 2022, 9:29 am
‘My Unorthodox Life’ family donates game show prize to anti-child marriage cause
Citing Orthodox Jewish community norms, celebrity Jewish family gives $25,000 to VOW for Girls, a nonprofit that aims to eliminate marriages involving girls under 18
By PHILISSA CRAMER
Caroline Aaron attends 'The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel' fourth season premiere in New York City, on February 5, 2022. (Noam Galai/Getty Images for Prime Video/via JTA)
February 18, 2022, 6:54 pm
Known for playing East Coast Jews, this ‘Mrs. Maisel’ star is a proud Southern belle
As season 4 opens, Caroline Aaron discusses her Jewish roots in Richmond, Virginia and how she feels about the casting of non-Jews in what may be the most Jewish show in TV history
By Stephen Silver
Elisha Williams, left, and Julian Lerner in the "The Wonder Years" episode "Brad Mitzvah." (Screenshot via JTA)
January 14, 2022, 4:46 am
33 years after classic bar mitzvah episode, revamped ‘Wonder Years’ revisits ritual
TV show broke ground with 1989 episode showing Jewish ceremony; new version of series tackles race and adolescence in 1960s Alabama
By PHILISSA CRAMER
Israeli actress Gal Gadot (R) is seen next to 'The Late Late Show' host James Corden (L) on November 9, 2021. (Video screenshot)
November 10, 2021, 9:00 pm
Gal Gadot tells a joke in Hebrew on the ‘Late Late Show’
‘A baby is like instant coffee. It’s easy to make it and it keeps you up all night’; in another interview the Israeli actress says she’s ‘not an ambassador of the Foreign Ministry’
By JTA and ToI Staff
Journalists work in a studio of television channel i24news in Tel Aviv, Israel, July 28, 2013 (AP Photo/Dan Balilty)
June 21, 2021, 1:22 pm
Israel’s i24News channel to open Dubai office
Tel Aviv-based station will expand Middle East coverage from the UAE’s media hub
By AFP and ToI Staff
Jessica Walter attends the LA Premiere of 'Arrested Development' Season Five in Los Angeles, May 17, 2018. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)
March 26, 2021, 12:46 am
Jessica Walter, Jewish actress known for ‘Arrested Development’ role, dies at 80
TV, movie star also known for hit animated series ‘Archer,’ 1971 film ‘Play Misty For Me,’ passes away at home in New York
By Ron Kampeas
Ibtisam Mara'ana-Menuhin, a film director from Fureidis (courtesy)
December 26, 2020, 12:56 pm
On bold TV show, Palestinian-Israeli director takes apart her society’s taboos
Ibtisam Mara’ana-Menuhin’s Israel TV series, ironically titled ‘No Offense,’ tackles the hitherto unspeakable in Arab Israeli society… and her audience is growing
By Aaron Boxerman
'Valley of Tears,' a KAN 11 series about the Yom Kippur War, launches October 19, 2020, with world rights purchased by HBO Max (Courtesy KAN 11)
October 20, 2020, 2:53 pm
TV show sold to HBO about Yom Kippur War premieres in Israel
‘Valley of Tears,’ Israel’s most expensive TV series ever, opens on Kan to viewer acclaim
By Jessica Steinberg
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