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Film & TV

Noah Wyle, TV’s nice Jewish doctor, is People’s Sexiest Man Alive

By ANDREW SILOW-CARROLL

(JTA) — Noah Wyle, the Jewish actor who both mends and steals hearts as a doctor on the hit HBO Max medical drama “The Pitt,” has been named People magazine’s Sexiest Man Alive.

Tuesday’s announcement described the actor’s...

Is ‘Nobody Wants This’ Season 3 kosher to watch after Adam Brody’s genocide comments?

By YAEL BUECHLER

(JTA) — When the final two words of a television pilot are “a shiksa,” delivered with unmistakable disdain by a Jewish mother, you know you’re in for something different. 

For the past two years, “Nobody Wants This” has...

Fifty years later, Philly’s ‘Cold War’ still going on throughout the world

By JON MARKS

(JTA) — CHERRY HILL, New Jersey — More than 50 years ago, ”Chicken Little” saw all this coming. 

That’s how Lindy Snider said people responded when her father, Ed, would predict dire things happening to Jews throughout the...

In its first detailed response to ‘NAZA’ documentary, IDF claims ‘fundamental errors’

By DEBORAH DANAN

(JTA) — The IDF on Thursday issued its first detailed response to “NAZA” after viewing the full documentary alleging Israeli forces knowingly killed large numbers of civilians in the Gaza war, accusing the filmmakers of making fundamental errors...

Jewish star Adam Brody calls Israeli actions in Gaza ‘genocide’

By SHIRA LI BARTOV

(JTA) — Adam Brody, who stars as a rabbi in the Netflix rom-com series “Nobody Wants This,” for the first time publicly shared his view that Israel has committed genocide in Gaza.

“Put me down as thinking...

‘Checkout’ and ‘Fauda’ test the appetite for Israeli spy stories after Oct. 7

By STEWART AIN

(JTA) — Is there still an appetite for Israeli spy stories?

That is one question being tested by two different productions arriving in the United States this month: “Checkout,” a dark Israeli comedy about an aging Mossad...

Netanyahu backs legislation that would strip ‘NAZA’ makers of citizenship

By DEBORAH DANAN

(JTA) — TEL AVIV — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he would advance legislation allowing Israel to revoke the citizenship of people who defame soldiers or the state abroad, citing “NAZA,” the prize-winning documentary accusing the military of...

Israeli army weighs legal action against NAZA film makers amid calls to revoke their citizenship

By DEBORAH DANAN

(JTA) — The Israeli army chief of staff on Monday ordered the military to examine possible legal action over “NAZA,” a documentary alleging that Israeli forces knowingly killed large numbers of civilians in Gaza.

The 80-minute documentary by...

Documentary alleging Israel committed wanton killing in Gaza gets standing ovation in Venice

By DEBORAH DANAN

(JTA) — TEL AVIV – A documentary presenting testimony from Israeli soldiers and intelligence officers who say the IDF knowingly killed large numbers of civilians during its campaign in Gaza got a  25-minute standing ovation Thursday at...

Hollywood’s Jews take sides in Mark Ruffalo-Paramount antisemitism row

By ANDREW LAPIN

Some 170 notable Jewish personalities have released an open letter defending actor and producer Mark Ruffalo, who has been accused of antisemitism for his comments on Paramount Skydance’s pending acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery.

Entertainers, rabbis and...