‘Shtisel’ star Sasson Gabay is happy to be back playing a complex haredi Orthodox Jew in ‘Kugel’
The Iraqi-born actor, who plays the Yiddish-speaking Nuhem, has reprised the role for a prequel series titled 'Kugel'
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Yiddish World ‘Shtisel’ spin-off ‘Kugel’ richly portrays a diasporic Hasidic community
The creators even hired members of the Antwerp Jewish community, nonactors, to provide authentic local flavor
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Film & TV Is ‘Kugel,’ the prequel to ‘Shtisel,’ an antisemite’s dream?
The show follows a grifting Haredi Jew — but maybe that isn't such a bad thing
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Fast Forward The co-creator of ‘Shtisel’ identifies as haredi Orthodox again
Yehonatan Indursky grew up in a haredi family but wrote the hit show as a secular Jew
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Culture Will the streaming wars destroy the golden age of Jewish TV?
Streaming TV providers like Netflix and HBO are downsizing their libraries, including niche, Jewish content
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Culture Is it just me, or are the same actors in every Israeli show?
If you like to binge Israeli television or movies, you may have experienced a blurring phenomenon — not just because that’s a natural side effect of binge watching, but because all the characters look remarkably similar. In many cases, they are; it often feels like Israel has only a handful of actors. Israel is a…
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Culture Meet the real-life artist behind the paintings in ‘Shtisel’
Akiva Shtisel, the protagonist of the eponymous series, is a genius artist, and his gorgeous paintings lie at the heart of the show about Haredi life. In the most recent season, his paintings of his deceased wife hold much of the emotional weight of the show, symbolizing Akiva’s grief and his struggle to develop a…
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Culture ‘Shtisel’ gives a surprisingly progressive picture of abortion among the Orthodox. Is it accurate?
Warning: Spoilers for “Shtisel” season three. Conservative Christian opponents to abortion are among the loudest voices in the debate. The most extreme positions often don’t even allow exceptions for rape or the mother’s health. It is easy to assume that other extremely observant religious groups would take a similar stance. Let’s not forget that the…
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