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Culture Pee-wee Herman, a Hallmark Hanukkah and more movies to watch this Christmas
This year for sure, we all fervently hoped we would be able to return to the dim, dank and sticky sanctuary of our local multiplex and engage in that most hallowed Jewish custom: A movie on Christmas. Man plans, Hashem laughs. With a new, super-transmissible variant of the coronavirus rampaging through the world, many still…
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Culture Can Kabbalah explain the most mystifying new movie on Amazon?
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Culture Post-‘Unorthodox’ fever, two new streaming services vie for Jewish eyes
Millenials and their boomer parents may have different ideas about Israel and how to be Jewish, but two new streaming services for Jewish and Israeli TV and film are banking on the fact that both groups are hungry for good content. A global pandemic and a clamor to find a replacement for “Unorthodox” form the…
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The Schmooze Seinfeld is Coming to Hulu. Yada, Yada, Yada.
Jerry, Elaine, George, Kramer and even… Newman have finally found their Internet pied-a-terre! Hulu has won the battle for “Seinfeld“‘s streaming rights. The on-demand subscription service that it will be making all seasons of the hit show — the original episodes, not their syndicated version — available. Yes, that’s all nine seasons and a total of…
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