The Forward Jewish News covrage about Television and posts and storis about TV series.
Television
The Latest
-
Culture Could Israel’s ‘Fauda’ Be Television’s Next ‘Homeland’?
Israeli television has made some major contributions to the global television market in recent years. Shows such as “B’Tipul” and “Hatufim” have achieved worldwide acclaim, either in their original formats or as their Emmy award-winning adaptations, “In Treatment” and “Homeland.” Now, attention has turned toward “Fauda,” the first Israeli political action drama series to bring…
-
Opinion Will ‘Jewish Quarter’ Win Over Egyptians — or Backfire?
Today is the first day of Ramadan. In the Arab world, that means fasting and praying and post-sunset binging. It also means lots and lots of TV. Among the many soap operas aired around this time each year to entertain Muslims as they break fast, there have been plenty featuring anti-Semitic tropes. Plot lines referencing…
-
Opinion Prison’s Great Kosher Debate Hits ‘Orange Is the New Black’
“While I am heartened that you appreciate the works of Woody Allen and Barbra Streisand, I think you’ve confused cultural Judaism with committed Jewish belief.” So says the Rent-a-Rabbi in OITNB’s season 3, episode 9, tantalizingly titled “Where My Dreidel At.” (If your binge watching hasn’t carried you this far yet, be warned: spoilers ahead!)…
-
Opinion 7 Reasons Nicky Is the Most Badass Jew on ‘Orange Is the New Black’
With the new season of “Orange Is the New Black” almost upon us (is it Friday yet?), there are seven glorious reasons why my inner Jewess is getting desperately excited — and all of them are Nicky. Yes, yes, I know — when you think “OITNB” and “Jewish,” you think “Larry.” But Larry is far…
-
The Schmooze Woody Allen Admits TV Series Will Be ‘Cosmic Embarrassment’
Award-winning film maker Woody Allen fears his first foray into directing for the small screen will be a disaster, saying that he should never have signed up to make a television show for Amazon.com. Amazon announced in January it had secured a deal for Allen to write and direct a series of half-hour episodes for…
-
Art Was This Really Television’s Golden Age?
Halfway through my visit to the Jewish Museum, someone thought to turn down the Barbra Streisand. Or maybe I just got used to it. Either way, it was a blessing. For, the sound of Babs belting out the Peter Matz tune “Gotta Move,” from her 1966 CBS TV special, “Color Me Barbra,” threatened to drown…
-
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…
-
Fast Forward Al Jazeera Worker Claims Boss Says Pro-Israel Colleagues ‘Should Die Fiery Death in Hell’
According to the lawsuit filed Tuesday in New York State Supreme Court, Matthew Luke was fired in February 10 days after he complained about the behavior of his supervisor, Osman Mahmud, to human resources. Luke worked as Al Jazeera America’s supervisor of media and archive management beginning in May 2013, before the news channel had…
Explore
Most Popular
- 1
News The ADL’s turn away from civil rights was years in the making — Oct. 7 accelerated it
- 2
Culture He works at a Holocaust museum by day. How’d he end up in ‘Marty Supreme’?
- 3
News The Holocaust Torah that survived a Mississippi synagogue fire was brought there by the state’s only survivor
- 4
Fast Forward ‘Dilbert’ cartoon creator once questioned the number of Jews killed in the Holocaust
In Case You Missed It
-
Fast Forward British Jews could be offered asylum in the US, Trump’s UK-born Jewish lawyer says
-
Culture How ‘a bundle of letters’ became a cornerstone of life advice for American Jews
-
Opinion How Trump’s first year back in office destabilized our country — and our Jewish community
-
Culture His mother is Israeli, his father is Palestinian. His life? Complicated.
-
Shop the Forward Store
100% of profits support our journalism
