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Rabbi Jamie Field poses as a contestant for "Squid Game: The Challenge" on Netflix. (Tom Dymond/Netflix)
November 5, 2025, 3:01 pm
This Reform rabbi is one of 456 competitors on Season 2 of Netflix’s ‘Squid Game’
On Netflix’s “Squid Game: The Challenge,” Rabbi Jamie Field said she was “representing the rabbinate as best I could.”
By Grace Gilson
(L-r) Dr. Max Gerson in 1929; a Works Progress Administration poster warning against "cancer quacks" in 1936-38. (ullstein bild Dtl./public domain)
February 18, 2025, 6:05 pm
Netflix’s ‘Apple Cider Vinegar’ features a Jewish-run ‘cancer clinic.’ What is it?
The story behind the show’s “Hirsch Institute,” and why cancer experts have warned against it for decades.
By Andrew Lapin
Deb Levy (Photo courtesy of Netflix)
October 7, 2024, 3:49 pm
Local Jewish mom turns Netflix star
Her wardrobe during the series included menorah earrings, a Star of David necklace and a “Jewlicious” T-shirt.
By Deborah Weisberg
Eli, Udi, Shoshan, Ron, Hila, and Yoav in a scene from 'Kissufim,' on Netflix. (Courtesy of Light Years Ahead)
September 26, 2024, 3:16 pm
In Netflix’s ‘Kissufim,’ a story about Israeli life on the Gaza border gains new resonance after Oct. 7
The real-life Kibbutz Kissufim lost 18 people in Hamas’ attack, two years after the movie was filmed.
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Kristen Bell as Joanne and Adam Brody as Noah in "Nobody Wants This." (Stefania Rosini/Netflix)
September 26, 2024, 3:04 pm
How a real-life rabbi coached Netflix about making interfaith relationships realistic
The show stars Adam Brody as a good-looking young rabbi who falls for a non-Jewish woman.
By Shira Li Bartov
Avi Azulay as Moses holds the Ten Commandments in the Netflix series “Testament: The Story of Moses,”. (Courtesy Netflix via JTA)
April 3, 2024, 12:27 pm
‘Testament: The Story of Moses’ is one of Netflix’s top shows — and it features multiple rabbis
A docudrama retelling the Exodus with expert commentary from religious leaders across a variety of Jewish, Christian and Muslim denominations.
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Aleeza Ben Shalom (Photo by Jamie Gordon)
September 29, 2023, 11:54 am
Netflix’s Jewish matchmaker aims to bring fun — and love — to Pittsburgh
Communitywide event is part storytelling, part stand-up comedy and part live matchmaking
By Toby Tabachnick
Idina Menzel and Adam Sandler in a scene from the Netflix film 'You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah.' (Scott Yamano/Netflix, via The Times of Israel)
August 23, 2023, 11:41 am
‘You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah’ is an endearing Sandler family affair
Dropping this Friday, a new Netflix film starring Adam Sandler alongside his wife and daughters puts Jewish ritual front and center in a sweet coming-of-age tale laced with humor
By Amy Spiro
Bradley Cooper is shown as Leonard Bernstein in the trailer for Netflix’s “Maestro.” (Screenshot from YouTube)
August 17, 2023, 10:23 am
Critics upset by Bradley Cooper’s elongated nose as Leonard Bernstein in ‘Maestro’
Many Jews argued that the appendage plays into stereotypes about Jewish facial features.
By Jacob Gurvis
(L to R) Uzo Aduba as Edie, Matthew Broderick as Richard Sackler in episode 5 of "Painkiller." (Keri Anderson/Netflix © 2023, via The Times of Israel)
August 10, 2023, 2:57 pm
Netflix’s ‘Painkiller’ is mesmerizing drama about Sackler role in ongoing opioid crisis
Premiering Aug. 10 with a cast led by Matthew Broderick, the six-part series zeroes in on the death and destruction wrought by OxyContin on a community in western Virginia
By Renee Ghert-Zand
"Jewish Matchmaking" follows Aleeza Ben Shalom, a top Jewish matchmaker as she helps her clients meet their bashert, or soulmate. (Netflix)
May 3, 2023, 7:49 pm
In ‘Jewish Matchmaking,’ a diverse set of Jews experience Orthodox dating practices
Aleeza Ben Shalom believes her basic approach to love and marriage makes sense for a wide array of people — and she’s out to prove it
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Kevin Janssens, second from right, as Noah Wolfson in "Rough Diamonds." (Screenshot from YouTube)
April 28, 2023, 8:45 am
‘Rough Diamonds’ brings viewers into Antwerp’s Orthodox diamond district
Co-creators Rotem Shamir and Yuval Yefet, both Israeli, worked together on the Israeli military thriller “Fauda"
By Gabe Friedman
"Jewish Matchmaking" follows Jewish singles in the U.S. and Israel as they search for their soulmates with the help of a Jewish matchmaker. (Netflix)
March 31, 2023, 9:59 am
It’s a date: Netflix’s ‘Jewish Matchmaking’ debuts May 3
The show follows Aleeza Ben Shalom, a top Jewish matchmaker, as she helps her clients meet their bashert
By Jackie Hajdenberg
From left: David Duchovny as Arnold, Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Shelley, Jonah Hill as Ezra, Lauren London as Amira, Eddie Murphy as Akbar and Nia Long as Fatima in "You People." (Parrish Lewis/Netflix)
January 27, 2023, 11:04 am
Netflix’s ‘You People’ digs into Black-Jewish relations
It also plays a Kanye West song, twice.
By Andrew Lapin
"Farha" is Jordan's entry into the Oscars. (Screenshot from YouTube)
December 7, 2022, 1:11 pm
Israel condemns Netflix movie about 1948 War of Independence
"Farha” is a historical drama about the “Nakba,” or “catastrophe,” the Palestinian term for the events that led to the founding of the state of Israel.
By Andrew Lapin
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