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Amanda Peet Breaking the Middle Matza (Courtesy Apple)
April 27, 2026, 2:50 pm
Apple TV’s ‘Your Friends & Neighbors’ just gave us a stunningly authentic Passover episode
At a time when Jews are nervous about their public perception, seeing shmura matzah on TV was a balm, writes a rabbi and cultural commentator.
By Yael Buechler
Irina Dubova, left, and Noah Wyle in a scene from “The Pitt.” Dubova portrays a survivor of the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting. (Photo by Warrick Page/HBO Max)
January 26, 2026, 12:41 pm
HBO’s ‘The Pitt’ recalls Pittsburgh synagogue shooting
A fictional survivor of the attack mentions the Tree of Life's rebuilding campaign and thanks a Muslim nurse for her community's support after the shooting.
By Toby Tabachnick
Mel Brooks, left, sat for roughly 10 hours of interviews over five sessions with filmmaker Judd Apatow for the HBO documentary “Mel Brooks: The 99-Year-Old Man!” (Mathieu Bitton/HBO)
January 21, 2026, 3:48 pm
Judd Apatow grew up idolizing Mel Brooks. Now he’s telling Brooks’ story.
The comedy director reflects on Brooks’ Jewish identity, his influence on modern comedy and “Mel Brooks: The 99-Year-Old Man!”
By Stephen Silver
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
Adam Brody plays Rabbi Noah Roklov on Netflix's "Nobody Wants This." (Erin Simkin/Netflix)
October 25, 2025, 11:54 pm
Rabbi Noah and Joanne are back: ‘Nobody Wants This,’ Season 2
10-episode season showcasing the travails of an interfaith Los Angeles couple and their families
By Philissa Cramer
Still from “Repairing the World: Stories from The Tree of Life”
October 22, 2025, 2:11 pm
Documentaries about the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting streaming on Sunday
“These stories remind us what it means to stand together."
By Toby Tabachnick
Rotem Sela as Batsheva Yahalomi in Red Alert, episode 4, streaming on Paramount+, 2025. (Green Productions, Bender Brown Productions, Keshet 12, the IEF, & Paramount+)
October 9, 2025, 2:54 pm
On Paramount+, Apple TV, HBO and more, Oct. 7 emerges as a cinematic subgenre
At least a dozen movies and TV shows, including “Red Alert” and “One Day in October,” have hit screens two years after Hamas’ attack on Israel.
By Asaf Elia-Shalev
Jessica Chastain in “The Savant" (Courtesy of Apple TV+)
September 26, 2025, 11:36 am
Apple TV+ shelves ‘The Savant,’ a thriller inspired by ADL’s secretive anti-extremism unit
The real-life sleuth the story is based on no longer works for the Anti-Defamation League.
By Asaf Elia-Shalev
The Netflix series "Long Story Short" features a scene in a synagogue on Yom Kippur. (Courtesy Netflix)
September 17, 2025, 1:41 pm
Take it from this rabbi: You should binge-watch Netflix’s ‘Long Story Short’ for the High Holidays
The show’s hyper-detailed portrayal of American Judaism stands out for being loving.
By Rabbi Benjamin Resnick
Person using a television remote. (Credit: Renate Köppel via Wikimedia Commons)
May 2, 2025, 4:13 pm
AJC, MAX create section of curated content for Jewish American Heritage Month
“The Jewish community has contributed immeasurably to the film and television industry,” Richard Hirschhaut, of AJC Los Angeles, told JNS.
By Izzy Salant
Nathan Fielder sits in a set he constructed to resemble a Nazi general's chambers in "The Rehearsal" (John P. Johnson/HBO)
April 29, 2025, 1:10 pm
Nathan Fielder says Paramount Plus pulled his TV episode on Holocaust awareness after Oct. 7
On his new show “The Rehearsal,” the Jewish comedian reveals the fate of his Summit Ice apparel brand.
By Andrew Lapin
Noah Wyle in HBO's "The Pitt." (Warrick Page/MAX)
April 7, 2025, 9:32 am
Noah Wyle, star of HBO’s ‘The Pitt,’ recites Shema on screen
The Jewish actor tapped his father’s Russian-Jewish heritage in the creation of his character, known as “Dr. Robby.”
By Grace Gilson
Mason McCulley, Brandon Mendez Homer, Noah Wyle and Tracy Ifeachor in “The Pitt” (Photo by John Johnson/Max)
March 14, 2025, 1:55 pm
Local ER doctors agree: ‘The Pitt’ gets it right, from overcrowding to empathy
Unlike other medical dramas, the on point portrayal by "The Pitt” of both the clinical and sociological dimensions of an emergency department resonates with the program’s devotees.
By Deborah Weisberg
Nuchem Shtisel (played by Sasson Gabay) rides a bicycle through Amsterdam in “Kugel.” (Photo courtesy of IZZY)
March 4, 2025, 2:56 pm
Long-starved ‘Shtisel’ fans can take a bite of ‘Kugel’
The two shows are “in the same jungle, but they’re different breeds. It has all the jokes that you would recognize from ‘Shtisel,’ but it also really stands in its own world,” actor Mili Avital told JNS.
By Jacob Kamaras
(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
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