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The utopian Jewish life of ‘You’re So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah’

This week, I joined fellow Jewish educators, tweens, and countless other Jews and Jew-curious Netflix binge-watchers and entered into...

A new film about Shimon Peres whitewashes the consequences of his policies

This essay is dedicated to the 1,409 men, women and children who were murdered as a result of the...

Netflix cancels Israeli series ‘Hit & Run’ after one season

The nine-episode first season garnered positive ratings, but filming in New York and Israel was simply too expensive to continue.

‘Fauda’ star has another smash hit on Netflix with ‘Hit & Run’

Alan Zeitlin: Lior Raz can carry any scene with just his green eyes; his brooding, menacing snarl; and his angry resting face, which precedes opening a can of beatdown on his enemies.

Netflix’s ‘Unorthodox’ degrades Chassidic Jews into caricatures

Leah Aharoni: This supposedly romantic story of a young woman running away from the tyranny of a Chassidic “cult” is just another play-out of the secular Jewish aspiration to break with thousands of years of Jewish tradition.

Binge-watching Jewish TV as an indoor sport

Thane Rosenbaum: A new batch of shows on Netflix depicts characters as far more dignified, emotionally complex and action-packed than past stereotypes.

Truth is not selective: Poland vs. Netflix

Ben Cohen: When it comes to debating Holocaust collaboration, Poland will not settle for anything less than complete exoneration for its nation—a goal that doesn’t comport with the historical record.