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Broadcaster accused of 'sanitising' extremist views of presenter who branded Jews ‘a bunch of lying scumbags’

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Zero Day. (L to R) McKinley Belcher III as Carl Otieno, Mozhan Navabi as Melissa Kornblau, Robert De Niro as George Mullen, Jesse Plemons as Roger Carlson and Connie Britton as Valerie Whitesell. (Photo: Netflix)

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These are the best Jew-ish shows to binge on Netflix this year

By Eliana Jordan

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Jerry Springer: Fights, Camera Action is another Netflix docuseries, this time sensationalising the already sensational story of the Jerry Springer Show. (Photo: Getty)

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How unhealthy is Uncensored? Piers Morgan’s show and the theatre of rage

By Matthias J Becker

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Nobody Wants This. Adam Brody as Noah in episode 101 of Nobody Wants This. Cr. Stefania Rosini/Netflix © 2024

How realistic is Nobody Wants This?

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Kristen Bell as Joanne and Adam Brody as Rabbi Noah in Nobody Wants This. (Photo: Netflix)

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The shows you won’t want to miss – on stage and screen

Here are some of the best (Jewish-adjacent) shows that TV, film and theatre have to offer in October and November

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Autumn highlights: (left to right) Cable Street, Giant and Nobody Wants This. (Photos: Jane Hobson, Netflix. Compiled by Jordi Pol)

The Jewish answer to Fleabag’s ‘hot priest’: Erin Foster on her new Netflix show Nobody Wants This

The actor and writer discusses casting Adam Brody as the ‘hot rabbi’ for her new Netflix rom-com and drawing from her personal experience as a Jewish convert

By James Mottram

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September 26, 2024 11:47

Kaos review: a deliciously Kaotic romp through modern Olympia

The fantasy series is a creative reimagining of Greek mythology, with Jeff Goldblum as a very Jewish (read: neurotic) king of the gods

By Eliana Jordan

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September 10, 2024 16:41

Jeff Goldblum is marvelous as Zeus, king of the Greek gods, in Netflix's new series Kaos. (Photo: Netflix)

TV review: Those About to Die: ‘an overblown mess of hammy dialogue and bloody fights’

The new swords and sandals epic has a big budget – but visuals that look no better than a video game cut scene

By Felix Pope

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July 18, 2024 16:48

Gladiators battle to the death in the Flavian amphitheatre (Photo: Prime Video)

All the Jewish nominations at this year’s Emmys

Larry David, Maya Rudolf, and Jerry Seinfeld are just some of the Jewish celebs in the running for awards this season

By Hannah Gillott

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July 18, 2024 16:06

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - APRIL 05: Larry David speaks onstage during An Evening With Larry David - A Farewell To "Curb Your Enthusiasm" hosted by HBO & Tribeca Festival on April 05, 2024 in New York City. (Photo by Theo Wargo/Getty Images)

By Tanya Gold

The Tattooist of Auschwitz is Holocaust entertainment for non-Jews

It allows the reader to pretend an interest in, and care for, Jewish suffering that rarely extends to Jews who are alive

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May 16, 2024 09:01

Anna Próchniak as Gita Furman in Auschwitz.

By Josh Kaplan

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Larry David’s Curb was one of the last great examples of Brooklyn Jewish humour

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Larry David in the season finale of Curb Your Enthusiasm season 12 (HBO)

Curb Your Enthusiasm season 12 Review: Larry David is still sharp as ever

While it’s not certain if this is the end for Larry,

By Josh Howie

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Larry David and Jeff Garlin Photograph by John Johnson/HBO

Just how Jewish is Larry David anyway?

As the final season of Curb Your Enthusiasm premieres, we look at the Hebrew heritage of the world’s favourite kvetcher

By JC Reporter

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February 4, 2024 20:18

Larry David and Bob Einstein star in The Palestinian Chicken episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm

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Star of Channel 4 immigration show told Israeli Jews to ‘go back to f***ing Europe’

These are the best Jew-ish shows to binge on Netflix this year

Jerry Springer: Fights, Camera, Action review: ‘little comfort for those whose lives were marred’

How unhealthy is Uncensored? Piers Morgan’s show and the theatre of rage

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How realistic is Nobody Wants This?

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