TVA Small Light TV review: A new perspective on the horror of the ShoahNew drama manages to centralise the tragedy of the Frank family but from an exterior perspectiveBy Josh Howie2 min read
FilmName Of The Father: New film on sins of a Charedi cult leader shown on BBCA documentary about abuse in a sect that sparked outrage in Israel is to be shown on the BBCBy Nicole Lampert3 min read
TVKay Mellor: The working-class Jewish writer who changed British TV foreverThe Northern writer's portrayal of Yorkshire life revolutionised drama on the small screenBy Francine White7 min read
TVObituary: Jerry SpringerCharismatic American chat show host who played ringmaster to the ‘worst show in TV history’By Gloria Tessler3 min read
TVJewish teen casts EastEnders icon Danny Dyer in his debut feature filmNoah Caplan wrote the script for Stepping Stone - about mental illness - when he was just 15By Anthea Gerrie3 min read
Anne FrankA Small Light: TV show tells the story of Miep Gies who risked her life to try and save the FranksThe Frank's Dutch secretary hid Anne's diary during the war and helped ensure it was publishedBy Tash Mosheim1 min read
NetflixRough Diamonds review: A new Belgian Shtisel that doesn't deliverFull marks for their research but does the story actually deliver? To a pointBy Josh Howie1 min read
TV review: Transatlantic - Allo, Allo, this true story gets it all wrongNetflix seven-parter fails to do full justice to the heroic actions of those who saved between 2,000 and 4,000 Jews and German dissidents in Marseilles in 1940By Josh Howie2 min read||April 21, 2023 19:25
Terrorist propaganda broadcast from BritainMPs demand to know how Egyptian journalists who ‘incite hate’ to millions could take refuge in the UKBy JC Investigations team7 min read||April 20, 2023 11:44
The alchemy of friendship: a pair of best mates have written a novel about magicAndy Nyman and Jeremy Dyson's The Warlock Effect is a rollicking Boys’ Own-style adventure set in 1950s Soho - and it's very JewishBy Jenni Frazer6 min read||April 14, 2023 10:13
TV review: The Power - Charged up women... but with a short circuitLessons bought home by Naomi Alderman's book - the impact of physical difference between the sexes, how power corrupts - are at risk of dilution in screen versionBy Josh Howie2 min read||April 5, 2023 12:34
Rachel Weiz plays twin doctors in new ‘Dead Ringers’ miniseriesWeisz, 53, who lives in New York with James Bond actor Daniel Craig and their family, admits she is ‘obsessed’ with the Cronenberg filmBy Tash Mosheim1 min read||March 31, 2023 11:51
Meet Naomi Alderman, the ‘tough Jew’ asking questionsAs her bestselling sci-fi novel The Power reaches our TV screens, award-winning novelist Naomi Alderman describes how her schooldays started a lifetime of questioning Orthodox attitudes towards womenBy Nicole Lampert6 min read||March 30, 2023 16:18
TV review: Reboot - In this sitcom about a sitcom, we’re centralModern Family creator creator Steven Levitan has a new show about this dilemma: is it possible to make something great that’s all things to all people?By Josh Howie2 min read||March 30, 2023 14:24
Obituary: Barbara WaltersAmerican TV anchor who blazed the way for women to conquer the small screenBy Julie Carbonara4 min read||March 30, 2023 09:05
Martin Lewis is Good Morning Britain's new co-hostThe financial broadcaster's first co-presenting show for the ITV breakfast programme will be an end of year tax specialBy JC Reporter1 min read||March 26, 2023 11:07
