TelevisionWhy Natalie Portman’s first TV drama left me bored senselessIt is packed to the rafters with Jewy things and it’s beautifully acted, so the JC’s editor-at-large should have loved it. I did notBy Stephen Pollard2 min read
TelevisionYouth choir made up of Palestinians and Israelis advances to second round of ‘America’s Got Talent’Simon Cowell told the Jerusalem Youth Chorus: ‘You made something very complicated beautiful through friendship’By Eliana Jordan1 min read
TelevisionMeet ancient Rome’s real life Jewish princess: Berenice, star of new TV series Those About to DieShe was the real-life Jewish queen who fell for the Roman who destroyed Jerusalem – and now Berenice is the central figure in a blockbuster new TV series.By Nicole Lampert6 min read
TelevisionTV review: A Family Affair ‘A silly film that offers excellent escapism’By Keren David2 min read
TelevisionTV review: We were the Lucky Ones: Good series, shame about the lightingThis family drama works well, but the oppressive darkness in which it is filmed is difficult to watchBy Keren David2 min read
TelevisionKid Sister, review: How not to write a comedy about JewsI lost hours of my life this predictable, badly acted, and really very annoying seriesBy Stephen Pollard3 min read
TelevisionBreaking Dad Amazon Prime review: A mediocre story stretched too thinThe documentary’s title writes cheques that the story can’t cashBy Josh Kaplan2 min read
Buying London review: High-value homes with a very low denominatorThis show is the streaming version of self-loathing and intellectual nausea, but the truth is I’d have watched all seven episodes even if the JC hadn’t made meBy Stephen Pollard2 min read||May 23, 2024 13:12
TV review: Tokyo Vice: ‘The meticulous recreation of a very strange world’By Felix Pope2 min read||May 22, 2024 09:57
Meet Daniel Daggers, the star of Netflix’s British version of Selling SunsetJewish estate agent who’s sold over £5bn of property adds ‘reality star’ to his list of achievementsBy Eliana Jordan3 min read||May 21, 2024 15:30
TV review: Passover UK: A Jewish Journey. Late but greatSam Holder’s programme about Pesach gave me warm, fuzzy feelingsBy Keren David1 min read||May 6, 2024 11:26
The Tattooist of Auschwitz review: ‘We see the brutality and the desperation’This adaptation cleverly shows the problems of fictionalising a survivor’s haunted memoriesBy Keren David3 min read||May 1, 2024 22:05
B’nei mitzvot on the BBC ‘showed the positive side of being a Jewish teen’‘It puts a shining light on Judaism’, says Dylan, 13By Elisa Bray2 min read||May 1, 2024 10:05
Jonah Hauer-King in The Tattooist of Auschwitz: ‘If I wasn’t getting upset, I wouldn’t be doing my job’The young Jewish actor who plays the lead role in the new six-part series explains how he prepared for such a difficult partBy Elisa Bray6 min read||April 26, 2024 12:08
Love in hell: Tattooist of Auschwitz director explains why it was a tale she had to bring to the screenMy goal was to create a meaningful love story that takes place in this hell, says Tali Shalom-EzerBy Anne Joseph5 min read||April 26, 2024 11:58
