NetflixNobody Wants This: well, ain’t that the truthThe Netflix hit does a disastrous disservice to Jewish and non-Jewish women alike. It is nothing short of the Madonna-whore complex updated for our ageBy Karen Glaser2 min read
TelevisionNobody Wants This review: The premise is stupid, but I quite enjoyed the showThe main characters are two-dimensional in this ‘rabbi rom-com for goys’ but worth watching for the excellent supporting castBy Stephen Pollard2 min read
Friends‘Italians play Jews – why can’t Jews play Italians?’ asks Friends’ Adam GoldbergThe actor said that in his career he has been described as ‘not being all-American enough’By Elisa Bray1 min read
BBCMeet the three Jews behind the Four Opinions OnlyConnect teamThe very Jewish team went viral after their performance on the hit BBC show on Monday nightBy Rosa Doherty2 min read
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
TV review: A Family Affair ‘A silly film that offers excellent escapism’By Keren David2 min read||July 10, 2024 10:31
TV 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||July 3, 2024 13:23
Kid 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||June 26, 2024 11:43
Breaking 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||June 18, 2024 16:20
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
