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Josh Kaplan

Not everything has to mention the war, especially not a Netflix show

Sometimes escapism is actually what we all need more than anything else, and Nobody Wants This fits the bill

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

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

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

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Erin Foster, the writer behind new Netflix series Nobody Wants This, drew from her personal experience of converting to Judaism for inspiration.

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

By James Mottram

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

Kaos review: a deliciously Kaotic romp through modern Olympia

By Eliana Jordan

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

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

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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)

All the Jewish nominations at this year’s Emmys

By Hannah Gillott

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Anna Próchniak as Gita Furman in Auschwitz.

Tanya Gold

The Tattooist of Auschwitz is Holocaust entertainment for non-Jews

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Josh Kaplan

Curb Your Enthusiasm finale review: A rocky ending to a once-great show – and era of Jewish comedy

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

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April 8, 2024 23:31

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,

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February 5, 2024 02:00

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

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February 4, 2024 20:18

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

The best moments from the last 20 years of Curb Your Enthusiasm

As the show returns for its final season, Stephen Pollard picks his favourite episodes from the last 12 series of the most Jewish of all TV comedies

By Stephen Pollard

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February 2, 2024 16:06

The best moments from the last 20 years of Curb Your Enthusiasm

This award season, the prizes should go to anyone standing up for our hostages

The difference a discreet yellow ribbon could make should not be underestimated.

By Nicole Lampert

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February 1, 2024 12:58

J Smith Cameron wearing a yellow ribbon for the Israeli hostages (Getty Images)

JFS prepared me for The Traitors says BBC star Zack Davies

The nice Jewish boy from Mill Hill says he never expected to get so far in the contest

By Jane Prinsley

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January 26, 2024 15:55

JFS prepared me for The Traitors says BBC star Zack Davies

Fauda star to be released from hospital after explosion in Gaza

Idan Amedi was injured serving in Gaza two weeks ago

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January 23, 2024 10:38

Israeli singer-songwriter Idan Amedi speaks during a protest of Right-wing demonstrators against the Israeli government's planned judicial overhaul, in Jerusalem, on March 11, 2023. (Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Stranger Things star Noah Schapp says his views on Israel-Hamas war have been ‘misconstrued’

The Jewish actor was criticised for posing with ‘Zionism is sexy’ stickers in November

By Eliana Jordan

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January 17, 2024 19:09

HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA - AUGUST 10: Noah Schnapp attends Variety Power of Young Hollywood at NeueHouse Los Angeles on August 10, 2023 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

Firebrand TV presenter Mehdi Hasan leaves MSNBC after anti-Israel rants

Despite evidence to the contrary, Hasan suggested Israel was behind the blast at the al-Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza

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January 8, 2024 16:04

Mehdi Hasan's announcement video

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