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Michael Feldstein

Nov 14, 2026, 1:27 AM

Torah Meets Television: Yeshiva University’s College Bowl Appearance

Sixty-three years ago, a team of four undergraduates from Yeshiva University stepped onto the set of NBC’s nationally televised General Electric College Bowl, hosted by Robert Earle. What followed over three consecutive Sunday broadcasts became a landmark cultural moment...

Kelsey Maurine Brickl

Nov 12, 2026, 2:55 PM

Reclaiming Nontoxic Harry Potter Fandom as the HBO Series Prepares to Premiere

I've been a proud, self-declared Slytherin since middle school, when I announced my House loyalty by pressing a silver-and-green foil sticker onto the inside of my parents' garage door like graffiti. Exasperated but not remotely surprised, my mother peeled...

Michael Feldstein

Nov 4, 2026, 8:44 PM

Whatever Happened to the Good Old Days of Television?

Everybody seems to be binge-watching television these days. Multiple episodes in one evening. Entire seasons consumed in a matter of days. Some people even manage to watch an entire series in a single week. I suppose it's efficient. Why...

Nov 4, 2026, 3:52 AM

What’s more powerful than a Saturday Night Live punchline?

Michael Che, on Saturday Night Live's Weekend Update. (screenshot via Facebook)

Our Jewish identity and commitment to Israel! We don't need Michael Che and his false definition of 'genocide'; we can watch Israeli sketch comedy instead

Oct 30, 2026, 1:10 PM

‘Nobody Wants This’—And Now Neither Do I

Hollywood doesn't usually cast rabbis as romantic leads. So when Netflix introduced Nobody Wants This, featuring Adam Brody as the charming Rabbi Noah, I was intrigued. The show quickly won me over. My wife, Judy, and I thoroughly enjoyed the...

Oct 27, 2026, 5:36 PM

Live long and prosper: The Jewish boys who imagined a better galaxy

Members of the "Star Trek" crew, from left, James Doohan, DeForest Kelley, Walter Koenig, William Shatner, George Takei, Leonard Nimoy, and Nichelle Nichols, toast the newest "Star Trek" film at Paramount Studios on Dec. 28, 1988. (AP Photo/Bob Galbraith, File)

The death of Walter Koenig – Star Trek's Chekov – sent me back to a galaxy where the sons and grandsons of Jewish immigrants offered hope in a perilous time

Oct 18, 2026, 6:44 PM

Fauda Season 5 – The Season That Didn’t Apologize

As I wrote last month (link), I had serious hesitations about whether to watch the new season of Fauda. In the end, I decided to go for it. The season is structured so that the October 7th episodes (7...

Sarah Ansbacher

Oct 14, 2026, 2:31 PM

East of Eden and north of Jaffa: John Steinbeck’s hope

East of Eden. Promotional still courtesy of Netflix. Used for illustrative review and commentary purposes under Fair Use.

The author's 19th century ancestors moved to the holy land to help teach the Jewish community to farm. I found traces of them in Tel Aviv – and on Netflix

Oct 9, 2026, 12:57 AM

Jewish Creators Need a New Hollywood Moment

Griffith Observatory

There is a remarkable lesson buried in the history of Hollywood. More than a century ago, Jewish immigrants and their children faced barriers in many of America’s established professions and cultural institutions. Publishing, journalism and other traditional avenues of influence...

Oct 5, 2026, 11:30 AM

Nobody Wants Dis-agreement

Adam Brody said something about Israel. That should not be a remarkable sentence. He is an American citizen, an actor and a Jew. Jews have been saying things about Israel—and arguing with one another about those things—for considerably longer...

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