In November, our JITC Hollywood Bureau attended the Television Academy’s DEI summit where they told us to be brave and asked if they had missed any points. I was. They had. I explained that they had forgotten the Jews. An academic entertainment group at UCLA, Scholars and Storytellers, heard by impassioned speech and wanted me […]
Jew in the City has been working tirelessly to get better representation of Jews on screen. Next stop on that journey: the Sundance Film Festival — the country’s largest independent film festival. While so much work is going on to combat antisemitism behind-the-scenes within the TV industry, this is the first time JITC’s new Hollywood Bureau […]
Growing up, as a proud secular Jewish kid in New Jersey, I experienced some antisemitism in public school from time to time. My mother warned us that every country eventually tires of its Jews, and one day we might have to pack and run. But it seemed that society had mostly progressed in modern times […]
Note: This article does include some minor spoilers about the show. It’s not super often that I come across a show and think, “Wow, this show has a lot of Judaism.” Granted, most of my watching comes in the form of Gilmore Girls for the 100th time and The Great British Bake Off. Manifest, on […]
Good babysitters let the kids stay up extra late and play fun games. Extraordinary babysitters become ambassadors for the Jewish people, using their platform to amplify the beauty of a Torah way of life. Enter Adriana Fernandez, known by her Instagram handle @nonjewishnanny. Singer by night and sitter by day, Adriana has made a name […]
Orthodox Judaism is most commonly seen on TV as something to run away from — with the main character often leaving the faith or it being poked fun at in some way. NBC’s streaming service Peacock is helping to break that mold with its new show, The Calling, which premiered earlier this month. What’s groundbreaking about […]
