Four years ago, Jew in the City stood outside 30 Rockefeller Plaza with a simple message: Orthodox Jews deserve fair representation. At the time, NBC’s Nurses had aired an episode that grotesquely and inaccurately depicted Hasidic Jews. The portrayal sparked outrage across the Jewish community. But instead of simply protesting, we chose to do something […]
Mireille Silcoff, an author and cultural critic who lives in Montreal recently penned a poignant piece for the New York Times Magazine: There’s Something Missing in Films About Jewish Cultural Figures. In it, she describes how Jewish identity is missing from all the major Jewish biopics of late, be it Oppenheimer, about Robert J. Oppenheimer – […]
In 2026, the Jewish Institute for Television & Cinema (JITC) will return to the Sundance Film Festival for the third time, once again serving as the only Jewish organization hosting an official panel on Jewish representation in film and television. JITC first brought this conversation to Sundance in 2023, where its inaugural panel drew a […]
When Jew in the City released our now-viral Like a Jew video, actor Simon Feil didn’t stop at “liking” it — he recognized himself in it, and said so publicly. “This is so hard to watch because I do it too,” he wrote in a comment that immediately stood out. “I’ve learned what the industry […]
As a child, my father thought I watched too much television. Little did he know one day I’d have to do it for work! Nobody Wants This, season 2 premiered last Thursday, so I spent the weekend binge watching it. My 30,000 foot impression is that it was generally less tropy than the first season […]
When JITC released #LikeAJew, our goal was to flip the script on harmful Jewish stereotypes and show what it truly means to “act like a Jew.” The reaction online has been overwhelming. From pride to tears to renewed resolve, people around the world have been sharing how this video made them feel seen and inspired. […]
