While Hasidic Jews are often depicted in the media as being emotionally unstable, Gelly Asovski, one of the first Yiddish speaking Hasidic female therapists in Monsey, is trying to bring more mental healthiness to her community. Born and raised in Monsey – and raising her own family there as well – Asovski was not too […]
Mayim Bialik is already a star on-screen — she was the title character in Blossom early on in her life and then continued her rise as Amy on The Big Bang Theory. She has been a longtime friend to Jew in the City and its founder, Allison Josephs. Now, Mayim is out with a new film […]
One of the highlights of the JITC Hollywood Bureau launch last week was presenting celebrated agent, David Fishof, with the first-ever JITC Media Award for his role in Rock Camp The Movie, where he plays himself, a proud Orthodox Jew. Known worldwide for representing sports and music sensations such as Lou Piniella, Mark Bavaro, the Monkees, […]
It’s one thing to read a good book and want to share it – it’s another to be lucky enough to speak one-on-one with the author herself. In this podcast, we speak with Jasmin Lee Cori on her groundbreaking work, The Emotionally Absent Mother: How to Recognize and Heal the Invisible Effects of Childhood Emotional […]
The Hollywood industry can seem so intimidating, most people don’t even try to break in, let alone when you’re from an Orthodox Jewish neighborhood. Esti Michelle Rosenblatt, a Hasidic Lubavitcher in Brooklyn, is breaking that stereotype — proving religion doesn’t have to hold you back from being cast in mainstream media, even when you are visibly […]
Jew in the City is making huge strides when it comes to Orthodox representation in Hollywood, having met with numerous networks and executives, being warmly received by them all. Depictions of religious Jews in the media are usually negative, and to combat this, JITC is launching a brand-new Hollywood Bureau committed to creating accurate representation […]
