Jews in the News

Mayim Bialik, Ike Barinholtz and Iliza Shlesinger

Nate Bloom blogs on this week's Jews in the News.

Celebrity Jeopardy, Explained; A Joyous Jewish Moment  

The Celebrity Jeopardy Tournament, hosted by MAYIM BIALIK, 47, is broadcast live on Thursdays on ABC at 8PM. (Also available via live streaming or “on-demand” on many channels,…

Jamie Lee Curtis, Thomas Kail and Tony Kushner

Nate Bloom blogs on this week's Jews in the News.

The Globes and A Good Story

The Golden Globe (“Globes”) awards for excellence in film and TV will return to network TV (NBC, Jan. 10, 8PM) after a hiatus last year. Members of the sponsoring organization, the Hollywood Foreign Press Ass…

David Duchovny, Justin Hurwitz and Burt Bacharach

Nate Bloom blogs on this week's Jews in the News.

More on "Rye"/"Sessions", Awkward Bar Mitzvah, Big Movie, Two TV Series

Here’s some follow-up info on my previous “all about Hanukkah” column. First, due to bad advance publicity, I said that singer LISA LOEB, 54, played the roma…

Lisa Loeb, Jeremy Jordan and Lucy Devito

Nate Bloom blogs on this week's Jews in the News.
 
Two Hanukkah Movies and A Hanukkah Concert You Can (Probably) See Free
 
The Hallmark Channel has finally given the Jewish community a “sort-of” Hanukkah gift. Yes, Jewish characters have appeared, now and again, in the original C…

Robert Downey Sr., Robert Downey Jr., and Allan Arbus

Nate Bloom blogs on this week's Jews in the News.
 
The Downey Family, Asner is Still in New Stuff, The Whale
 
“Sr.”, is a “now-streaming” original Netflix documentary about avant-garde director/writer ROBERT DOWNEY, SR.  It was co-directed by Downey, Sr. (1936-2021) and his …