Jews in the News

Neil Diamond, Dr. Jack Steinberg and Idina Menzel

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

 

 

Sweet Caroline at the World Cup, Menzel and Bellow Documentaries

 

NEIL DIAMOND, 81, retired from performing in 2018 following a Parkinson’s disease diagnosis. But I recently read he made a special appearance last June at F…

Rachel Dratch, Jack Black and Tavi Gevinson

Nate Bloom blogs on this week's Jews in the News.
 
Special ‘Holiday. Shows, Returning Series, and All About Peacock
 
This is the time of the year that “holiday” shows begin flooding every “visual” media outlet. Usually, this means Christmas-related shows. However, just be…

Stephanie "Taffy" Brodesser-Akner, Jesse Eisenberg and Adam Brody

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

Troubled Jewish Family, Cannibals, Fun Stuff, Rothschilds

“Fleishman is in Trouble” is an 8-episode mini-series that began streaming on Nov. 17 on FX/Hulu. It is based on the novel of the same name by NY Times journalist STEPHANIE “…

Jodi Kantor, Harvey Weinstein and Robert Lenkiewicz

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

She Said, Fun at a Wedding, Tulsa, & Sammy is Jewish!

“She Said”, is a dramatic film (opens Nov. 18) about JODI KANTOR and Megan Twohey, the NY Times reporters who broke the story that big-time movie producer HARVEY WEINSTEIN, now 70…

Dror Mishani, Jeff Wilbusch and Steven Spielberg

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

Jewish Detective Series, Spielberg’s Family Movie, The Last Vets

“The Calling”, an 8-episode series, begins streaming on Peacock on Nov. 10. It is loosely based on “The Missing File”, a novel (2013) by Israeli DROR MISHANI, 47.…