Jews in the News

Jews in the News: Iliza Shlesinger, Ricki Stern and Joseph Gordon-Levitt

Iliza Soars, Isis “Queen” Doc, Creepy and Funny on Netflix, Kid Stuff

Stand-up comedian ILIZA SHLESINGER, 39, is on a roll.  Last January, she and her husband, NOAH GALUTEN, had their first child.  On Oct. 2, she was the winning contestant on “Celebrity Jeopardy” and will adv…

Jews in the News: Mila Kunis, BJ Novack and Mayim Bialik

Three Very Different Movies and Two TV Shows
 
“Luckiest Girl Alive”, an original Netflix film, premieres on Oct. 7. It is based on the best-selling 2015 novel of the same name by Jessica Knoll.
 
Several years after her book’s publication, Knoll disclosed that many of the horrif…

Jews in the News: Selma Blair, Ben Stiller, and Billy Eichner

Blair Dances, A Gay Romantic Comedy (and a quite Jewish one, too), British Brethren

"Dancing with the Stars", which premiered on ABC in 2005, moved over to Disney+ this season. The first Disney+ episode streamed on Sept. 19 and new episodes premiere on following Mondays. This season’s …

Jews in the News: Lynn Novick, Sarah Botstein and Brett Morgen

Two Very Different, But Important Documentaries

The ”big Jewish TV event” of this month is “U.S. and the Holocaust”, a three-episode PBS documentary that will air over three nights (Sept. 18-20, 8PM-10PM). Here is the PBS description: “Inspired in part by the United States Holocau…

Jews in the News: Joel Fields, Joe Weisberg and Ben Foster

An Innocent Gigolo, The Hero of Bohemia, Jewish Shrink Meets Killer

 

 

“American Gigolo” premieres on Showtime on Sept.11 and new episodes are released on subsequent Fridays. It’s based on the hit 1980 film of the same name. In the film, Richard Gere played Julian Kaye, a Hollywo…