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0 Television/Film Politics

This Jewish actor made a ‘reality film’ about his not-quite real campaign for NYC Council

Joseph Strauss in JTA · 1 Nov

Zack Weiner, a Jewish actor and screenwriter, turned his unlikely campaign for a New York City Council seat into a "reality movie" titled "Citizen Weiner."

0 Television/Film Art

Meet the Siegels, a Family Struggling Under the Curse of Wokeness

Maggie Phillips in Tablet · 29 Jan

"The Curse" is a satirical TV series that explores themes of wokeness, privilege, and environmentalism.

0 Television/Film Culture

What does ‘The Curse’ finale mean? We asked ‘Moses’ to find out

PJ Grisar in Forward · 12 Jan

In the final episode of the Showtime series "The Curse," an Orthodox Jewish doula named Moses, played by chiropractor and actor Dr. Elliot Berlin, appears in the surprise birth scene.

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In Nathan Fielder and Benny Safdie’s ‘The Curse,’ chicken, conversions and a deeply complicated American atonement

PJ Grisar in Forward · 29 Nov 2023

"The Curse," a TV series starring Emma Stone and co-created by Nathan Fielder and Benny Safdie, explores themes of identity, privilege, and atonement.

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Nathan Fielder didn't learn any moral lessons from 'The Rehearsal'

Mira Fox in Forward · 23 Aug 2022

In the finale of Nathan Fielder's HBO show, The Rehearsal, his convoluted setups involving child actors come back to haunt him.

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We spoke to Miriam, the Hebrew tutor Nathan Fielder hired for his fake family on HBO’s ‘The Rehearsal’

Jackie Hajdenberg in Forward · 16 Aug 2022

Miriam Eskenasy, a cantor and Hebrew tutor, appeared in a recent episode of the HBO show "The Rehearsal," where she was hired to give clandestine Hebrew lessons to a child actor.

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The newest episode of 'The Rehearsal' rehearses centuries of Christian-Jewish tensions

Mira Fox in Forward · 12 Aug 2022

The latest episode of HBO's show "The Rehearsal," hosted by Nathan Fielder, explores the tensions between Christianity and Judaism.

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Why Jewishness — and Kabbalah — are key to understanding HBO's 'The Rehearsal'

PJ Grisar in Forward · 2 Aug 2022

"The Rehearsal" is a new HBO show by comedian Nathan Fielder that explores the complexities of reality television and the nature of performance.

0 Holocaust Television/Film

Comedian Nathan Fielder Creates Outerwear Company to Promote Holocaust Awareness

Forward · 23 Oct 2015

Comedian Nathan Fielder created Summit Ice, an outerwear company, to promote Holocaust awareness after discovering that a previous jacket he wore paid tribute to a Holocaust-denier.