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American Jewish composer Leonard Bernstein seated at piano, making annotations to a musical score, 1955. Credit: Al Ravenna, World Telegram Staff Photographer via Wikimedia Commons.
AJC, MAX create section of curated content for Jewish American Heritage Month
“The Jewish community has contributed immeasurably to the film and television industry,” Richard Hirschhaut, of AJC Los Angeles, told JNS.
Izzy Salant
May 2, 2025
Larry David. Credit: s_bukley/Shutterstock.
Pretty, pretty, pretty good: Final season of ‘Curb’ debuts anti-hate apparel
A shirt and hat proclaiming “Curb Your Antisemitism” have attracted celebrity enthusiasm.
Feb. 6, 2024
Sarah Jessica Parker at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival. Credit: 
David Shankbone/Wikimedia.
‘And Just Like That’ and antisemitism
Why does the hit show portray Jews in a manner that would engender outrage if it were directed at any other ethnic group?
Morton A. Klein and Elizabeth A. Berney
Aug. 29, 2023
Promo of the HBO series “Telemarketers.” Source: Screenshot.
HBO ‘Telemarketers’ series by Jewish filmmakers uncovers massive fraud
Benny and Josh Safdie, the brothers who made the film “Uncut Gems,” have produced a shocking, yet funny, three-part exposé.
Aug. 22, 2023
“House of the Dragon.” Credit: hbo.com.
Israeli arrested for leaking season finale of HBO’s ‘House of the Dragon’
The show is a prequel to “Game of Thrones.”
Pesach Benson
May 16, 2023
Actors Colin Firth and Michael Stuhlbarg as Michael Peterson and David Rudolf in HBO Max’s “The Staircase.” Courtesy of HBO Max.
A fair case for ‘The Staircase?’
The famed Jewish defense attorney David Rudolf, played by Jewish actor Michael Stuhlbarg, takes a shot at an HBO Max Series.
Alan Zeitlin
May 23, 2022
Comedian Gary Gulman. Credit: Courtesy.
Gary Gulman: From ‘great depresh’ to great success
The 51-year-old comedian tells of overcoming depression, how he performs a routine without curse words, and notes exhibiting both Jewish and Jersey pride.
Alan Zeitlin
Feb. 17, 2022
Harry Haft. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.
HBO acquires rights to biopic about boxer forced to fight fellow prisoners in Auschwitz
“At a time when hatred based on race and belief is escalating, Harry [Haft]’s story is a reminder of overcoming adversity against all odds,” said the film’s producers.
Oct. 8, 2021
“The Plot Against America.” Courtesy: HBO.
National anxieties and doomsday scenarios in HBO’s ‘Plot’
You don’t need a pandemic to be reminded of the viral rot that sometimes infects the political culture of a nation.
Thane Rosenbaum
March 30, 2020