Lior Zaltzman

It’s shaping up to be a pretty, pretty hot July — which means staying home in front of the TV may be just what the doctor ordered. Luckily, there are a lot of fun Jewish stars and shows to watch and schvitz to, from “Love Island USA,” which this season features a Jewish Gal, to […]

Even though it’s the epitome of a nationalist tune to some, “God Bless America,” according to Jewish songwriter Irving Berlin, is “not a patriotic song.” Berlin, who was born in imperial Russia, the son of a cantor, and who arrived to America as a kid, became the writer of so many songs from the Great […]

by Lior Zaltzman (Kveller) – It's shaping up to be a pretty, pretty hot, wet July — which means staying home in front of the TV may be just what the doctor ordered.

This piece originally ran on Jewish TV Club. Have you ever visited a grocery store in Israel? It’s an incredible multi-sensory experience. At the bakery section, there are trays laden with burekas and rugelach, sometimes stale, sometimes wafting the most delicious aroma. Moms and grandmothers line up to get a prime cut of meat or […]

It’s never a bad time to sit indoors and have a little TV binging marathon — especially when there’s just so much great Jewish TV on the biggest streamers of them all, Netflix. These shows will take you to Turkey, Mexico and even Egypt; they tell the true stories of spies and kidnappings and the […]

An interview with Jackie Tohn is a mechayeh — it gives life. In general I feel like that particular Yiddish word — mechayeh — shouldn’t be said unless you have a luscious white mustache and a regal mane of white hair, or you grew up actually speaking Yiddish on the regular. But as the youth […]

Director Rachel Israel has three feature films under her belt, and they are all full of very different kinds of Jewish joy. There’s “Keep the Change,” a wondrous movie that centers a JCC social support group for autistic adults, “Influenced,” the Jill Kargman comedy about rich Upper East Side moms that centers Kargman as Danielle, […]

Editor’s note: This piece originally ran in 2025. In April of 2026, Variety announced that the show would not be moving forward at Peacock. On July 30, 2026, the show was picked up by Paramount+. The article below has been lightly edited to reflect that. Last year, Alicia Silverstone shared an incredible throwback bat mitzvah […]

Editor’s note: We originally published this in February 2026, when we first heard the exciting news. We’re republishing it now, in August 2026, as “The Great British Baking Show” just gave us the first sneak peek of the first Jewish judge in action! The charming British baking contest will be back on our screens in […]

Editor’s note: This article was originally written and published in December 2021. We are republishing it on Aug. 26, 2026 in honor of Dolly Parton, who died yesterday at age 80. May her memory be a blessing. No matter where we went, we couldn’t escape it. It was almost as if the Christmas spirit was […]