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Palestinian-Israeli filmmaker's tragedy about honor killings wins top prizes at Monte-Carlo

It was produced both as a four-part television series for Makan, Israel’s Arabic-language public television channel, and as a feature-length work for theatrical and festival release.

|ByKEN TOLTZ
THE CAST and crew of ‘Fadia’ win the Best Film Award during the 65th Monte-Carlo Television Festival in June.
“Jewish American evenings now center on streaming and digital leisure instead of shared TV.”

How American Jewish households stream Israeli series Like Fauda and Shtisel after sundown

|ByIN COOPERATION WITH JAMES EVANS
COVERS FROM ‘LAISHA,’ taken from the documentary ‘LAISHA – The Story of a Women’s Magazine.’

What to watch this week: ‘Unconditional’ series grips, Israeli women’s magazine history revealed

TV Time: The history of the magazine, which began publishing a year before the establishment of the state, is the subject of an engaging new documentary, 'LAISHA – The Story of a Women’s Magazine'.

|ByHANNAH BROWN
LIRAZ CHAMAMI (right) and Talia Lynne Ronn in ‘Unconditional.’

What to watch now: New Israeli drama 'Unconditional’ and a fading ‘Hacks’

TV Time: Do people still use the phrase “jumped the shark” to denote when a series has passed its sell-by date? If so, Hacks has definitely made that jump.

|ByHANNAH BROWN

What are Israelis watching in between missile attacks? Seinfeld and much more

One important point for those looking for entertainment is that the various television services, such as Hot and Yes, are opening up their premium content for free for the duration of the hostilities

JUNE 21, 2025ByHANNAH BROWN
‘GREY’S ANATOMY’ and ‘30 Rock’ are solid fallbacks during times of stress.

Philadelphia TV Host Learns He Has Skin Cancer Live on Air

FOX29’s Mike Jerrick receives basal cell carcinoma diagnosis during broadcast.

JUNE 8, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A dermatologist examines the skin of a patient.

TV time: ‘Fountain’ fizzles and ‘Fireflies’ buzz

Check out the series, movies and shows hitting Israel's screens this week.

MAY 31, 2025ByHANNAH BROWN
NATALIE PORTMAN and John Krasinski in ‘Fountains of Youth.’

Larry David’s ‘My Dinner with Adolf’ essay skewers Bill Maher’s meeting with Trump

APRIL 22, 2025ByANDREW SILOW-CARROLL/JTA
Bill Maher arrives at the Vanity Fair Oscar party during the 94th Academy Awards in Beverly Hills, California, US, March 27, 2022. Uploaded on 2/6/2024

Indulging in TV: A cancer patient's escape - opinion

I’d much rather be outdoors hiking or having fun beyond the telly – I hope that will come back. In the meantime, TV it is.

APRIL 20, 2025ByBRIAN BLUM
Man Watching TV

Israeli series, The German, wins writing prize at Series Mania

Israeli screenwriters Moshe Zonder and Ronit Weiss Berkowitz won Best Writing at Series Mania for The German, showcasing Israeli TV's international success.

MARCH 29, 2025ByHANNAH BROWN
Ania Bukstein, pictured here in the series, The Magpie, is one of the stars of the Series Mania winner, The German.

Disturbing documentary exposes physical abuse in ultra-Orthodox schools

Director Meni Philip's powerful film gives a voice to survivors of corporal punishment in haredi educational institutions, revealing how widespread abuse shapes an entire community.

MARCH 9, 2025ByHANNAH BROWN
A SCENE from ‘No Child Spared.’

Dark police thriller ‘Motherland’ premieres on KAN, Wicked available to stream

Check out the series, movies and shows hitting Israel's screens this week.

FEBRUARY 27, 2025ByHANNAH BROWN
‘MOTHERLAND’ IS KAN’s new thriller.

Biggest American Streamers of 2024 Revealed

FEBRUARY 20, 2025ByHANNAH SCHWARTZ

Netflix’s ‘Apple Cider Vinegar’ features a Jewish-run ‘cancer clinic.’ What is it?

The show is based on the true story of two less-than-honest wellness influencers, and the Hirsch Institute is based on a real place and course of treatment founded by a German Jew.

FEBRUARY 15, 2025ByANDREW LAPIN/JTA
(L-R) Alycia Debnam-Carey as Milla, Aisha Dee as Chanelle in Netflix's "Apple Cider Vinegar."