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Mona Lisa Saperstein

Authenticity, Please: TV’s Jewish Ladies

Rena Lubin

Television shows often reduce Jewish women to a few tired tropes, ones that are largely negative, or stereotypical.

Topics: Television

Episode 29: BRCA: A Jewish Legacy (Transcript)

Episode 29: BRCA: A Jewish Legacy (Transcript)

Broad City Lost and Found

The Eight Best Jewish Quotes from Broad City’s “Lost and Found”

Larisa Klebe

A curated list of the eight best Jewish quotes from Season 5, Episode 6 of Broad City.

Ilana Glazer Cropped

My Intersectional Feminist Queen, Ilana Wexler

Lily Drazin

“Madonna, Rihanna, Ilana!” That’s just one of the many unique jingles enthusiastically sung by none other than the ultimate feminist, Jewess, and queen: Ilana Wexler. Wexler, the fictional character from Comedy Central’s hit series Broad City, embodies every aspect of what it means to be a badass, world-changing, intersectional feminist.

Episode 12: A New Era for the ERA (Transcript)

Episode 12: A New Era for the ERA (Transcript)

Crazy Ex-Girlfriend

Getting "Crazy" About History

Rebecca Brenner Graham

Rebecca Bunch is apparently a student of history... and I don’t just mean her relationship history.

Judge Judy

Judge Judy: Poetry Muse

Jen Karetnick

Exclusively for JWA, Jen Karetnick shares two of her poems about everyone’s favorite Judge: Judy.

Topics: Television, Law, Poetry

Episode 10: Rededication (Transcript)

Episode 10: Rededication (Transcript)

Episode 8: WITCH in Action (Transcript)

Episode 8: WITCH in Action (Transcript)

Episode 28: The Torah at Her Fingertips (Transcript)

Episode 28: The Torah at Her Fingertips (Transcript)

Gertrude Berg and Amy Sherman Palladino

Yoohoo...Mrs. Maisel!

Ava Berkwits

Gertrude Berg and Amy Sherman Palladino are two women who have brought Jews to television in completely revolutionary ways; as funny, approachable characters who are incredibly dynamic and unapologetically Jewish.

Topics: Television

Episode 25: A Trip to Pittsburgh (Transcript)

Episode 25: A Trip to Pittsburgh (Transcript)

Episode 26: A Thanksgiving Seder (Transcript)

Episode 26: A Thanksgiving Seder (Transcript)

Silhouette of a Girl

Fixing the Flaws in Perfection

Ilana Jacobs

Every “perfect girl” I have ever met has been so humble, that they can turn a compliment into self-deprecation. It is so unbearably heartbreaking to me that these girls who are so marvelous all don’t know how marvelous they are. But the truly terrifying truth is that their humility and self-consciousness seem to be an essential part of being the “perfect girl.”

Midge Maisel Catskills Season 2

Review: “Mrs. Maisel” Season 2

Justine Orlovsky-Schnitzler

Does The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel accurately portraying New York Jewish life in the 1950s, or is it caricature? One of our writers tackles this question in her review of season two.

Topics: Television
Ilana and Abbi in Broad City Episode, "Witches"

Why I Rewatched Broad City's “Witches” For My Birthday

Rena Lubin

For my 22nd birthday in December, I decided to rewatch Season 4 Episode 6 of Broad City—“Witches”and let it all sink in as another year goes by, another birthday passes, and I apparently keep growing older.

Topics: Feminism, Television

Episode 7: Women of the Wall (Transcript)

Episode 7: Women of the Wall (Transcript)

Episode 5: “Jewish Hair” (Transcript)

Episode 5: “Jewish Hair” (Transcript)

Episode 4: Mothering (Transcript)

Episode 4: Mothering (Transcript)

Episode 3: People of the Cookbook (Transcript)

Episode 3: People of the Cookbook (Transcript)

Facebook

Is it time to break up with Facebook?

Rebecca Long

Are we still on Facebook? Yes. Do we feel icky about it? Definitely. Do we plan to stay on Facebook for now? Yes, and I’ll tell you why.

Topics: Boycotts, Journalism

Episode 2: Body of Knowledge (Transcript)

Episode 2: Body of Knowledge (Transcript)

Episode 1: The Pilot's Pilot (Transcript)

Episode 1: The Pilot's Pilot (Transcript)

Sarah Silverman's I Love You America

I Love You, Sarah

Larisa Klebe

In this particular political moment, Sarah Silverman’s latest project, her show on Hulu called I Love You, America, is exactly what I need.

Topics: Activism, Television

Episode 27: The Power of Women's Anger (Transcript)

Episode 27: The Power of Women's Anger (Transcript)

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