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'Transparent' is the Most Jewish TV Show in a While—and it's Great
Lech lecha, go forth. God utters those indelible words in the 12th chapter of Genesis, telling Abram (he hasn’t yet adopted monotheism and the corresponding H in his name), “Get thee out of thy...
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A Visit From the Ghost of Hanukkahs Past
I am a bad Jew. When I was in kindergarten, I convinced my parents to let me drop out of Hebrew school. They’d wanted to us to perform something called The Camel Dance, in which groups of five boys and...
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Golden Globes Glimmer Despite General Gloom
Is it just me or did the Golden Globes feel like a little bit of an afterthought this year? Coming so quickly after the holidays, as most of America is still spending its evenings waddling around the...
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Woody Allen to Create New Amazon Series
After its Golden Globes success with Transparent, Amazon continues to pursue its television revolution. The network signed Woody Allen, the controversial, critically acclaimed director of film like...
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Transparent's Jill Soloway Creating New Show for MTV
Jill Soloway fans rejoice, for the genius behind Transparent has a new project in the works. According to Variety, the as-yet-untitled show follows two women who bond “over their enthusiasm for...
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The Gospel of Jill Soloway: The creator of 'Transparent' Addresses the 'State...
As the creator of Amazon’s critically-lauded and Golden Globe winning series Transparent, (which, not for nothing, is also a major Emmy favorite, at least in the circles I run in), Jill Soloway has...
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Jill Soloway's 'Transparent' Continues Its Accurate Portrayal of American...
The second season of Transparent, Jill Soloway’s multi-generational dramedy about the triumphs and struggles of the Pfefferman family as they adapt to the reality of having a transgender parent,...
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In 'Transparent,' It Makes Sense that a Jewish Family and Transgender Issues...
There was an unanswered question at the heart of the first season of Transparent, the TV-show-not-for-TVs, produced by an Internet retail behemoth, that earned so much love last year. It was a question...
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On Unorthodox, Irin Carmon Talks 'Notorious RBG,' and Kathryn Hahn Describes...
This week on Unorthodox: America’s most badass Supreme Court Justice and TV’s most visible rabbi. Our Jewish guest is MSNBC reporter Irin Carmon, whose new book, Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of...
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Luzer Twersky’s First Year Off the Derech
In 2008, at the age of 23, Luzer Twersky left his wife, his children, and the Hasidic community in Borough Park, Brooklyn, to try to make a new life for himself. He was tired of pretending to feel and...
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A Symposium About 'Transparent' Will Take Place in December at the University...
We love Transparent, Amazon’s hit show contributor Tablet contributor Josh Lambert calls “an admirable fiction about the complexity of contemporary sexuality and gender, [and] maybe the most important...
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Jill Soloway Extends Her Feminist Vision With 'I Love Dick'
Good news for fans of Transparent: Last week Amazon Studios announced that Jill Soloway, the creator and executive producer of what is still Amazon’s most lauded and critically acclaimed show to-date,...
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Jill Soloway: 'Any Moment That I Have to Call Trump Out for Being an...
On Sunday night, after Transparent creator Jill Soloway collected an Emmy for Directing for a Comedy Series, which included references to the Holocaust, she went off about Donald Trump. “Jews were...
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Jeffrey Tambor Recalls His Cantor's Cottage Cheese Spittle and Being High at...
I’ll keep this short, since the below interview with Jeffrey Tambor is a six-minute piece of gold that will surely brighten your day. Tambor, 72, is an American gem. He’s the star and glue of...
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'Transparent' is Going to Israel
I don’t watch Transparent. I’ve tried, but could never get past the first few episodes. I know enough self-absorbed, morally preening jerks in real life, and find no pleasure in making the acquaintance...
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The Pfefferman Pfroblem: Why Are the Characters in 'Transparent' So Awful?
I watched the new season of Transparent three weeks ago when it first came out. I’d seen an episode or two before and was never much moved. But I was intrigued to see how the show would handle a...
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Unorthodox Live With 'It's All Relative' Author A.J. Jacobs and 'Transparent'...
This week on Unorthodox, we’re coming at you live from the JCC Manhattan with two great guests, an audience-wide game of Jewish geography, and much more. Our Jewish guest is writer A.J. Jacobs, who...
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'Transparent' is the Most Jewish TV Show in a While—and it's Great
Lech lecha, go forth. God utters those indelible words in the 12th chapter of Genesis, telling Abram (he hasn’t yet adopted monotheism and the corresponding H in his name), “Get thee out of thy...
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The Gospel of Jill Soloway: The creator of 'Transparent' Addresses the 'State...
As the creator of Amazon’s critically-lauded and Golden Globe winning series Transparent, (which, not for nothing, is also a major Emmy favorite, at least in the circles I run in), Jill Soloway has...
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Jill Soloway's 'Transparent' Continues Its Accurate Portrayal of American...
The second season of Transparent, Jill Soloway’s multi-generational dramedy about the triumphs and struggles of the Pfefferman family as they adapt to the reality of having a transgender parent,...
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