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Shalom, Larry David!
By Jeffrey Salkin — April 8, 2024
(RNS) — 'Curb Your Enthusiasm' was perhaps the most Jewish series on television. Here is why.
Ramy Youssef constantly asks if jokes are harmful or helpful. He keeps telling them anyway
By Krysta Fauria — March 21, 2024
LOS ANGELES (AP) — In keeping with much of his previous work, “Ramy Youssef: More Feelings” doesn’t shy away from fraught topics, including religion, the upcoming presidential election and the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas.
HBO’s ‘Unveiled: Surviving La Luz Del Mundo’ centers victims in ‘cult’ sex abuse scandal
By Alejandra Molina — December 6, 2022
(RNS) — The new three-part series delves into the history and growth of La Luz del Mundo and focuses on the former members coping with the trauma of the church.
Pastor who appeared in drag on HBO’s ‘We’re Here’ forced to leave his church
By Emily McFarlan Miller — December 6, 2021
(RNS) — Pastor Craig Duke was relieved from his pastoral duties last week at Newburgh United Methodist Church near Evansville, Indiana, after receiving pushback from congregants over his appearance on the show.
Larry David curbs his enthusiasm for Judaism
By Jeffrey Salkin — November 17, 2021
(RNS) — I wouldn't call the ADL on him. Not yet, anyway.
Meet the United Methodist pastor featured on HBO’s drag reality show ‘We’re Here’
By Emily McFarlan Miller — November 9, 2021
(RNS) — Performing in drag was an ‘incredibly wonderful, refreshing, deepening, powerful spiritual experience,’ said Pastor Craig Duke of Newburgh United Methodist Church in Indiana.
‘Dune’ novels draw on Islamic motifs and have in turn inspired Muslim artists
By Joseph Hammond — October 18, 2021
(RNS) — The original series of 'Dune' novels is heavily influenced by ecology and sociology — as well as imagery from the Islamic world and the Middle East.
I know the rabbi in “The Plot Against America”
By Jeffrey Salkin — April 21, 2020
"The Plot Against America" is a wake up call. Even and especially for rabbis.
HBO’s ‘McMillions’ offers a surprising tale of true crime and redemption
By Bob Smietana — March 31, 2020
(RNS) — ‘McMillions,’ the hit HBO documentary series, offers true crime with a soul.
Bibi is wrong about HBO’s ‘Our Boys’
By Jeffrey Salkin — September 5, 2019
Bibi got it wrong. "Our Boys" shows Israel in all its rich complexity.
Why the ‘Game of Thrones’ ending was more Henri Nouwen than George R.R. Martin
By Cathleen Falsani — May 20, 2019
(RNS) — In the end, the one who ascends the throne of Westeros is neither the mightiest nor the most victorious. Instead he is a broken boy — a merciful, wounded healer who comes to reign with the help of a wise fool and the unquantifiable, mysterious power of the spiritual realm.
Why I already miss Bob Einstein
By Jeffrey Salkin — January 3, 2019
May Marty Funkhouser rest in peace.
Bigger mysteries, fewer answers in ‘The Leftovers’ finale
By Kimberly Winston — June 4, 2017
(RNS) Was the "Sudden Departure" an act of God? Is there a God? If there is, why does he let bad things happen to people in the series? These, and other theological "big ones," formed the heart of the HBO series, but went unresolved.
HBO’s ‘Westworld’: Robot sex and the nature of the soul
By Kimberly Winston — December 2, 2016
(RNS) The show, which concludes Sunday (Dec. 4), raises theological questions about what it means to be human and what it costs us to sacrifice our humanity for momentary pleasure.
SNEAK PEEK: The ‘Young Pope’ trailer
By David Gibson — June 15, 2016
(RNS) A first look at Jude Law playing Lenny Belardo, the first American to be elected pope -- and surely the hottest, and most dangerous. Will this drama work in the Pope Francis era?
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