Tag: Netflix
Netflix short film, ‘Camp Confidential: America’s Secret Nazis,’ leaves viewers cringing
It was basically the complete opposite of what they expected.
A group of German Jews who fled Hitler and Nazi Germany, and who signed up to be American soldiers, wanted to exact revenge. Instead, they...
Report: 89 percent of Netflix ‘Palestinian Stories’ directed by BDS backers
Nearly 90 percent of the Palestinian films in a collection launched last week by Netflix are directed by BDS supporters, Israeli NGO Im Tirtzu reported on Monday.
The collection, titled “Palestinian Stories,” is made of up...
Netflix defends Dave Chappelle’s comedy special featuring ‘Space Jews’ joke
Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos said the streaming service will not remove Dave Chappelle’s new comedy special “The Closer,” which has faced a backlash for featuring controversial comments, including an anti-Semitic joke.
After “The Closer” premiered...
Cancel culture is no laughing matter
Comedian Dave Chappelle’s latest Netflix special, “The Closer,” is making the rounds but not for its hilarity. No, its high ratings can be attributed to the venom that it has elicited from the mainstream...
Netflix gains entire catalogue of works by ‘certainly anti-Israeli’ Roald Dahl
Netflix has acquired the Roald Dahl Story Company (RDSC), giving it rights to all the works by the late British children’s author, who was openly anti-Israel and had a history of making anti-Semitic remarks.
Dahl’s...
Hollywood’s war on Judaism
A doctor walks up to a Chassidic Jewish teen lying in a hospital bed and tells him he needs a bone graft to save his leg. The teen and his father both worry that...
‘Fauda’ becomes first Israel TV show to be dubbed in Farsi
Critically acclaimed Israeli TV series Fauda is about to mark another historical achievement by being dubbed into Farsi.
The Farsi version of the show is slated to air on Manoto TV, an international Persian-language channel based in...
CBS to create American remake of hit Israeli series ‘Shtisel’
CBS Studios announced on Tuesday that it is developing an American adaptation of the popular Netflix-distributed Israeli drama “Shtisel.”
The American remake will be written by “Insatiable” creator and “Dexter” writer Lauren Gussis, and directed by...
Netflix to premiere new docuseries about former ‘haredi’ fashion mogul
Netflix announced on Wednesday the premiere of a new documentary series about fashion entrepreneur Julia Haart, a former member of the ultra-Orthodox haredi community.
“My Unorthodox Life” will focus on the personal and professional life of Haart,...
Sophia Loren plays elderly Holocaust survivor in ‘The Life Ahead’
Sofia Villani Scicolone first appeared into the movie called Quo Vadis in 1951 when she was only 15 years old. She was renamed “Sophia Loren” by her husband Carlo Ponti who also directed the film. Loren...