Ruth Panofsky on how the TV series ‘Little Bird’ also evokes the suffering of Holocaust survivors
I teach a graduate seminar on Holocaust Literature. I’ve taught the course a number of times in our Master’s program. My students have always come from a wide range of cultural backgrounds. Last winter, one student identified herself as Indigenous. She expressed a deep interest in the Holocaust and admitted that she was drawn to […]
‘Little Bird’ called on Jewish and Indigenous writers and actors to tell the story of a child caught in the Sixties Scoop
A six-episode series that brings together Jewish and Indigenous creatives to tell the story of a First Nations child taken from her home and adopted during the Sixties Scoop will be premiering May 26 on Bell Media’s streaming service, Crave. Christina Fon, executive producer of the Indigenous-owned production company Rezolution Pictures, brought the idea of […]
Reflections on ‘Bubbe’s Boarding House’ and the dearth of quality Hanukkah content for kids
It doesn’t hold up—if it ever worked in the first place.
Season three of Shtisel was worth the wait
By Sara R. Horowitz
Online network provides recipes for people with special food needs
Esther Garfin recognized the limitations of the television food shows and decided to create a platform that provides recipes and health information for people with special food needs.
‘Mrs. Maisel’ is the perfect antidote to everything bad in 2017
Michael Fraiman compares his journey with comedy to character Mrs. Maisel from The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.
One-on-one with a Gotham star
Visiting Toronto as a celebrity guest of Comicon last month, we caught up with David (pronounced Daveed) Mazouz who portrays the young Bruce Wayne.
Vancouver teen wins top prize in reality cooking show
Vancouver student Justine Balin recently walked off with the top prize at Chopped Teen Canada, leaving the reality television show with a $10,000 award for dishes she prepared in the studio kitchen last June.
New Israeli show Fauda is gripping, gritty and sexy
The new Israeli-produced drama, currently streaming on Netflix, boasts a cat of Israelis and Palestinians and shows the chaos of misery inflicted on both sides of the conflict.
Israeli TV show Shtisel gets a theatrical screening
Shtisel, which is being remade for American television, is being screened at Innis Town Hall, U of T
