Shows like 'The Plot Against America,' 'Unorthodox' and 'Hunters' have brought an exhilarating and enriching specificity to traditionally generic small-screen Jewish storytelling
On the rare occasions they're featured on TV at all, Jewish weddings can be shorthanded down to two elements: The breaking of a glass and somebody shouting, "Mazel tov!" Maybe, if the storytellers are feeling adventurous, the bride and groom might be hoisted in a chair.
This is a column about a particularly fruitful season in distinctively Jewish TV, a surprising anomaly for an industry with no shortage of Jewish talent — but it's really an argument for the artistic advantages of specificity. Casual religious observance on TV is still the near-exclusive domain of nondenominational Christianity . The Simpsons go to church every week. Young Sheldon goes to church every week. Last December saw multiple Christmas-themed limited series comedies and each featured midnight mass.The Godfather,
There's a friction in all of these shows, stemming from Jewish insecurity at being viewed as "other," that matches a modern moment in which white nationalism and anti-Semitic attacks are again in headlines. Diversity of representation, it needs to be emphasized, prevents stereotyping and helps us understand those people we might otherwise denigrate as "other." It's not just about good art, people. It's about good humanism.
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