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The Chabad Rabbi Next Door Is Being Super Pushy & I Don't Know What to Do

1 week ago | heyalma.com | Vanessa Friedman

Hello and welcome back to Hey Alma’s advice column on all things Jewish life. Read on for advice from our resident deputy editor/bossy Capricorn Jew, and submit your own dilemmas anonymously here. Hey, Hey Alma,I live in a New York apartment building with a Chabad right next door. I find that the Chabad rabbi, though generally nice, can be very pushy. I try to be a good, respectful neighbor. If I’m passing by and I’m not in a rush, I will do a tefillin wrap for him.
Robby Hoffman Shines This Season on 'Hacks' — So Why Didn't The Show Use Her More? - Hey Alma

1 week ago | heyalma.com | Evelyn Frick

Editorial note: Spoilers ahead for season four of “Hacks.”Last night, HBO Max aired the season four finale of “Hacks,” and the show has never been in better form.
Is Dina in ‘The Last of Us’ the Show Jewish?

1 week ago | heyalma.com | Evelyn Frick

Editorial note: Light spoilers ahead for HBO Max’s “The Last of Us.” In “The Last of Us Part II,” the sequel to post-apocalyptic video game “The Last of Us,” gamers find themselves in an unusual setting for a video game: a synagogue. It’s early in the game and protagonist Ellie and her girlfriend Dina are looking for gasoline when they come across the abandoned shul. It’s here that Dina reveals her Sephardic Jewish identity.
Jewish Comedian Andy Kaufman Lives on Through Nathan Fielder's Work

1 week ago | heyalma.com | Evelyn Frick

Editorial note: Light spoilers ahead for “The Rehearsal” season two. Multiple times as I watched season two of “The Rehearsal,” mouth agape, the same thought came to my mind: “There has never been anything like this on television in my lifetime.” I thought it when Canadian Jewish comedian Nathan Fielder implied that Paramount+ is run by Nazis. I thought it again when Nathan breastfed from a giant puppet.
King Princess Reveals that Christine Baranski Called Her the 'Lesbian Larry David'

1 week ago | heyalma.com | Evelyn Frick

The infinite monkey theorem states that with no set time limit, a monkey typing on a typewriter will eventually type out William Shakespeare’s “Hamlet.” It’s an idea which essentially states that anything is probable within the right set of circumstances. But if you’re looking for a more unique way of conveying the idea that anything is possible, I have a suggestion.
18 Things to Know About Jewish Comedian Spike Einbinder

2 weeks ago | heyalma.com | Evelyn Frick

Talent must be genetic in Jewish comedian Laraine Newman’s family.
In 'The Studio,' the Jews Aren't Running Hollywood. They're Putzing Around It.

2 weeks ago | heyalma.com | Evelyn Frick

Editorial note: Spoilers ahead for “The Studio.”Early on in “The Studio,” co-creators Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg make it clear that yes, of course their absurdist send-up of Hollywood has to include Jews. In the first half of the show’s first episode, newly minted Continental Studios head Matt Remick (Rogen) and his colleague Sal Saperstein (Ike Barinholtz) meet with agent Mitch Weitz (David Krumholtz) about getting a Kool-Aid movie made.
Zoë Kravitz Calls Herself a 'Black Jewish Queen' in 'The Studio' Finale

2 weeks ago | heyalma.com | Evelyn Frick

Editorial note: Light spoilers ahead for “The Studio.”In the latest episode of “The Studio,” something beautiful happens. And no, it doesn’t have anything to do with the Kool Aid movie. In the Apple TV+ show’s season finale, Zoë Kravitz calls herself a “Black Jewish queen.”Here’s what happens. Last week’s episode of “The Studio,” the Hollywood send-up from Jewish summer camp buddies Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, ended on a huge cliffhanger.
Yes, Ahamed Weinberg From ‘Hacks’ Is a Real Muslim-Jewish Comedian

2 weeks ago | heyalma.com | Evelyn Frick

“My name’s Ahamed Weinberg, that’s my real name,” a stand-up comedian jokes in a recent episode of “Hacks.” “My dad’s a Jew who converted to Islam. He’s the only one to do that.” Deborah Vance (Jean Smart) cackles from the audience, before Weinberg adds, “The answering machine in my house growing up was: ‘As-salamu alaykum, you’ve reached the Weinbergs.’ That’s true.
All the Jewish Guest Stars on ‘Poker Face’ Season Two

3 weeks ago | heyalma.com | Evelyn Frick

Charlie Cale rides again!Season two of “Poker Face” dropped last week and Jewish actress Natasha Lyonne is back as human lie detector and amateur detective Charlie Cale. Each episode features the wise-cracking Cale stumbling into a murder case while on the run from her mobbed-up employers. If that sounds like it has plenty of opportunity to get boring fast, you’re right. And yet, “Poker Face” finds a way to be fresh and sharp each week.