Mexican Jewish teen challenged to cook non-kosher food on TV reality show
The teenager was clearly uncomfortable cooking non-kosher food on national television and she invoked Jewish law when a referee asked why she did not eat pork.
Reality TV
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Jewish plus-size model shocks German viewers with anorexia photos
Polina Kudina, 22, brought her reality TV show's colleagues to tears with photos from her career as a mainstream model, which she maintained by taking slimming pills.
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‘Real Housewives’ drops Jewish socialite whose marriage fell apart during filming
Jules Wainstein of 'The Real Housewives of New York City' was fired from the show after one season, amid a legal fight over alimony from her estranged husband.
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Orthodox beatboxers cut from ‘America’s Got Talent’
After Ilan Swartz-Brownstein and Josh Leviton's second appearance, judge Simon Cowell told the two that they "got worse."
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Getting ‘UnREAL’ with Shiri Appleby: Actress dishes on playing a Jewish, feminist antihero
The Hollywood veteran talks to JTA about her "best-case scenario" role on Lifetime's surprise — and surprisingly feminist — hit.
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‘Skin Wars’ contestant Avi Ram brings Israeli army training to body painting
By Molly TolskyThe 29-year-old told JTA that painting naked bodies on U.S. reality TV is no sweat after being a soldier and struggling artist in Israel. More ▸
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‘Kosher Soul’ plays on stereotypes — amusing some, angering others
A reality show about a black-Jewish couple examines what it describes as a culture clash in, ahem, black and white, without too many intervening shades of gray. More ▸
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Meet the new (Jewish) Bachelorette
By Jana Banin“The Bachelor” came to a disappointing close Monday, with leading man Juan Pablo Galavis not proposing. Luckily, something good did come out of the show’s 18th season: The selection of the next “Bachelorette.” Andi Dorfman, a 26-year-old Jewish Assistant District Attorney from Atlanta, won hearts and headlines when she eliminated herself from the show after having… More ▸
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ABC picks up Israeli singing competition ‘Rising Star’
By Jana BaninIs it just us, or does it seem like Israeli TV is invading Hollywood lately? There’s “Homeland,” “Dig,” the forthcoming show from Yitzhak Rabin’s granddaughter and now, Deadline reports, ABC has bought the format to the popular Israeli talent competition show “Rising Star.” The network has ordered up 10 episodes of an American version of… More ▸
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Watch: Haredi brothers rock ‘Hotel California’ on Israel’s ‘Rising Star’
By Jana BaninMove over Matisyahu (or the previous, bearded incarnation of Matisyahu, anyway). Another haredi musical act has hit the stage, and it’s making major waves in Israel. Arie and Gil Gat, a pair of haredi brothers from Beit Shemesh, have been getting high marks as contestants on the Israeli talent show “Rising Star,” and not just… More ▸
