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Yael Buechler

Yael Buechler

The Jewish Week

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Is ‘Nobody Wants This’ Season 3 kosher to watch after Adam Brody’s genocide comments?

When the final two words of a television pilot are “a shiksa,” delivered with unmistakable disdain by a Jewish mother, you know you’re in for...

22.10.2026 20

The Jewish Week

Yael Buechler

Hanukkah Barbie Is Here — And She Actually Got the Jewish Holiday Right

This essay originally appeared in Kveller. The miracle of Hanukkah came early this year: Hanukkah Barbie is here. Mattel would like us to call her...

09.10.2026 40

The Jewish Week

Yael Buechler

Apple TV’s ‘Your Friends & Neighbors’ just gave us a stunningly authentic Passover episode

Matzah is not something I typically give much thought to in the days following Passover. Yet I cannot stop thinking about a piece of shmura matzah I...

27.04.2026 30

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Yael buechler