These are the best Jew-ish shows to binge on Netflix this year - The Jewish Chronicle

The JC has been given an exclusive look at Netflix’s upcoming series set for release in 2025, and we’ve rounded up the most compelling new shows which feature Jewish creatives either behind the camera or in front of it.

Meg Stalter as Jessica in Too Much. (Photo: Netflix)Ana Blumenkron/Netflix

Too Much

Jewish multihyphenate Lena Dunham, creator and star of the beloved HBO series Girls, has turned her personal move to London into fodder for this exciting new series. Part comedy, part drama, the premise revolves around recently single New Yorker Jessica (Megan Stalter) who decides to take a job in London where she will (supposedly) live a life of solitude like a Bronte sister as she comes to grips with her heart-wrenching breakup. But when she meets the walking red flag Felix (Will Sharpe), she finds that their unusual connection is impossible to ignore, and that perhaps not all British men are quite as romantic as Mr. Darcy. As an American who’s moved to London myself, I often ask myself the same question as this show’s protagonist: do Americans and Brits actually speak the same language?

Out in 2025

(L to R) Max Greenfield as Lev Levinson and Kate Hudson as Isla Gordon in Running Point. (Photo: Kat Marcinowski/Netflix)Kat Marcinowski/Netflix 2024

Running Point

This new series, executive produced by Jewish comedian Ike Barinholtz and producer Howard Klein and co-written by hitmaker Mindy Kaling, sees ambitious main character Isla Gordon (Kate Hudson) take over as president of her family’s basketball franchise the Los Angeles Waves when her brother is forced to resign over a scandal. The 10-episode series, which also stars Jewish actor Max Greenfield, puts a bold, sporty twist on the underdog comedy.

Out on 27 February

Adam Brody as Noah in Nobody Wants This. (Photo: Stefania Rosini/Netflix)STEFANIA ROSINI/NETFLIX

Nobody Wants This - Season Two

If you thought you’d seen the back of the hot rabbi, think again, because season two of this hit Jewish comedy is well on its way. Created by Jewish convert Erin Foster, who loosely based the show on her own relationship with a husband Simon Tikhman, this new season will elaborate on the unlikely relationship between a blonde – and extremely gentile - sex podcaster and an unconventional rabbi with a meshugena family, this time delving deeper into each of the characters.

Out in 2025

Long Story Short. (Photo: Netflix)COURTESY OF NETFLIX

Long Story Short

Fans of Bojack Horseman, rejoice! The beloved series’ (very Jewish) writer and showrunner Raphael Bob-Waksberg has reunited with animator Lisa Hanawalt (also Jewish) for a new animated comedy about the inside jokes, sibling rivalries, old wounds and shared history of a single family over time. If it’s anything like Bojack Horseman, it will be full of heart, alliteration and Jewish humour, proving animated shows can pack just as hard a punch as live action.

Out in autumn 2025

Jewish actor Lizzy Caplan as Alexandra Mullen in Zero Day. (Photo: Jojo Whilden/Netflix)Jojo Whilden/Netflix

Zero Day

This highly anticipated political conspiracy thriller sees Robert De Niro as former US President Geroge Mullen, who’s come out of retirement to help find the source of a dangerous cyberattack. The series is driven by a stellar team of Jewish creatives, from creators Eric Newman and Noah Oppenheim to executive producer Jonathan Glickman and producer Michael Schmidt. Also starring in the show is Jewish actor Lizzy Caplan, who played Libby Epstein in FX on Hulu's Fleishman Is in Trouble.

The series asks the question on everyone’s mind lately: how do we find truth in an era rife with conspiracy theory and subterfuge?

Out on 20 February

Jodie Whittaker in Toxic Town. (Photo: Netflix)Ben Blackall/Netflix

Toxic Town

Jewish director and executive producer Minkie Spiro, who worked on the popular ITV series Downton Abbey, is the woman behind this new drama miniseries based on one of the UK’s biggest environmental scandals. Toxic Town tells the story of three mothers at the heart of the Corby poisonings, which led to significant birth defects linked to water pollution. The four-part series traces the years of the women's David and Goliath battle for justice.

Out on 27 February

Death by Lightning

David Benioff and DB Weiss, the dynamic Jewish duo behind Game of Thrones, are collaborating yet again as executive producers on this new historical drama miniseries. Death by Lightning brings to life the epic and bizarre true story of James Garfield, reluctant 20th president of the United States, and his greatest admirer Charles Guiteau, the man who would eventually assassinate him.

Out in 2025.

(L to R) William Zabka as Johnny Lawrence and Ralph Macchio as Daniel LaRusso in Cobra Kai. (Photo: Curtis Bonds Baker/Netflix)Curtis Bonds Baker/Netflix

Cobra Kai – Season Six, Part Three

This latest installment of the Karate Kid spinoff, which picks up decades after the 1984 All Valley Karate Tournament, follows part two’s shocking result in the Sekai Taikai. Produced by Jewish creatives Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg, the final episodes will see Miyagi-Do and Cobra Kai reckoning with their pasts while facing an uncertain future both on and off the mat.

Out on 13 February

The Beast in Me

Jewish showrunner and executive producer Howard Gordon collaborates with Homeland actor Claire Danes on this drama series about acclaimed author Aggie Wiggs (Danes) who has become a ghost of her former self since the tragic death of her son. But she finds an unlikely subject for her new book when the house next door is bought by formidable real estate mogul Nile Jarvis (Matthew Rhys), who was once the prime suspect in his wife’s disappearance. Both repulsed and intrigued by Jarvis, Aggie finds herself compulsively hunting for the truth in a deadly game of cat and mouse.

Out in 2025

Also coming out this year is the much-anticipated final series of Stranger Things, starring Jewish actor Noah Schnapp; the second season of Wednesday; and the third and final season of Squid Game is due for release on 27 June. The last two aren’t very Jewish, but we’ll be watching them anyway.

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