climactic bar mitzvah. Now what’s a
better metaphor for the Jewish com-
ing-of-age than that?
TV SHOWS
The Staircase (May 5, HBO Max)
I am not normally a true crime per-
son. My wife actually just threw this
limited series on while I happened
to be sitting on the couch. But then a
funny thing happened: I got hooked.

Colin Firth offers up an Emmy-
worthy portrayal of Michael
Peterson, the North Carolina novel-
ist convicted of killing his wife in the
early 2000s. Jewish actor Michael
Stuhlbarg, best known for always
playing Jewish roles, including gang-
ster Arnold Rothstein in “Boardwalk
Empire,” turns in another stellar, and
very Jewish, performance of his
own as Peterson’s defense attorney
David Rudolf.

Did Peterson throw his wife,
Kathleen Peterson, played by Toni
Collette, down “The Staircase”?
That turns out to be a very loaded
question. with Peace of Mind!
Compassionate Care
The Beauty Queen of Jerusalem
(May 20, Netflix)
This Israeli series explores some
very deep themes in Jewish life,
from our relationship with God to our
responsibility to honor our elders to
the presence of fate in our lives. It
also stars Michael Aloni of “Shtisel”
fame. God’s Favorite Idiot (June 15,
Netflix) A regular, insignificant man, played
by Ben Falcone, falls in love, finds
God and then realizes that it’s his
duty to fight Satan and save the
world. I am not sure if this comedy
series is a metaphor for surviving
your 20s. But I am now interested
enough to watch and find out.

A League of Their Own (Amazon
Prime) It is hard to see how a show based
on the classic 1992 movie starring
Tom Hanks and Geena Davis could
possibly measure up. But while the
movie only focused on one season
in the All-American Girls Professional
Baseball League, a show could draw
out the story of the league’s very
real existence from 1943-1954. Either
way, there should still be no crying in
baseball. JE
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