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‘The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’
Is Filming an Israel Scene and
Looking for ‘Jewish Types’
Season four of “The Marvelous
Mrs. Maisel” was just as Jewy as the
ones that came before it — with bar
mitzvah scenes, lots of Yiddishisms,
Jewish foods and contemplations
about the existence of God.

The Amazon Prime show about a
Jewish standup comedian played by
Rachel Brosnahan has consistently
been one of the most Jewish shows
on TV despite the controversy about
the fact that its star isn’t a Jew.

In almost every season, protag-
onist Midge Maisel visits a very
Jewish location. In season two, it
was the Catskills and the Jewish
resort area famously known as the
“Borscht Belt,” where the Maisels
and the Weissmans enjoyed some
much-needed R&R. In season three,
Midge visited the Jewish retiree cap-
ital of the world — Miami. Season
four saw Midge ambush her family
while they were visiting the Jewish
Brooklyn neighborhood of Coney
Island. Now that “Maisel” is filming its
fifth and final season, it looks like
the show could be pulling out all
the stops and finally sending Midge
on a visit to Israel. A casting call
circulating for Jewish actors to fill in
as extras in an “agrarian fieldwork
scene” says that the scene takes
place in Israel.

The filming itself, however, will
take place around New York, where
the rest of the show is filmed —
“likely” on Long Island, the casting
call notes.

Where could an agrarian Jewish
field work scene take place in the
1960s? Likely a kibbutz.

Some quick kibbutz history: They
Rachel Brosnahan and Milo Ventimiglia are seen at the film set of ‘The Marvelous
Mrs. Maisel’ TV series on June 10, 2021 in New York City.

are Israeli communal living settle-
ments where everything is shared
— from meals to child-rearing
responsibilities (they famously had
children’s quarters where all families’
kids stayed together until the 1970s)
to labor, property and investments.

The first kibbutz was founded in
1909, and they exist in Israel to this
day, albeit in smaller numbers. As the
“Maisel” callout suggests, they used
to be mostly “agrarian settlements,”
but nowadays, only a minority of kib-
butzniks work in agriculture.

The 1960s was a great time to visit
an Israeli kibbutz. It was a period
of prosperity, and kibbutz members
enjoyed outsized representation in
Israeli parliament, growing modern-
ization and improved standards of
living. — Lior Zaltzman
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