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It’s great that we now have a teen sitcom about a Pakistani Muslim exchange student who changes the lives of his host family in small-town Wisconsin. Now all we need to finish the job of promoting understanding about the Muslim experience in America, is to have sitcoms featuring Palestinian, Lebanese, Syrian, Iranian, Egyptian, Senegalese, Indian,…

With dazzling colors, quixotic characters and whimsical storylines, death and resurrection – not to mention pie– have never been treated with such Wonka-esque style as they are in ABC’s new dramedy “Pushing Daisies.” Unlike other new series that play around with the rules of living and dying (“New Amsterdam,” “Moonlight”), this series delivers on its…

You might not know it to look at her, but the ultimate blonde beauty, Barbie, is Jewish. And despite the “blonde jokes” that might plague her, Barbie’s actually got a lot to teach us about Jewish history and identity. This is the premise of the critically-acclaimed film “The Tribe,” which gives viewers a crash course…

“Aliens in America” debuted last night on the CW. It’s a sitcom about a Midwestern family that takes in an exchange student hoping for a cool, popular (European) boy to elevate the social standing of their geeky son. Instead, Raja shows up, a charming Pakistani boy with skullcap and robe-like clothes. The family is horrified–they…
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