Inside the Global Rise of Jewish and Israeli TV

Considering that Jews are only a population of 15 million worldwide, we seem to get a lot of time on the big screens.

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Seinfeld. Fauda. Unorthodox. Shtisel. The Beauty Queen of Jerusalem. Tehran.

Considering that Jews are only a population of 15 million worldwide, we seem to get a lot of time on the big screens.

And Israel, in a relatively short period of time, has gone from just a single public TV station across the entire country, to one of the world’s best producers of long-form entertainment.

Here’s an inside look at the rise of Jewish and Israel TV across the world: