What to Watch Next: A (Jewish) Irish Rebel
Even as pandemic lockdowns are eased in some respects and locales, we’re likely to need home screen and streaming content for at least a while longer, especially those of us in compromised categories.
In recent months I’ve reviewed streaming series with central or prominent supporting Jewish characters in shows such as A Place to Call Home, set in post-WWII Australia, and The Restaurant, set during the same period in Sweden.
In our streaming tour of the far corners of the diaspora, the next stop is WWI-era Ireland.
Four years ago, RTE, the Irish government broadcasting company, together with Netflix, produced a big-budget, two-season series to mark the 59th anniversary of the Easter 1916 Rising. It was produced with great attention to historical detail and with a large cast.
The armed upheaval set in motion the successful drive for an...
