Tovah Feldshuh Criticizes Co-Star Adam Brody's Comments Calling Gaza Conflict a Genocide

Tovah Feldshuh, who plays Bina Roklov in Netflix's comedy Nobody Wants This, has criticized co-star Adam Brody after he said he believes Israel's military actions in Gaza amount to a genocide and that he wants a free Palestine. Brody, who plays Rabbi Noah Roklov, made the remarks in a GQ interview last month. Speaking this week on Jonathan Harounoff's UNscripted podcast, Feldshuh said accusing Jewish people of genocide is outlandish and borrows from Hitler's playbook, though she did not name Brody directly. She also said the continued existence of the state of Israel is crucial to the democratic world. The show's third season premiered on Netflix on October 22.

Left-leaning coverage from HuffPost leads with the flurry of criticism Brody drew, features Feldshuh's podcast remarks, notes she did not single him out, and includes his GQ comments that the bloodshed has reached a breaking point. Alternative outlet The Hollywood Reporter also centers Brody's remarks and Feldshuh's rebuke, adding his previous statements about his Jewish upbringing and quoting her comments to the New York Post. Deadline, another alternative outlet, does not cover the remarks and instead reports that season three drew 6.2 million views in its first four days, about 28% below season two's 8.6 million. Right-leaning outlets Daily Wire and Washington Times lead with Feldshuh's attack on Brody, and Daily Wire adds her claims that socialism and antisemitism are converging and that the United States needs Israel, points HuffPost leaves out. All sides agree on the core facts of Feldshuh's rebuke and Brody's GQ comments. They differ mainly in emphasis: left coverage stresses the backlash against Brody, while right coverage stresses Feldshuh's broader political claims.