“And obviously antisemitism is one of them.” In working on the show, “we’re really lucky and fortunate that we not only get to entertain, but we get sort of tackle… subject matters that are in the news, and, unfortunately, are part of our society,” Glass told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency. The episode was co-written by Glass and Ora Yashar, who are two of several Jewish writers on the show’s staff. In dealing with a rabbi (played in the episode by veteran Jewish actor Richard Masur), who tries to react to the horrific events with humor, Harry gets some surprising answers about his family’s past and reconnects, to some degree, with his mother’s faith. Harry later describes himself as “someone who’s got a history of genocide on both sides of my family.” And like a lot of Jewish Americans, he was of the belief, at least until recently, that antisemitism in everyday life was mostly a problem of the past. “But I definitely know where I stand on hate crimes.”
“Growing up with a Jewish mom and Armenian dad, I can’t say I knew where I stood in the community,” Harry says during the episode. This comes to the forefront when the hate crimes, including vandalism and antisemitic threats, start to pile up. But for this episode, co-showrunner Adam Glass decided to add to Harry’s backstory, giving the character a Jewish mother as well as a complicated relationship with that side of his faith. The Harry character has long been established as being of Armenian-American heritage.
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(The series, which is set in New York and stars Queen Latifah, is a reboot of the show from the 1980s, which also spawned a series of films starring Denzel Washington.) These incidents hit close to home for Harry Keshegian, Goldberg’s character, a computer expert and Brooklyn native who is part of the show’s team of vigilante justice-seekers.
On Sunday night, “The Equalizer” will air an episode called “Never Again,” in which a wave of hate crimes strikes Midwood, a heavily Jewish neighborhood in Brooklyn. Big on “ Sex and The City,” and he recently reprised the role, only to be killed by a Peloton-inflicted cardiac arrest, in its sequel “ And Just Like That.” Noth also appeared in a commercial for the exercise equipment company, produced by Ryan Reynolds and his Maximum Effort marketing company.( JTA ) - Throughout his career, actor Adam Goldberg has been associated with iconic Jewish roles, from the hero in the kitschy 2003 action comedy “The Hebrew Hammer” to a Jewish soldier in Steven Spielberg’s Oscar winner “Saving Private Ryan.”īut for his latest role, on CBS crime procedural “The Equalizer,” Goldberg didn’t know his character had Jewish ancestry until recently, even though the show is in its third season. Noth played William Bishop in CBS’ reboot of “The Equalizer,” starring Queen Latifah that premiered in February 2021. I don’t know for certain why they are surfacing now, but I do know this: I did not assault these women.” It’s difficult not to question the timing of these stories coming out. “These stories could’ve been from 30 years ago or 30 days ago - no always means no - that is a line I did not cross. “The accusations against me made by individuals I met years, even decades, ago are categorically false,” he said. Noth denied the allegations in a statement to THR, calling them “categorically false” and claiming the encounters were consensual.
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