Tovah Feldshuh rebukes Adam Brody’s description of Israel’s actions as genocide
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Tovah Feldshuh has criticised Adam Brody’s description of Israel’s actions as genocide, saying it turns Jewish victims into perpetrators. Her comments add to a public disagreement among people connected to Netflix’s *Nobody Wants This* over Brody’s support for a free Palestine and criticism of Israeli military policy.
Brody said he considers the situation a genocide and wants a free Palestine, citing the death and misery and calling for policy changes. Series creator Erin Foster said she disagrees with him but accepts differing opinions; she said the show was made as a “love letter to Judaism” and aims to help Jewish viewers feel seen and heard.
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In short
- Tovah Feldshuh disputes Brody’s use of the term genocide.
- Brody has called for a free Palestine and criticised Israeli policy.
- Erin Foster says she disagrees with Brody but respects differing views.
How this story developed
- 29 minutes ago Feldshuh, who plays Bina in the series, argued that the genocide accusation wrongly turns Jewish victims into perpetrators; Foster also said she wanted Jewish viewers to feel seen amid what she sees as a lack of positive representation.
- 34 minutes ago Tovah Feldshuh criticised Adam Brody for calling Israel’s actions genocide and advocating a free Palestine, while *Nobody Wants This* creator Erin Foster said she disagreed with him but accepted differing views and described the series as a love letter to Judaism.
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The case for
Those who support Brody’s description argue that the scale of Palestinian death and suffering, alongside Israel’s military campaign and its effects on civilian life, warrants the term genocide and urgent policy change. They see calling for a free Palestine as a demand for Palestinian rights and self-determination, not hostility towards Jews, and argue that Jewish identity does not preclude criticism of Israeli government actions.
The case against
Those who share Feldshuh’s objection argue that describing Israel’s actions as genocide is an exceptionally grave charge that can wrongly cast Jews, including a people shaped by historic persecution and genocide, as perpetrators. They may contend that the term is contested or inaccurate and that forceful criticism of Israeli policy should use language that does not conflate Israel or its military with Jews as a whole.
Explained simply
Israel’s war in Gaza followed the Hamas-led attacks on Israel on 7 October 2023, in which about 1,200 people were killed and hostages were taken. Israel’s military campaign in Gaza has caused extensive destruction and many Palestinian deaths and has drawn international scrutiny.
“Genocide” has a specific meaning in international law: acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnic, racial or religious group. Whether that definition applies to Israel’s actions is disputed and is the subject of legal proceedings and public debate.
The disagreement involves people connected to the Netflix series Nobody Wants This, which centres on relationships and Jewish identity. Its creator, Erin Foster, has described it as a “love letter to Judaism”, while the debate reflects wider arguments about how criticism of Israeli policy relates to Jewish identity and the history of antisemitism.
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Originally published by Deadline as “Adam Brody’s ‘Nobody Wants This’ Mother Shares Thoughts On Pro-Palestine Comments: “You Take The Victim & Make The Victim The Perpetrator””.