Culture 4 min read By Morgan Griffin
Tovah Feldshuh Rejects Adam Brody’s Palestine Comments as Antisemitic
Nobody Wants This actor Tovah Feldshuh criticized co-star Adam Brody’s call for a free Palestine, saying accusations of genocide against Jewish people echo Nazi propaganda.
Tovah Feldshuh, the actor who plays Adam Brody’s mother, Bina, on Netflix’s Nobody Wants This, has responded to Brody’s public support for Palestine, calling accusations of genocide against the Jewish people « right out of Hitler’s playbook ». Feldshuh, who plays Rabbi Noah Roklov on the show, shared her view in an interview with The New York Post after Brody called for a « Free Palestine » during a GQ interview last month.
In that GQ conversation, Brody explained that he had not spoken publicly about the Israel-Gaza conflict before, but said the issue comes up « a lot » for him. His remarks drew attention because of his role as the son of a rabbi’s family in a series centered on Jewish life and faith, and Feldshuh’s reaction brought the matter into the open between two cast members of the same show.
Feldshuh said that « to accuse the Jewish people of genocide is wild. » She added that such an accusation is « right out of Hitler’s playbook, » a comparison she made directly in the interview. She also argued that in discussions of the conflict, the roles can be reversed, saying that « you take the victim and make the victim the perpetrator. » Those comments framed her objection less around the political question of Gaza itself than around how Jewish people are portrayed when accused of mass violence.
Brody’s remarks sit within a broader debate in entertainment about artists using their platforms on the conflict. The same week, the Baltimore hardcore band Turnstile staged a free benefit concert at the Washington Monument in Washington, D.C., drawing an estimated 60,000 fans on Saturday, October 24. Proceeds were directed to Human Concern International for humanitarian efforts in Palestine, Sudan and Lebanon, and organizers said the charity had already met its initial $100,000 target before the show began. Reports later put the total raised above $200,000.
During the 75-minute set, frontman Brendan Yates told the crowd that the band was there to « celebrate humanity » and « fight for it, » and the group chanted « Free Palestine! Free Sudan! Free Lebanon! » Yates had told The Washington Post that the show’s location at the nation’s capital made it meaningful for the band, which he described as a home base. The gig marked the final date of Turnstile’s North American tour, which began in June in support of their 2025 album Never Enough, and they have since released a reworking of that record titled Never Enough: Versions.
Earlier, at the 2026 BRIT Awards, the band had told NME that artists can « serve as a mirror to reflect what’s happening in the world, » citing dehumanization and a need for empathy in the United States. The Turnstile benefit also followed the example of earlier free shows in the capital, including performances by the punk band Fugazi in the 1990s. Brody and Feldshuh’s public exchange, by contrast, unfolded over interviews rather than a benefit event, and it has placed the Netflix comedy’s cast at the center of a debate over how the Israel-Gaza conflict is discussed in popular culture.
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