
‘HOT RABBI’ GETS COLD RESPONSE! Show Creator Rejects Adam Brody’s Israel Stance
Erin Foster, a Jewish convert and creator of “Nobody Wants This” with her sister Sara Foster, spoke out in a recent interview, taking the opposite position of the show’s star, who plays the “hot rabbi” Noah Roklov.
In an interview in September, Brody accused Israel of genocide.
The actor, who had never spoken publicly before about the Israel-Gaza conflict, was asked about his “stance on Israel-Gaza” in an interview with GQ.
“Put me down as thinking it’s a genocide,” he said. “Put me down as wanting a free Palestine.”
“It’s awful that it’s taken so much death and misery, but it does feel like it’s reaching a breaking point that it should have a while ago,” he added. “I’m hopeful that another administration can really do some good and correct some of these policies that are helping that situation be as awful as it is.”
Brody’s comments stand in stark contrast with those of the creators of the show he stars in, who have publicly expressed their support for Israel and Jewish communities there.
In an interview with “Not Skinny but Fat,” Erin explained her position, doubling down on her support for the Jewish people while saying that disagreement is OK.
“I think you know our work environment, our set, is very similar to dinner tables around the world where people are having debate and discussion and disagreeing,” she said. “And you know, while I love Adam, I also disagree with him, and that’s okay.”
“I think that as the creator of the show, all I can say is that I want our Jewish fans to know that I see you and I hear you, and I understand how you feel,” she added. “And the show has always been and always will be a love letter to Judaism. That is why I made this show.”
“It’s because of how beautiful of an experience I’ve had becoming Jewish and being a Jewish person, and sitting here right now at this time in the world where there is almost zero positive representation of Jewish people, I think it’s so important to have that, and that is what this show is intended to be, and so I want people to know that,” the producer said. “And that being said, everyone is entitled to a different opinion than me. I can just tell you what I created this show for and what the intention of the show is.”