Jews in the News: Josh Gad, Marielle Heller and Daniel Goldman
IDINA MENZEL, 48, returns as star character Elsa, and JOSH GAD, 38, returns as Olaf, a major character. “Neighborhood” is about Fred Rogers, the late beloved children’s program host. Tom…
Jews in the News: Harvey Keitel, Tiffany Haddish and Gordon Sondland
It’s a free summer program for young people. It teaches them how to do stand-up comedy. The camp is a project of Laugh Factory Club founder and owner JAMIE MASADA, 65, an Iran-born Jew. He…
Jews in the News: Bette Midler, Aaron Spelling and Steven Spielberg
The program will cover past events. Surprising historical roots will be uncovered and widely believed myths debunked. PAUL RUDD, 50, stars in the Netflix series “Living With Yourself” (first…
Jews in the News: Patricia Arquette, Amy Sherman-Palladino and Ben Stiller
(2) Michael Tolkin’s father, MEL TOLKIN (1913-2007), was a great, Emmy winning comedy writer who wrote for everybody big in his era (SID CAESAR, DANNY KAYE, JERRY LEWIS, Bob Hope) Best…
Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Jerry Seinfeld and Seth Rogen
Outstanding Informational Special or Series: “Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown”, hosted by the late ANTHONY BOURDAIN; and “Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee”, hosted by JERRY SEINFELD, 65;…
Jews in the News: Gideon Glick, Rachel Chavkin and Adam Guettel
It ran on HBO for three years (2004-06) before being abruptly canceled despite getting great reviews (ratings were so/so and it was a costly program to produce) The recent successful…
Jews in the News: Emmet Cohen, Winona Ryder and Dan Robbins
He often plays a special program at synagogues featuring popular tunes written by Jewish composers. In 2018, he released a track he wrote called “Hatzi Kaddish” (also a Youtube video) The…
Jews in the News: Carl Reiner, Mel Brooks and David H. Steinberg
He didn’t know of any Jewish ancestry until DNA tests done by the program revealed that his paternal grandfather was an unknown Ashkenazi Jew with whom his grandmother apparently had an…
Jews in the News: Josh Radnor, Ben Rappaport and Rachel Morrison
But it has had at least one great thing going for it: Lou Volpe, a recently retired teacher who ran, for 45 years, a nationally acclaimed theater program at Levittown’s only high school. JOSH…
Jews in the News: Anton Yelchin, Jason Alexander and Judd Apatow
Rust plays Gus, an aspiring script writer. Based on looks alone, he shouldn’t be able to charm Mickey, a very attractive radio program manager. It’s unstated, but it seems like Gus puts up…
Jews in the News: Natlie Portman, Camryn Manheim and Amy Schumer
My take away: most conservative Christians and Orthodox Jews will not like this program. It remains to be seen if others will. Schumer Gets Hitched I was surprised when AMY SCHUMER, 36, wed…
Jews in the News: Maya Rudolph, Rashida Jones and David Schwimmer
The program explored both her Jewish roots (going back to Lithuania) and her African American roots. (By the way, the Jan. 26 episode featured the ancestry of NORMAN LEAR, 93, the creator of…
Jews in the News: Bernie Kopell, Ilan Rubin and Barbra Streisand
Adam Bricker, the ship’s doctor, on the hit program “The Love Boat” Lavin and Koppel had recurring roles in early seasons of “Mom”, the hit CBS sit-com. “Mom” begins its 8th season right…
Jews in the News: Amanda Peet, Zach Braff and Arthur Miller
In 2015, conservative journalist BEN SHAPIRO, now 36, chided Tur about her sex-change during a radio program. Tur grabbed Shapiro’s neck and told him to ”stop or he’d go home in an…
Jews in the News: Adam Sandler, Ben Platt and Beanie Feldstein
The film focuses on the well-documented campaign by the FBI (c.1970-75) to destroy Seberg's career because she supported African American organizations, including the Black Panthers. ABC,…
Jews in the News: Jerry Lewis, Andy Samberg and Shia Labeouf
Recently, I thought of Sahl when I saw a documentary on the Nazi V-2 rocket program. The V-2’s, armed with explosives, caused the deaths of thousands of British civilians. Most of the work on…