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(JTA) — When Mel Brooks was filming “The Producers,” he recalled an executive approaching him and saying, “The curly-haired guy—he’s funny looking. Fire him.”

(JTA) — When Mel Brooks was filming “The Producers,” he recalled an executive approaching him and saying, “The curly-haired guy—he’s funny looking. Fire him.”

(JTA) - When I spoke with novelist Elizabeth Graver in August about her novel "Kantika" - inspired by her own Turkish Jewish family - I asked her how

The flawed and the complex; the historic and the particular. These are the qualities that I look for in a good book. Below are some of the Jewish books I read and enjoyed in 2023.

(JTA) — When I spoke with novelist Elizabeth Graver in August about her novel “Kantika” — inspired by her own Turkish Jewish family — I asked her how she managed

A religion scholar writes about the war North American Jewish comedy has evolved since World War II, with a focus on how humorists treat Judaism as a religion.

>> ladies and gentlemen, the president and mrs. obama. ♪ [applause] >> thank you very much, everyone. hello, everybody. it is wonderful to have all of you here. i want to make mention of some folks in particular that have helped us to celebrate the arts and humanities for many years. first of all, are democratic leader in the house of religions, nancy pelosi, a great champion of the arts is here. [applause] the chairman of the national endowment for the arts is here. the chairman of ...

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