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Morgan Spector (center) and Zoe Kazan star in HBO's "The Plot Against America." (Michele K. Short/HBO)
Baltimore writer says he didn’t appreciate Philip Roth’s dystopian novel until the presidential election of 2016.
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Clive Owen excels in the complex role of a man torn between his talent and the need to remember. (Sabrina Lantos/Sony Pictures Classics)
In “The Song of Names,” Clive Owen excels in the role of a Jewish violin virtuoso who renounces his faith in the aftermath of the Holocaust, only to rediscover it when hearing a song of remembrance.
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Actor Zero Mostel (center), who portrayed Tevye in the original musical production of "Fiddler on the Roof," poses backstage with cast members after the play's opening performance at Broadway's Imperial Theatre on Sept. 22, 1964. (File photo)
The universality of the immortal play’s themes touched a nerve with audiences everywhere.
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Julian Edelman, right, wearing a Star of David necklace, with his dad Frank in the Showtime documentary “100%.” Julian said his dad forced him to practice so much as a kid that it became abusive. (Showtime)
For the uninitiated, Edelman is a member of three Super Bowl winning teams and the only Jew ever named the big game’s MVP.
Read MoreCaroline Sturdy Colls, a British professor and forensic archaeologist, explores a lesser known camp in a documentary called “Adolf Island” airing June 23 on the Smithsonian Channel.
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The impish, giggle-prone Dr. Ruth K. Westheimer is America’s best-known sex therapist, and she knows how to use a Sten gun as well. (File photo)
As the film documents, the woman once described in a newspaper article as “the happy munchkin of sex” is still very feisty.
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Alan Moskin in “Liberation Heroes: The Last Eyewitness,” which airs on the Discovery Channel. (Natalie Muni)
“Liberation Heroes: The Last Eyewitness” will air at 9 p.m. May 1 on the Discovery Channel, and PBS will show “The Last Survivors” at 10 p.m. April 30.
Read More“Bella Bella” will open in October as part of the Manhattan Theater Club’s 2019-20 season.
Read More“Euphoria” stars Zendaya and Maude Apatow and is written by Sam Levinson.
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Bram Presser, former leader of the band Yidcore, won an award from the Jewish Book Council for his debut novel. (Courtesy of Presser)
“I didn’t really set out to write a book,” Bram Presser said. “I wanted to find out what happened to my grandfather.”
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Aaron Sorkin speaks at the AFI Fest in Hollywood, Calif., Nov. 16, 2017. (Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images for AFI)
Harper Lee died in 2016 after authorizing a new adaptation but before reading Aaron Sorkin’s draft.
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