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  • Offensively Funny

    By Naomi Pfefferman

    Profile of comedian Sarah Silverman.

    Date: 06-18-2007
  • Manilow Bares His Jewish Soul

    By Marvin Glassman

    Profile of Barry Manilow, who came from an interfaith family and is currently composing a musical play about the pre-Holocaust German performers, the Comedian Harmonists, called "Harmony."

    Date: 02-20-2007
  • Country Music Singer and Actress Mare Winningham's Journey to Judaism

    By Naomi Pfefferman

    A profile of the singer/ actress Mare Winningham on her experience with converted Judaism and her high observance.

    Date: 06-11-2007
  • Boycott The Passion of the Christ

    By Rabbi Shmuley Boteach

    Reprinted news and opinion article by a rabbi describing the anti-Semitic, ahistorical content of Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ, and advocating a boycott of the film.

    Date: 07-31-2006
  • Shmoozin' with . . . Lauren Storm

    By Gerri Miller

    Interview with Lauren Storm, of the show Flight 29 Down, where she talks about getting beat up at Catholic school for having a Jewish mother.

    Date: 10-24-2006
  • Max Baer, the Jewish Fighter in Cinderella Man

    By Tom Tugend

    A profile on what the real Max Baer was like--which differs from how the person is depicted in the new film Cinderella Man.

    Date: 06-18-2007
  • Interfaith Celebrities: Back to Beverly Hills

    By Nate Bloom

    Many actors from interfaith families appear in the new television line-up, including Ron Perlman, Jessica Walter, Maggie Siff and Dave Franco. Lindsay Lohan is the subject of gossip for her relationship with Anglo-Jewish DJ Samantha Ronson.

    Date: 09-03-2008
  • Kyra's Caring Characters: A Conversation with Kyra Sedgwick

    By Michael Elkin

    Interview with Kyra Sedgwick, a Jewish actress and star of Phenomenon and now The Woodsman, and wife of Kevin Bacon. Article focuses on her Jewish roles, including two Holocaust-themed films.

    Date: 02-20-2007
  • A Conversation with Jason Biggs

    By Naomi Pfefferman

    A profile on Italian Catholic actor Jason Biggs, who keeps getting cast as a Jew because of his "nice Jewish boy" looks.

    Date: 06-18-2007
  • Jefferson Airplane Guitarist Searches for His Jewish Soul

    By Jacob Berkman

    Profile of Jorma Kaukonen, guitarist for Jefferson Airplane, who rediscovered Judaism through his wife, who converted.

    Date: 02-23-2007

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