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Author of unique book featuring Jewish recipes and Stars of David Interested in Your

food lore to speak at People of the Book event By Nate Bloom, Contributing Columnist Family’s History?

Editor’s note: Persons in BOLD CAPS are deemed by Nate Bloom to be Jewish
for the purpose of the column. Persons identified as Jewish have at least one Jew-
ish parent and were not raised in a faith other than Judaism – and don’t identify
ments of matzo are manifold. One of with a faith other than Judaism as an adult. Converts to Judaism, of course, are Nate Bloom (see column at left) has become a family history expert in 10
these is the Sephardic Mina de Matzo. also identified as Jewish. years of doing his celebrity column, and he has expert friends who can help
And you don’t want to miss trying Mu- when called on. Most family history experts charge $1,000 or more to do a
fleta, Persian rice and Ptcha – foods Local Guy in Good Flick; New Doc; en angels and other strange beasts. full family-tree search. However, Bloom knows that most people want to start
with various origins across the Jewish New Series; and Fun JONATHAN TUCKER, 38, who has with a limited search of one family line.
world. Tsimmes, of course, is univer- Chemical Hearts is an original Amazon many film and TV credits, co-stars in
sally familiar. film that’s now streaming. AUSTIN the first episode. The seventh episode So here’s the deal:
Well, the person who put all this ABRAMS, 23, co-stars as Henry, a co-stars MICHAEL HSU ROSEN,
together, New Yorker Alana New- sensitive young man who meets Grace 30ish. He is just breaking into TV/film Write Bloom at nteibloom@aol.com and enclose a phone number.
house, is the editor-in-chief of Tablet, (Lili Reinhart) when they are select- work following years as a ballet danc- Nate will then contact you about starting a limited search. If that
a daily online magazine with a huge ed to co-edit their high school paper. er and stage actor. His father is Jewish.
following. Founded in 2009, it features Grace is smart, beautiful and, for quite His mother is Chinese. goes well, additional and more extensive searches are possible.
Jewish news, ideas and culture. A grad- a while, hard to figure out. I won’t spoil The original Showtime series The The first search fee is no more than $100. No upfront cost. Also,
uate of Barnard College and Colum- it for you by saying more. But this film Good Lord Bird was set to premiere
bia’s Graduate School of Journalism, is much smarter than almost all teen months ago. The premiere was moved several of this newspaper’s readers have asked Bloom to locate
Newhouse has contributed to The New dramas. It’s for everybody. It got good to Sunday, October 4. As I wrote be- friends and family members from their past, and that’s worked out
York Times, The Washington Post, The reviews from most, if not all, respected fore, a lead character is the famous great for them. So contact him about this as well.
Boston Globe and Slate. critics. abolitionist Frederick Douglass, who
At the People of the Book virtu- Abrams, a very cute guy, grew up escaped from slavery. DAVEED
al event on Wednesday, October 28 in Sarasota, the child of two doctors. DIGGS, 38 (Hamilton) plays Doug- ment anecdote to make you smile in Heston, he said, was dressed up as the
at 7:00 p.m., Newhouse said she will He’s had recurring roles on The Walk- lass. these difficult times. On YouTube, elderly Moses when he met Bob Hope
“give people a behind-the-scenes look ing Dead and Euphoria. Veteran actor Cobra Kai, a sort of re-boot of The I recently came across a 1970 Dick on a studio street. Heston told Hope
at some of the most heated and most BRUCE ALTMAN, 65, a practicing Karate Kid movies, got little attention Cavett interview with star actor Wil- that it took hours to put on and take off
fun controversies that came up in cre- Jew, has a smallish role as Henry’s fa- when the first two seasons streamed liam Holden. Cavett asked him about his heavy makeup, which included a
ating our list. It should be a lot of fun.” ther. He makes the most of his screen only on the little-watched YouTube on-set difficulties. Holden said that full white beard. Plus, he said, he was
To register, and for information time. You’ll probably recognize him Red channel. However, it got huge getting into makeup and costume can dying from the heat in his heavy robe
on all 25 events in the 2020-21 People from scores of TV guest shots. viewing numbers when Netflix started take hours. He then told a story about and he was drenched in sweat. Hope
of the Book series, go to jfedsrq.org/ MITZI SHORE (1930-2018) streaming the first two seasons on Au- Charlton Heston, who played Moses replied, “Well, as I have always said,
books. Complete information can also co-founded The Comedy Store, a Los gust 28. (A third season, already filmed, in The Ten Commandments (1956). it’s hard to be a Jew.”
be found in the special People of the Angeles nightclub, in 1968. She had a will appear “sometime” on Netflix.)
Book insert in this issue of The Jewish truly great eye for young talent and is The original film was about the con-

News. credited with giving many great come- flict between sweet teen Daniel (Ralph Helping you not just bounce back,
Philip K. Jason is Professor Emeritus dians their start or big break (a partial Macchio) and the teen bullies who
of English from the United States Na- list: Robin Williams, David Letterman, study karate at Cobra Kai, an “evil” but bounce forward.
val Academy. He reviews regularly for ANDY KAUFMAN, Jay Leno and karate school run by the nasty John
the Washington Independent Review GARRY SHANDLING). A five-part Kreese (MARTIN KOVE, 74). Dan-
of Books, Southern Literary Review, Showtime documentary about the club iel meets a Japanese American karate “Rob did a fantastic job helping us find our forever home. He is very
other publications and the Jewish Book will premiere on Sunday, October 4. expert who turns him into a blackbelt. knowledgeable, responsive, and empathetic. We also found that he was
Council. Please visit Phil’s website at The director is sometime actor MIKE In the film’s climatic scene, Daniel de- the calm in the storm which was highly appreciated. We would highly
www.philjason.wordpress.com. BINDER, 62. feats Johnny, Cobra Kai’s top student, recommend him.” – Amelia Brock and Jerry M.
Mitzi was the real talent in the in a karate match. The re-boot is set in
family. She effectively ran the club the present. Johnny re-founds Cobra
from its inception because her husband Kai, but he runs it more humanely than
and club co-founder, “so/so” come- Kreese did, and Daniel re-founds the
dian SAMMY SHORE, was usually school that his mentor ran. HABLO ESPAÑOL
on the road. Mitzi became the club’s Reprising their film roles are Mac- MOBILE 941.363.6507
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PAULY SHORE, now 52, had a mini- Kove really is a martial arts expert.
burst of fame in the ’90s, but he’s real- Otherwise, he’s not like Kreese. He
ly faded. goes around the country giving an-
Monsterland is an original Hulu ti-bullying lectures. In 2017, he told a
series that begins streaming on Fri- South Florida-based Chabad rabbi that
day, October 2. It is an eight-episode he tries to be as observant as he can
anthology series (each episode stands and that his two children (twin boy and
alone) about “broken” people who girl) had a bar and bat mitzvah.
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