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JEWISH INTEREST April 2021 29A

Stars of David Interested in Your

By Nate Bloom, Contributing Columnist
Editor’s note: Persons in BOLD CAPS are deemed by Nate Bloom to be Jewish Family’s History?
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
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
also identified as Jewish. years of doing his celebrity column, and he has expert friends who can help
CNN Changes new version, Izzy, a young girl who is when called on. Most family history experts charge $1,000 or more to do a
full family-tree search. However, Bloom knows that most people want to start
On Thursday, April 1, JAKE TAP- suffering in the foster system, is taken with a limited search of one family line.
PER will assume the title of CNN’s in by (the adult) Punky (Frye).
“lead political anchor.” This title has In 1998, Frye wed TV producer So here’s the deal:
long been held by WOLF BLITZER, JASON GOLDBERG, now 48, in a
74. Also on April 1, Blitzer’s daily traditional Jewish ceremony and they Write Bloom at nteibloom@aol.com and enclose a phone number.
CNN program, The Situation Room, have had four children. Sadly, they Nate will then contact you about starting a limited search. If that
will be reduced from two hours to one. separated last year. But Goldberg is
The Lead with Jake Tapper will expand the producer of Frye’s new documen- goes well, additional and more extensive searches are possible.
to two hours. Meanwhile, Tapper has tary, Kid 90 (now streaming on Hulu). The first search fee is no more than $100. No upfront cost. Also,
already begun to share his Sunday pro- Back in the ’90s, a teenage Frye always several of this newspaper’s readers have asked Bloom to locate
gram, State of the Union, with corre- carried a video camera and amassed friends and family members from their past, and that’s worked out
spondent DANA BASH, 49. They host tons of footage (many shots of famous
on alternate weeks. teens). Those videos provide a focus great for them. So contact him about this as well.
All three have strong Jewish back- for (director) Frye and about a doz-
grounds. Blitzer is the son of Ausch- en actors, about her age, to talk about financially collapsed in 2019. The by a Japanese bank that felt they had
witz survivors and became fluent in fame, sex, drugs, aging and the unique company is currently valued less than too much invested to let WeWork fail.
Hebrew while working for The Jeru- problems of young female actors. the money that investors poured into it. They “forced” Neumann out in 2019,
salem Post. Tapper is a Jewish Day Shatner Flick The co-founder and former CEO but he walked away with a $1.7 billion
School grad. His mother, like his wife, If Frye is an “oldie” star, then WIL- of WeWork is ADAM NEUMANN, severance package. The documentary
are Jews-by-choice and he was married LIAM SHATNER, 89, is an ancient 41. For a time, he seemed like a Jewish was directed by Oscar-nominated film-
by his brother’s wife, a Conservative one. But his star still burns bright and role model: born in Israel, and a veter- maker JED ROTHSTEIN, 47.
rabbi. his trek goes on. His latest film, Senior an of the Israeli navy, he permanently Apple TV+ has separately “green-
Bash was formerly married to Moment, opened in theaters and on-de- settled in the U.S. around 2000. This lighted” a dramatic limited TV series
JEREMY BASH, 49, the son of a Con- mand on March 26. Shatner stars as handsome and charismatic guy is a re- about the WeWork crash. Anne Hatha-
servative rabbi, and CNN correspon- Victor, a retired NASA test pilot whose ligious Jew, has a smart Jewish wife way will play Rebekah, Adam’s wife,
dent JOHN KING, 59, who converted license gets taken away after he’s (who is a first cousin of GWYNETH and Jared Leto will play Adam.
to Judaism before marrying Bash. Her found speeding in his vintage Porsche PALTROW) and together they have Do check out the PBS documen-
mother has a master’s degree in Jewish convertible with his best friend (Chris- five kids. tary Hemingway (about Ernest, of
studies. topher Lloyd of Back to the Future WeWork wasn’t quite a scam, but course). The first of three parts airs on
It occurred to me that if Saturday fame). it was way “oversold”. Fortunately, for Monday, April 5. The filmmakers are
Night Live ever revives “Hanukkah Victor’s life changes as he finds Neumann, most of its debt was held Ken Burns and LYNN NOVICK, 58.
Harry” (see YouTube), a fantasy char- himself trying to get around by riding
acter who brings presents to Jewish the bus, spurring his meeting with the
kids, Harry could name his reindeers beautiful free-spirit Caroline (played 4 Years in a Row
“Bash, Blitzer and Tapper.” Just sounds by Jean Smart, 69, a star of Designing
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After years of relative obscurity, they have to “negotiate their romance.” R E T IR E M E N T E S T A T
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SOLEIL MOON FRYE, 44, is back. But, she added, they [end up] filling
A 10-episode reboot of Punky Brew- each other’s gaps.”
ster, the popular ’80s sit-com, is now Two Docs
streaming on the Peacock channel. In On Friday, April 2, Hulu will begin
the original, Punky (Frye) was a warm streaming a new documentary, We-
and funny seven-year-old who was Work: Or the Making and Breaking of
abandoned by her parents. Luckily, a $47 Billion Unicorn. WeWork is an ank you to our staff and residents
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