I share a passion for movies. I used to
work at a video rental store during my college years (and a little
after that) and developed quite an addiction to watching plenty of movie weekly.
One day I started wondering what would
the American movie or TV industry be without Jews. And well quite
frankly, the answer is it wouldn't be much! Without the Jewish pioneers who knows what Hollywood would be like today. All major movie studios
were founded by Jews (Warner, Universal, Paramount...) and they are the corner stone of Tinsel Town.
This is probably why there are often many Jewish references in the American movies or TV shows and well, they have teached me a thing or two. Movie weddings often are Jewish (that's where I learnt mazel tov and Hava Nagila!). In The O.C., the Cohens celebrated Christmukkah. Ross from Friends explains his son Ben about the Maccabis. And who could forget about the endlessly endearing Charlotte York from Sex and the City? She went through a lot of trouble to make three perfect matzoballs (and then some) and convert to Judaism so she could marry the man of her dreams.
Woody Allen
has given the artsy movie lovers a lot to see. Steven Spielberg is behind of many famous movie titles. Sarah Jessica Parker
has practically defined a whole generation of single women around the
world. And let's not forget about the truly funny ones: Adam Sandler,
Fran "The Nanny" Drescher, Seth Rogen, Ben Stiller, Rob Schneider...
the list just goes on.
So withouth me mentioning every name here, check out this website for Jewish
actors. Your favorite one may very well be mentioned there.
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Dear Mr. Sandler,
if you're reading this please recruit me as an extra in your next flick!
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