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Comedy writer Sol Weinstein dies at 84

When I first moved to California from Philadelphia in 1978, Leon Brown, editor of the Jewish Exponent, told me to look up his friend Sol Weinstein.

Virgins welcome at ‘Hebrew Horror’ night

Inspired by this week\’s Jewish pastime of movies and Chinese food, the Los Angeles \”Rocky Horror Picture Show\” cast Sins o\’ the Flesh is hosting an inaugural Jewish-themed send-up of the midnight cult classic at the Landmark Nuart Theatre in West Los Angeles on Saturday, Dec. 22.

Theater: Musical ‘Boyz’ you won’t find next door

Marc Kessler, who conceived the show, along with Ken Davenport, said they first conceptualized a four-person band. But then they realized they could add \”the outsider\” archetype, and who would better fit that than a Jewish character?

Want to spoof Purim and the Oscars? Be our Guest!

In their previous screenplay collaborations, Christopher Guest and Eugene Levy have satirized such offbeat subjects as small-town theatrical productions (\”Waiting for Guffman\”), championship dog shows (\”Best in Show\”), and old folk music groups (\”A Mighty Wind\”).But for their latest, \”For Your Consideration,\” they\’ve really gone out on a limb with an obscure target — Purim movies.\”For Your Consideration\” chronicles the making of a tear-jerking melodrama, \”Home for Purim,\” in which the dying matriarch of a Southern Jewish family, Esther Pischer (Catherine O\’Hara), waits for the holiday-season return of her wayward daughter, Rachel (Parker Posey). Both the Yiddish and the southern accents are thick.

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