The legendary writer-director-producer was speaking at a program that was part of the Skirball Cultural Center\’s \”Spotlight\” series — which is devoted this season to television.
Peter Mehlman, the former writer and co-executive producer of \”Seinfeld,\” is sitting at a corner table at Shutters on the Beach, wearing mismatched sweats and a day\’s worth of stubble.
On Fox\’s breakout comedy, \”That \’70s Show,\” Mila Kunis plays spoiled and sassy Jackie Burkhardt. But, in real life, she\’s very much a child of the \’90s, down to her fascination with the Internet.
\”I\’ve been pushing this rock uphill for 10 years, and I won\’t stop until I reach the top,\” says Jay Sanderson.\n\nThe \”rock\” Sanderson is edging upward is the Jewish Television Network, and it\’s been grunt work most of the way.
The Jewish Community Library is used to catering to the literary needs of groups of school children, Yiddish scholars and day-schoolteachers. But seldom does it get a call for Talmudic texts to grace the set of a sitcom.
American Jews woke up in a different country today, now that \”Seinfeld\” signed off.\n
For Davis, who grew up in a Jewish home inColorado, \”Miracle at Midnight\” is a family story.
Jewish roots in predominantly Catholic Poland can be traced back to the 11th century. But when an estimated 88 percentof the 3.3 million Jews in Poland died in the Holocaust, the country\’s thriving Yiddish theater, literature and culture ceased to exist as well.
\”Hollywoodism: Jews, Moviesand the American Dream\” highlights the Jewish moguls who invented Hollywood.
