(JTA) – Jewish comedy titan Norman Lear turns a century old on Wednesday, and he’s still got a spring in his step.
Lear took to Instagram to reminisce the day before his 100th birthday with a video, singing a lick from the classic tune “That’s...
ZACHARY SOLOMON, JTA
• Published September 30, 2021
Rodney Dangerfield got no respect. When he was born, the doctor told his mother, “I did all I could, but he pulled through anyway.” Just listen to the guy: When he was a kid, too—no respect. His parents got divorced. They had a custody fight over...
BY DAN BUFFA, SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH LIGHT
• Published April 28, 2021
Comedy will always be required, especially in the worst of times. As a deadly pandemic raged across the world a year ago -- taking hundreds of thousands of lives -- Yale Hollander looked for new ways to make people laugh. Take what's given and make something...
