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Jewish proprietor of Grossinger’s Catskill Resort Hotel dies at 98
Etess, who died at her home in Florida, was the daughter of Jennie and Harry Grossinger, the couple who grew the resort from a small boarding house to a 35-building, 600-room luxury complex.
From Lorenz Hart to Mel Brooks: Two Jewish lives now available on Israeli screens
Judd Apatow grew up idolizing Mel Brooks. Now he’s telling Brooks’ story in an HBO documentary
This week in Jewish history: Happy birthday to Mel Brooks, Franz Kafka
Combing the desert: 'Spaceballs' and the Hamas tunnel quagmire - analysis
The comedic scene from the Mel Brooks classic explains why the IDF can miss Hamas tunnels after heavy operations and thus, need to reinvade.
Irwin Gerson’s ‘Generation Making It’ - opinion
Irwin Gerson, who just passed away at the age of 93, combined Mel Brooks's wit with Moshe Dayan's grit.
Angela Bassett, Mel Brooks to get honorary Oscars
At 98 years old, Mel Brooks will receive an honorary Oscar recognizing his long career of comedic success in Hollywood.
Mel Brooks, Theodor Herzl, and a Chance Encounter at the Bellagio Hotel - Opinion
The present time may seem turbulent, as it so often does, but if this is what Israel had achieved in its first 75 years, what even greater things will we achieve in the next 75?
Over 40 years after the original, here comes History of the World, Part II
Jews in Space does appear to be in the works, as a character in a Star Trek-type costume with a Star of David can be seen in the trailer.
Springtime for who? Israeli satirical show likens Itamar Ben-Gvir to Hitler
It's not quite the Adolf Hitler who ran Germany from 1933-1945, but the singing, high-kicking Hitler imagined by Mel Brooks in his classic 1967 comedy, “The Producers.”
Mel Brooks sings ode to the Automat in new documentary
Brooks and his late friend and comedy partner Carl Reiner both sheepishly admit that their go-to order was the ham-and-cheese sandwich.
Mel Brooks, newly minted memoirist, insists he’s more ‘New York humor’ than ‘Jewish’
“Jewish comedy was softer and sweeter. New York comedy was tougher and more explosive,” Brooks, 95, tells The New Yorker.
At 95, Mel Brooks will finally deliver ‘History of the World: Part II’
“I can’t wait to once more tell the real truth about all the phony baloney stories the world has been conned into believing are History!” Brooks told Variety.
Springtime for Trump amid coronavirus
Is such mockery of someone with a potential life-threatening illness morally acceptable?
