Alan Zeitlin
ARTICLES BY: Alan Zeitlin
Rep. Hakeem Jeffries Needs to Explain Support for Antisemitic Relative
There is no statute of limitations for hiding the truth or defending haters of Jews. People must be held accountable for their actions. However, that...
Mel Brooks’ ‘History of the World: Part II’ Is Hilarious
In 1981, when Mel Brooks brought us “History of the World: Part I” there was an iconic comedy moment when Brooks, dressed as Moses, dropped...
On Purim, George Santos’ Vile Lies Are No Laughing Matter
I have interviewed a number of Holocaust survivors, so when I heard that Republican Congressman George Santos (NY) lied and said that his relatives were...
Actors David Duchovny and Richard Kind Learn Jarring Information About Jewish Past on ‘Finding Your Roots’
Most of us don’t know the histories of our families as well as we should. On Tuesday night, the popular PBS show “Finding Your Roots” had...
Joe Rogan Joins Ilhan Omar in Using Antisemitic Speech
When I was an assistant teacher for a second-grade class, one student pushed another. I told him not to do it again. “But Daniel pushed someone,...
Kyrie Irving Deletes Apology to Jews, and Shows His True Beliefs
Money talks, and so do narcissists. Reports from The Athletic that NBA star Kyrie Irving deleted his Instagram apology regarding his tweet of an antisemitic film...
Jonah Hill Is Sometimes Funny, But Interracial Comedy ‘You People’ Fails
In an early scene in the film “You People,” which dropped on Netflix last week, one might get nostalgic and feel Seinfeldian. That’s because Julia...
Why This Comedian Calls Himself the Israeli John Belushi
Raanan Hershberg said that when he’s on the comedy stage, he will offend both political parties, and be very good at it. On "The Tonight Show"...
Nine Maddening Moments of the Netflix Madoff Documentary
In what has been called the scam of the century, Bernard Madoff’s Ponzi scheme resulted in a loss of $64.8 billion (including false gains he...
Why I Changed My Mind About Borat
When Jewish actor Sacha Baron Cohen’s hilarious character, Borat, famously launched into his song “In My Country There is Problem,” it featured the chorus, “Throw...
Why Is the Puppet Master Villain in ‘Jack Ryan’ Jewish?
There are good and bad people of every religion and race. In any TV show, a writer is free to create heroes and villains with any...
New York Loses Another Comedy — and Jewish — Landmark
“What could possibly go wrong?” a friend asked me, when I told him I was taking a young Orthodox woman I liked on a date...
With Her Hamas Comment, Whoopi Goldberg Makes a Fool of Herself Once Again
In February, when ABC suspended Whoopi Goldberg after making moronic comments about the Holocaust, one might have thought she would try to at least sound...
Why Is Jon Stewart Ignoring and Excusing Antisemitism?
Jon Stewart must be out to lunch -- because instead of condemning Dave Chappelle's antisemitic rhetoric on "Saturday Night Live," Stewart chose to defend him. We...
