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Television

A Nice Jewish Boy

Hunky Antonio Sabato Jr. looks for love on TV, with help from his mother
By Allison Hoffman | 7:00 AM Aug 13, 2009

What kind of person would go on a reality dating show with his mother in tow, giving every potential love connection the once-over? A nice Jewish boy, of course—one like Antonio Sabato Jr., the Italian-born heartthrob best known for gracing a 90-foot Times Square billboard wearing only his Calvin Klein briefs and a sultry half-smile.

Ritual & ObservanceTelevision

All the Rage

VH1's So Jewtastic is a case of the lady who doth protest too much
By Sara Ivry | 1:10 PM Dec 19, 2005

If I didn’t know any better, I’d think Jews are a bunch of insufferable narcissists who need not only to keep telling themselves they’re as good as everyone else but also forever and loudly assert it in pop culture. How else to explain something like So Jewtastic, VH1’s vapid appreciation of Natalie Portman, Jon Stewart ...

Music

A Very Special Special

VH1 gathers musical has-beens for a Seder that rocks (sort of)
By Sara Ivry | 11:35 AM Apr 22, 2005

Unwittingly assuming the role of simple son, Twisted Sister frontman Dee Snider takes a stab at pronouncing charoset in VH1 Classic’s Matzo & Metal. He mimics Scott Ian, the Anthrax guitarist, whose equanimity and beard confer what passes here for rabbinical authority. Ian may not know what charoset signifies, but in an unadorned room outfitted ...