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  • Donald Zec and Sophia Loren, 1960
    Donald Zec and Sophia Loren, 1960
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    Donald Zec, Friend to the Stars

    At 100, the U.K.’s greatest Jewish celebrity tabloid writer would rather dance with Sophia Loren

    byHoward Jacobson
  • Avi Hoffman as Willy (left) and Suzanne Toren as Linda in the New Yiddish Rep's production of 'Death of a Salesman', opening October 15, 2015 at the Castillo Theater. For more information visit www.castillo.org
    Avi Hoffman as Willy (left) and Suzanne Toren as Linda in the New Yiddish Rep's production of 'Death of a Salesman', opening October 15, 2015 at the Castillo Theater. For more information visit www.castillo.org
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    ‘Death of a Salesman’ Is American, Not Yiddish

    The New Yiddish Rep’s admirable production of the Arthur Miller classic shows how lucky we are the playwright left his Jewish heritage behind

    byDavid Mikics
  • Hal Schaefer(tumblr)
    Hal Schaefer(tumblr)
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    Hal Schaefer (1925-2012)

    Jazz pianist who was romantically linked to Marilyn Monroe

    byAdam Chandler
  • (Photoillustration Tablet Magazine; original photo iStockphoto.com)
    (Photoillustration Tablet Magazine; original photo iStockphoto.com)
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    Back to My Roots

    After my grandparents came to America, they changed our name. Decades later, I changed it back—and rediscovered a lost history.

    byPaul Sochaczewski
  • From the cover of the March 23, 1953 Life.(Life)
    From the cover of the March 23, 1953 Life.(Life)
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    Née

    Shivah Stars

    byMarc Tracy
  • DiCaprio and Refaeli courtside last April.(Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)
    DiCaprio and Refaeli courtside last April.(Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)
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    Our Greatest Conquests

    (They converted)

    byMarc Tracy
  • Saul Bellow at his home in Vermont, June 1, 1989.(Dominique Nabokov/Liaison Agency/Getty Images.)
    Saul Bellow at his home in Vermont, June 1, 1989.(Dominique Nabokov/Liaison Agency/Getty Images.)
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    Pen Pal

    In his letters, Saul Bellow was thoughtful, eloquent, feisty—and quite possibly at his most Jewish

    byJonathan Wilson
  • Marilyn Monroe and Arthur Miller at London’s Comedy Theatre, 1956(AFP/Getty Images)
    Marilyn Monroe and Arthur Miller at London’s Comedy Theatre, 1956(AFP/Getty Images)
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    Disconcerting Wipeout

    How marrying Marilyn Monroe ruined Arthur Miller’s genius

    byAdam Kirsch
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    His Back Pages

    A forgotten collaboration connects Bob Dylan to Hollywood

    byDavid L. Ulin
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