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Culture ‘Blazing Saddles’ marks a half-century of hilarity — and controversy
Released 50 years ago this week, Mel Brooks’ film broke Hollywood taboos while skewering racism
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Culture Leading his star-studded cast of schnooks, Donald Trump is producing his very own ‘Springtime for Hitler’
After yet another indictment, life in Trumpworld is uncannily imitating Mel Brooks' 'Producers'
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Film & TV The surprisingly gradual but unmistakably dramatic transformation of Mel Brooks
Jeremy Dauber's 'Disobedient Jew' demonstrates why the comic and filmmaker's work was markedly different in his early years
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Film & TV Your official Purim drinking game for Mel Brooks’ ‘History of the World, Part II’
A handy, holiday guide for Jewish streamers
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Culture A history of Mel Brooks as a ‘disobedient Jew’
Jewish literature and American studies scholar Jeremy Dauber centers Jewish identity in a new biography of the director and actor
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Culture ‘History of the World, Part II’ is a Mel Brooks comedy without much Mel Brooks — and that’s a good thing
The star-studded Hulu series has a Brooksian sensibility, but fresher jokes
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Culture 5 questions for Mel Brooks about ‘The History of the World Part II’
The legendary comedian and filmmaker discusses his latest project and how Zoom has transformed comedy writing
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Culture The Space Force’s official song sounds like something Mel Brooks wrote
You'd be forgiven for thinking the tune sounds a whole lot like 'Jews in Space'
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Culture The internet’s Kate Middleton obsession may have revealed an unsavory Jewish secret
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Fast Forward After saying Netanyahu has ‘lost his way,’ Chuck Schumer says he would welcome him to address Congress
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Opinion Don’t be fooled: Palestinian suffering in this war is exactly what Hamas wants
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Opinion ‘If I were injured there, the best thing would be to die’: An ICU doctor’s devastating mission to Gaza
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News ‘Until a ceasefire’: Nonstop protest rocks the Israeli Embassy — and the neighborhood beyond
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Fast Forward Major U.S. Jewish groups object to federal security funding cuts