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125 greatest Jewish movie scenes The 125 greatest Jewish movie scenes of all time (1-25)
From the silent era and Golden Age of Yiddish cinema to last year's Oscar contenders, here are our picks
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125 greatest Jewish movie scenes The 125 greatest Jewish movie scenes of all time (26-50)
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In which Mel Brooks changes history, Tarantino creates a Jewish legend and Elaine May gets her day
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Of Moses, the Marx Brothers and Torah math
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Jimmy Cagney speaks Yiddish, Stephen Sondheim scores a French film and Adam Sandler has a Seder
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125 greatest Jewish movie scenes A scene that was so Jewish it wound up on the cutting-room floor
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125 greatest Jewish movie scenes How Barbra Streisand remade the world for Jewish girls
In three scenes, the actor-singer-director formed new standards of beauty
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