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125 greatest Jewish movie scenes
The 125 greatest Jewish movie scenes of all time (51-75)
In which Mel Brooks changes history, Tarantino creates a Jewish legend and Elaine May gets her day
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125 greatest Jewish movie scenes The 125 greatest Jewish movie scenes of all time (76-100)
Of Moses, the Marx Brothers and Torah math
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125 greatest Jewish movie scenes The 125 greatest Jewish movie scenes of all time (101-125)
Jimmy Cagney speaks Yiddish, Stephen Sondheim scores a French film and Adam Sandler has a Seder
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