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Curt Schleier

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Curt Schleier is a freelance writer and author who covers business and the arts for a variety of publications. Follow him on Twitter at @tvsoundoff.

Calvin Trillin (Photo/Wikipedia)
Posted inBooks

‘New Yorker’ journalist Calvin Trillin reflects on decades of reporting in ‘The Lede’

Curt Schleier by Curt Schleier March 1, 2024March 1, 2024

This story was originally published in the Forward. Click here to get the Forward’s free email newsletters delivered to your inbox. Calvin Trillin is a literary hyphenate. During a career […]

Adam Goldberg (left) and Richard Mazer in a scene from "The Equalizer" on CBS. (Photo/CBS-Michael Greenberg)
Posted inUncategorized

‘The Equalizer’: Jewish star of a CBS thriller confronts antisemitism on screen and off

Curt Schleier by Curt Schleier and Forward April 3, 2023April 3, 2023
Imri Biton (left) and Nadia Tereszkiewicz in "Possessions." (Photo/Courtesy HBO Max)
Posted inTV

HBO Max’s next Israeli show: ‘Possessions,’ a thriller about a French woman caught in a murder case

Curt Schleier by Curt Schleier and JTA January 25, 2021
Nathan Englander poses at the Venice Literary Festival, April 15, 2011. (Photo/JTA-Barbara Zanon-Getty Images)
Posted inTV & Film

‘Homeland’ creators are adapting Nathan Englander’s ‘Dinner at the Center of the Earth’ into a TV series

Curt Schleier by Curt Schleier and JTA December 2, 2020
a scared young soldier crouches behind a rock holding a machine gun
Posted inTV & Film

HBO Max nabs Yom Kippur War drama ‘Valley of Tears,’ Israel’s biggest-budget TV series ever

Curt Schleier by Curt Schleier and JTA October 15, 2020October 15, 2020
Liz Garbus at the premiere of "Lost Girls" in Park City, Utah, Jan. 28, 2020. (Photo/JTA-Joe Scarnici-Getty Images for Netflix)
Posted inTV & Film

‘All In: The Fight for Democracy’ director Liz Garbus on learning the Jewish tradition of activism from her famous father

Curt Schleier by Curt Schleier, JTA and J. Staff September 22, 2020September 30, 2020
Jerry Stiller at a fundraising event in Universal City, California, Feb. 17, 2008. (Photo/JTA-Michael Buckner-Getty Images)
Posted inComedy

Jerry Stiller was a mensch. He could act with the best of them, too.

Curt Schleier by Curt Schleier and JTA May 12, 2020May 12, 2020
Mel Brooks’ trademark Borscht Belt style came out of his childhood in the Jewish tenements of Brooklyn. (Courtesy HBO)
Posted inSeniors

Mel Brooks tones down the silly in HBO reminiscence

Curt Schleier by Curt Schleier and JTA December 19, 2019December 18, 2019
Michael Chabon at the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles, Oct. 14, 2018. (JTA/Emma McIntyre/Getty Images for Hammer Museum)
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Michael Chabon adapting ‘Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay’ for Showtime miniseries

Curt Schleier by Curt Schleier and JTA December 10, 2019December 17, 2019
Dr. Ruth Westheimer, the Holocaust survivor who became America's most famous sex therapist (Photo/Austin Hargrave)
Posted inFilm

New documentary on Dr. Ruth, Holocaust survivor and sex maven

Curt Schleier by Curt Schleier and JTA May 8, 2019

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