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Norman Lear in an Instagram video to fans marking his 100th birthday. (Screenshot)
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TV legend Norman Lear turns 100, with a song and an Instagram

by Andrew Lapin and JTA July 27, 2022July 27, 2022

Jewish comedy titan Norman Lear turns a century old on Wednesday, and he’s still got a spring in his step. Lear took to Instagram to reminisce the day before his 100th birthday […]

woman playing basketball
Posted inCelebrity Jews

Bird waves the flag; Israel gets on a horse; Pink gets mad; etc.

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky July 29, 2021
'Last Act' co-creator Steve Goldbloom with his grandfather Richard Goldbloom
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In ‘Last Act’ web series, our elders dish out all manner of life advice

by Rob Gloster May 2, 2018
The 2017 Kennedy Center Honorees: LL Cool J, Lionel Ritchie, Carmen de Lavallade, Norman Lear and Gloria Estefan pose for a photo at the Kennedy Center Honors Dinner at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on December 2, 2017. (Photo/Flickr-State Department)
Posted inColumns

Norman Lear goes to the Kennedy Center, the Pentagon Papers go to the movies

by Nate Bloom December 19, 2017March 23, 2018

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