
Stars of David
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Sixty-two of the most accomplished Jews in America speak intimately-most for the first time-about how they feel about being Jewish. In unusually candid interviews conducted by former 60 Minutes producer Abigail Pogrebin, celebrities ranging from Sarah Jessica Parker to Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, from Larry King to Mike Nichols, reveal how resonant, crucial or incidental being Jewish is in their lives. The connections they have to their Jewish heritage range from hours in synagogue to bagels and lox; but every person speaks to the weight and pride of their Jewish history, the burdens and pleasures of observance, the moments they've felt most Jewish (or not). This book of vivid, personal conversations uncovers how being Jewish fits into a public life, and also how the author's evolving religious identity was changed by what she heard. · Dustin Hoffman, Steven Spielberg, Gene Wilder, Joan Rivers, and Leonard Nimoy talk about their startling encounters with anti-Semitism. · Kenneth Cole, Eliot Spitzer, and Ronald Perelman explore the challenges of intermarriage. · Mike Wallace, Richard Dreyfuss, and Ruth Reichl express attitudes toward Israel that vary from unquestioning loyalty to complicated ambivalence. · William Kristol scoffs at the notion that Jewish values are incompatible with Conservative politics. · Alan Dershowitz, raised Orthodox, talks about why he gave up morning prayer. · Shawn Green describes the pressure that comes with being baseball's Jewish star. · Natalie Portman questions the ostentatious bat mitzvahs of her hometown. · Tony Kushner explains how being Jewish prepared him for being gay. · Leon Wieseltier throws down the gauntlet to Jews who haven't taken the trouble to study Judaism. These are just a few key moments from many poignant, often surprising, conversations with public figures whom most of us thought we already knew. "When my mother got her nose job, she wanted me to get one, too. She said I would be happier."-Dustin Hoffman "It's a heritage to be proud of. And then, too, it's something that you can't escape because the world won't let you; so it's a good thing you can be proud of it." -Ruth Bader Ginsburg "My wife [Kate Capshaw] chose to do a full conversion before we were married in 1991, and she married me as a Jew. I think that, more than anything else, brought me back to Judaism."-Steven Spielberg "As someone who was born in Israel, you're put in a position of defending Israel because you know how much is at stake."-Natalie Portman
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Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- Dedication
- Prologue
- Dustin Hoffman
- Ruth Bader Ginsburg
- Steven Spielberg
- Kenneth Cole
- Beverly Sills
- James P. Rubin
- Natalie Portman
- Don Hewitt
- Mike Nichols
- Ronald O. Perelman
- Gene Wilder
- Dr. Laura Schlessinger
- Jason Alexander
- Richard Holbrooke
- Kati Marton
- Joan Rivers
- Jerome Groopman
- Sarah Jessica Parker
- Leon Wieseltier
- Nora Ephron
- Aaron Brown
- Fran Drescher
- Edgar Bronfman Sr.
- Leonard Nimoy
- Tony Kushner
- Ed Koch
- Barry Levinson
- William Kristol
- Kyra Sedgwick
- Max Frankel
- Alan and Marilyn Bergman
- Alan Dershowitz
- Wendy Wasserstein
- Barney Frank
- Richard Meier
- Ruth Reichl
- Richard Dreyfuss
- Mike Wallace
- Shawn Green
- Stephen Sondheim
- Eliot Spitzer
- Harold Prince
- Stephen Breyer
- Aaron Sorkin
- Gloria Steinem
- Larry King
- Mark Spitz
- Alan (Ace) Greenberg
- Charles Grodin
- Kitty Carlisle Hart
- Norman Lear
- David Copperfield
- Morley Safer
- William Shatner
- Linda Fairstein
- Paul Mazursky
- Ellen Goodman
- Jeff Zucker
- Neil Simon
- Al Franken
- Diane von Furstenberg
- Acknowledgments
- Epilogue
- Photo Credits
- About the Author
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