Central Florida's Independent Jewish Voice
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NEW YORK (JTA)-When it comes to Hasidic characters in movies, film consultant Elli Meyer believes that the real deal trumps a random actor in costume. But that approach isn't without its challenges. Meyer, a New York-based Lubavitcher Hasid, recounted one occasion when he was hired to cast extras for a film but refused upon learning that shooting would take place on Yom Kippur. "Who told you to hire Jews?" one of the producers said, according to Meyer, though ultimately the shooting was...
NEW YORK (JTA)-Josh Orlian cracked up the judges on "America's Got Talent," but his Orthodox day school wasn't laughing. The 12-year-old kippah-wearing comic made his national television debut with a raunchy routine packed with sexual innuendo. The show's celebrity judges and studio audience seemed both stunned and entertained by the pre-bar-mitzvah-age cut-up's dirty jokes. While the sixth-grader's shtick garnered the approval of the four judges-they unanimously advanced him to the...
