The Secret Jewish History of "Gilligan's Island"

(I can't believe no one has done this before!)Gilligan's Island, the enormously popular TV series of the 1960s, was created by Sherwood Schwartz, a Jew born in Passaic, NJ in 1916. Schwartz, who also created The Brady Bunch, became a writer in part because of antisemitism.He intended to go to medical school but the quota system in place limiting the number of Jews stopped...

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11/17 Links Pt2: Antisemitism should test America’s conscience; Liberal network funnels cash to charity sponsoring Palestinian terror-linked group; Robert Clary, Corporal LeBeau on ‘Hogan’s Heroes,’ Dies at 96

From Ian: Antisemitism should test America’s conscience The memory of the brutal Holocaust may be fast fading; yet, the evil that brought it about appears to be creeping upon us, once again. Hate speech, defamation, history revision and violence are being directed towards Jews of all ages. Perpetrators appear to be gradually “testing the waters” to see what they can get away...

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1957 British "Adventures of Robin Hood" tackled antisemitism

This is an episode of "The Adventures of Robin Hood" called "The York Treasure"  that has a Jewish-themed plot, even though the word "Jewish" is (as far as I can tell) mentioned only once.Joseph of Cordoba and his young friend Esther escaped from a pogrom of the Jewish community in York (described as "riots") instigated by a deserter of King Richard I's army named Malbete....

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The Secret Jewish History of "Bewitched"

I always see the Forward find Jewish angles in the most goyishe seeming parts of pop culture, so I'll do one too - from decades ago."Bewitched" was a hugely popular TV series about a witch Samantha, who marries mortal man Darrin Stevens. Most plots involve her magical relatives meddling in her marriage, especially her disapproving mother, Endora.The show was created by Sol...

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