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Alan Zeitlin

Alan Zeitlin is a writer whose articles have appeared in The Jerusalem Post, The Jewish Press, The Forward and other publications. He is based in New York and hosts the “Film Fury” podcast.

“Hopefully, this will go viral, so many can see the exposure of bias exposed that is going on,” said Sami Steigmann, who will turn 86 in a few weeks.
“Against All Odds: Surviving the Holocaust,” directed and produced by Paul Bachow, will be screened at the Miami Jewish Film Festival on Jan. 14.
“Most of the people that I worshipped were Jewish people,” Bob Saget said in a newspaper interview. “It’s funny, I always say ‘worshipped’ instead of worship. I should be worshipping in the eternal light, but I worship Alan King.”
“I developed a waiting list, and I couldn’t keep up,” said Edward Ilyasov, 29, adding that at one point 600 people were waiting for his vinegary fare.
“He’s that talented, and we all know it. He’s a selfless kid who worked hard and stayed within the offense to produce,” said Yeshiva University head coach basketball Elliot Steinmetz of 22-year-old, 6-foot-7-inch senior guard Ryan Turell.
Vernikov, 37, a Jewish Ukrainian-American, told JNS of her victory in Brooklyn: “People were angry with what the Democrats are doing to this country. People were ready for a change. They believed I was that change.”
Survivor Dan Leger is strangely calm when he recalls getting shot, figuring he would be dead in a few minutes. “I had no sense of being afraid about the end of my life coming. I thought about my life, and I thought, ‘Gee, I’ve had a wonderful life … .’ ”
Is it OK to do bad things to achieve good ends? A new animated documentary covers the most extreme of examples.
“It’s funny,” he said. “I’m just a bald, ordinary guy. If I’m sexy, then everybody is sexy.”