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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.

The 51-year-old comedian tells of overcoming depression, how he performs a routine without curse words, and notes exhibiting both Jewish and Jersey pride.
“Not only does the administration not care about discrimination against Orthodox or Zionist Jews, but they actively retaliate against them,” claimed Professor Jeffrey Lax, who is involved in an investigation against Kingsborough Community College, part of the City University of New York (CUNY) system.
“I don’t understand why the bail was so low,” he said. “$1,000 is nothing. It took a while for the NYPD to catch him. How do we know he won’t now go into hiding since he is free?” asked Blake Zavadsky, who was punched in the face while shopping in December in Brooklyn, N.Y.
“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.”
“I enjoyed every second of it,” he said. “You never know if you’ll get an opportunity like that again.”