Gene Wilder’s most Jewish moments

By Jeffrey Salkin | 22 hours ago
Rabbi Jeffrey K. Salkin is the spiritual leader of Temple Solel in Hollywood, Fla., and the author of numerous books on Jewish spirituality and ethics, published by Jewish Lights Publishing and Jewish Publication Society.

(RNS) It has been a bad few weeks for iconic Jewish actors.

First: Fyvush Finkel, veteran of Yiddish theater and both the small and large screens, died at the age of 93.

Second: Steven Hill, the resolutely observant Jewish star of “Mission: Impossible” and “Law and Order,” died at the age of 94.

And yesterday, the entertainment world lost Gene Wilder, at the age of 83.

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