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May 28 marks the 70th anniversary of the influential British radio comedy program “The Goon Show,” which inspired fans from the Monty Python group to John Lennon. The Jewish content of The Goons, comprising comedians Spike Milligan and Peter Sellers as well as the Welsh singer Harry Secombe, is usually overlooked amid the show’s comedic chaos and anarchy.
Milligan, the presiding genius over the surreal scripts, cherished the Jewish roots of his colleague Sellers, whose mother was of Ashkenazi and Sephardic origin.
After Sellers died in 1980, Milligan wrote a letter to the editor of The Jewish Chronicle, a periodical founded in 1841, to complain that “at no stage [of the funeral ceremony] was there any attempt to introduce any connection with the Jewish side of [Sellers’] family. As his Mother was Jewish, most certainly then he was Jewish, whereas he did choose to be a Christian (though sometimes he fancied various other religions), his whole attitude and personality seeme
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Lathan Watts is director of public affairs for First Liberty Institute, a nationwide law firm dedicated to protecting religious liberty for all.
A recent New York Times column suggested, among other things, the appointment of a cross-agency government task force to deal with disinformation headed by a “reality czar.” Apparently, George Orwell’s “1984” is no longer considered a cautionary tale, but for some has become an instruction manual.
Truth be told, a government that even considers the notion of empowering itself to define reality for the citizens it purports to serve is symptomatic of a culture that has denied the ultimate source and even existence of truth.
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Lui is known to fans as Mr. Lui, or Mr. Him. His last name translates to him in English, which led to the title of his book. His foray into writing seemed like a natural extension of his video work. I am a director and a video maker. But if you think about it, a camera is a different pen from a traditional pen, Lui said. I realized that I have always told my ideas, using only a different narrative method, but the gist does not change.
The Bible is a popular subject, although not an easy topic to undertake. However, Lui felt passionate about the project.