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Nelson grew up on Park Avenue, heir to a frozen-food business in Brooklyn. In my brother's class at school, he acted richer than the other rich kids and was known more as a snappy dresser than a brain. Math was particularly tough for him -- an F in ninth grade and a D+ that summer; a C in 10th-grade algebra, but an F in geometry. In the 11th grade he pulled math up to C and C- (matching steady Cs in English), but failed citizenship. ("And that would eliminate. . .," his American history teacher paused, in a lecture about...
Following condemnation of Jeffries' anti-Semitic remarks, an alarming outpouring of support welcomed the outspoken teacher. On August 15, 2000 people crowded into a Brooklyn church to show solidarity with the irresponsible leader...
...manage like they're World Series games," said San Francisco's Roger Craig, who pitched Brooklyn to a victory in the 1955 World Series, the first time the Dodgers won the championship...
...Family Ties). Bridge focuses on 14-year-old Alan (Danny Gerard) and his extended Jewish family, headed by a nosy, domineering grandmother (Marion Ross). Filmed with more attention to detail than most sitcoms (and with no studio audience), the show revels in '50s icons, from mah-jongg games to Brooklyn Dodgers memorabilia to the inevitable rock-'n'-roll oldies on the sound track...
...best, which is very good, Brooklyn Bridge rings with fresh and funny childhood observations. Alan's grandmother forces him to choose his dinner from frozen foods in the refrigerator even before he finishes breakfast. A school hood, taunting Alan and his friends in the rest room, demands to know if they are Jewish. "Not if you don't want us to be," one replies. Sentimentality gets the upper hand only in the show's "big" scenes: when Alan's nine-year-old brother (Matthew Siegel) meets his Dodger hero, Gil Hodges, or when Alan has to choose between a popular...