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...comedian. Best known for his parody of movie previews, Francisco has a knack for imitating everyone from Jackie Chan to Kermit the Frog—except, according to the comedian, for one man. “Everyone can do a Christopher Walken, but mine just sounds like a Jewish deli lady,” he quips. Returning from a tour across Europe, Francisco will be performing at the Wilbur Theatre in Boston on November...

Author: By Yair Rosenberg, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Making an Impression: Francisco Creates Comedy | 11/20/2009 | See Source »

...Married with three young children. In interviews, he has reflected on his family's diverse religious heritage: Sikh (his father), Hindu (his mother), Muslim (his wife's father) and Jewish (his wife's grandfather...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 9/11 Prosecutor Preet Bharara | 11/13/2009 | See Source »

...different families, practicing four different faiths - all compelled to flee a half-century ago because of their religion ... Even when my wife fasts for Yom Kippur, and my father-in-law fasts for Ramadan, I get to stuff my face with samosas all day." - Joking about his family's Jewish, Muslim and Hindu background in a speech to the South Asian Bar Association of New York in 2007 (New York Times...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 9/11 Prosecutor Preet Bharara | 11/13/2009 | See Source »

Recently, I heard a joke that the Quad buildings were built over a Gypsy burial ground. This seems like an amusing thought to many people, but would people react the same way if it said that the Quad was built on a Jewish burial ground? Chances are that the joke would not have been very amusing...

Author: By Charles A. Lacalle | Title: Racism and the Romani | 11/10/2009 | See Source »

...American living in Israel described as a Jewish extremist was arrested and charged with a decade-long campaign of murder and violence against Arabs, gays and other groups. Israeli authorities said Yaakov (Jack) Teitel, 37, confessed to fatally shooting two Arabs in 1997 in retaliation for Palestinian suicide bombings. His alleged crimes also include stabbing and wounding an Arab man he believed had made a pass at him and bombing the homes of a left-wing professor and a family that belonged to a messianic Jewish sect; the professor and a 15-year-old boy were wounded...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World | 11/5/2009 | See Source »

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