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Steven Gimbel

Steven Gimbel is Professor of Philosophy and affiliate of the Jewish Studies program at Gettysburg College.

Kamala Harris (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Why a love of Venn diagrams is Kamala Harris’ not-so-secret weapon for creating smart policy

Gwydion Suilebhan, Steven Gimbel

Fiddler On The Roof (FilmPublicityArchive/United Archives via Getty Images)

How “Fiddler on the Roof” helped usher in the Jewish Pride movement of the 1960s

Gwydion Suilebhan, Steven Gimbel

Comedian/actor Richard Belzer performs at the Caroline's On Broadway 20th Anniversary Comedy Concert at Carnegie Hall March 27, 2003 in New York City. (Evan Agostini/Getty Images)

“He did not suffer fools”: Honoring Richard Belzer, the stand-up conspiracy theorist

Steven Gimbel, Gwydion Suilebhan

Television writer & producer Norman Lear, 85, famous for bringing such greats as 'All in the Family,' 'The Jefferesons,' 'Maude,' and 'Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman,' to television. (Tim Rue/Corbis via Getty Images)

Celebrating Norman Lear, progressive architect of the Archie-verse, as he turns 100

Gwydion Suilebhan, Steven Gimbel

Randy Rainbow (Dirty Sugar Photography)

Randy Rainbow, singing truth to power

Gwydion Suilebhan, Steven Gimbel

Comedian Gilbert Gottfried performs at Caroline's On Broadway on December 22, 2011 in New York City. (Getty Images/Jeffrey Ufberg/WireImage)

Gilbert Gottfried, defender of transgressive comedy and a throwback to the great joke-tellers

Gwydion Suilebhan, Steven Gimbel

Jane Lynch as Sophie Lennon and Rachel Brosnahan as Midge Maisel in "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel" (Prime Video)

The true story behind the Midge Maisel-Sophie Lennon rivalry

Gwydion Suilebhan, Steven Gimbel

Director and producer Ivan Reitman on the exterior set of "Animal House" in Studio City, California, 1978 (Paul Harris/Getty Images)

From “Meatballs” to “Ghostbusters,” Ivan Reitman was the anarchic boomer voice for Gen X nihilism

Gwydion Suilebhan, Steven Gimbel

Comedian Bob Saget performs at the Alliance for Children's Rights "Right to Laugh" fundraiser at the Catalina Club on March 15, 2010 in Hollywood (Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

Bob Saget, a dirty daddy: Appreciating the darker elements of the talented comedian’s work

Gwydion Suilebhan, Steven Gimbel

Cast portrait of "Head of the Class" circa 1986 (Fotos International/Courtesy of Getty Images)

“Head of the Class” and the man behind the ’80s comedy’s progressive, even radical agenda

Gwydion Suilebhan, Steven Gimbel

Ed Asner as newspaper editor Lou Grant in "The Mary Tyler Moore Show," circa 1975 (Silver Screen Collection/Getty Images)

Ed Asner helped usher in the secular rabbi, making America warmer and a little more Jewish

Gwydion Suilebhan, Steven Gimbel

Comedian and actor Jackie Mason poses at the Carnegie Deli in New York, 1987 (Robert R McElroy/Getty Images)

Jackie Mason’s thorny career: Once a beacon for Jewish pride, the comedian later turned to bigotry

Gwydion Suilebhan, Steven Gimbel