Larry Sanders Show" started another
explains the three branches of Judaism
rumor. Star/creator/writer Garry
to the uninformed. The Orthodox are
Shandling was retiring, and Stewart
"the really chosen ones." Conservative
was gonna replace him. And let's not
Jews are "Orthodox Jews who went
forget Stewart's development deal
co-ed." And Reform Jews are the chil-
with Miramax. That was gonna make
dren of Conservatives, "or, as they are
him a movie star.
sometimes known,
The good news is
Christians with curli-
that the verb "gonna"
In his new book of humor
er hair."
is being replaced with
essays, Stewart is brutally
Stewart is extreme-
witty. He predicts that "by
the word "is." In fact,
ly pleased with the
the year 2010, Jewish life
Stewart is quickly
book, which has gar-
in America will have dete-
becoming
nered rave reviews.
riorated to the point where
omnipresent.
Pleased?
He's ecstatic!
a Seinfela' reunion special
He is out with a
"I look at it and say.
will
be
a
non-sweeps
event."
hilarious new book of
`Boy, thiS is exactly
essays, Naked Pictures
the way I want it. It's
of Famous People (Rob
a good feeling."
Weisbach Books;
Stewart is also
$24). He is starring in
excited about his new
two films, The Faculty,
duties at "The Daily
opening today, and
Show," the Comedy
Playing By Heart
(playing opposite
Gillian Anderson),
which is due to open
early next year.
And he is the recip-
ient of a four-year,
reportedly $6-million-
deal to anchor and be
the executive producer
of Comedy Central's
"The Daily Show," on
which he debuts Jan
11
This is the multitalented young
man's rime: Everything is available to
him. Asked which career he might
settle on when he grows up, Stewart
ponders: "How old do you have to be
when you can no longer get into rab-
binical school?"
He's joking, of course, but as any-
one who has seen him perform can
attest, Stewart's Yiddishkeit is an
important element in everything he
does. He refers to it regularly in his
act, and it contributes to a very funny
chapter in his book.
In "The New Judaism," Stewart
Central hit that spoofs
the day's happenings
in a smirking send-up
of the news. He likes
the prograM's immedi-
acy. "You go in, write
the jokes and have
them out as it hap-
pens.
For Stewart, 35, it
began to happen in the
suburbs of Trenton,
N.J., where he was
born the grandchild of
Russian immigrants.
His grandfather, who
is still alive, was a Manchurian fur
trader.
There is no stereotypical dark side
to Stewart's early life. Born John Stuart
Liebowitz to a physicist dad and a spe-
cial ed teacher mom, he went to a
yeshiva kindergarten and then to pub-
lic schools. He also attended Hebrew
School until "the traditional age of 13
when you [look at the bar mitzvah
gifts and] say, 'Hey, I got the payout.'"
"
COMEBACK KID on page 71
In "The Faculty"
opening today,
rapidly reproducing
space worms set out
for global domina-
tion by manipulat-
ing the world-wear)4
underpaid high
school faculty of
Herrington, Ohio.
Here, science teacher
Stewart, center, gets
up close and person-
al with one of the
1vorms.
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