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1999

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A Cool Quartet

The Wifs "Zoe, Duncan, Jack jane,''
stars a former Hillel Day School student.

and offbeat humor, the show has its
share of Jewish connections.
"ZDJ&J" doesn't tape on Friday
nights like most other shows. The cre-
teenage girl in a cropped top
ators and executive producer are Jewish
and clingy cardigan does
and of the four stars, three — Michael
what she can to get her guy.
Rosenbaum (Jack), David Moscow
Whether pretending to be a
(Duncan) and Selma Blair (Zoe) —
vegan while practically starving herself,
have Jewish ties.
or chumming up to a crush's bossy
Blair grew up in Southfield and
wheelchair-bound sister — she's driven.
attended
Cranbrook-Kingswood and
So goes the life of Zoe Bean —
the University of Michigan. In fact,
played by Southfield native Selma Blair
"Selma Blair Beitner (working under
— one-fourth of the pack of pals on
the name Selma Blair)" is recognized for
"Zoe, Duncan, Jack & Jane" (ZDJ&J),
her starring role in
the half-hour sitcom
"Zoe, Duncan,
from Touchstone
Above, Left to right: Michael
Jack & Jane" in the
Television that
Rosenbaum (Jack Cooper); Azura
latest Hillel Day
humorously high-
Skye (his fraternal twin, Jane); Selma
School
newsletter.
lights the angst and
Blair (Zoe Bean); and David
A star of the recent
annoyances of ado-
Moscow (Zoe's best friend, Duncan).
teen flick Cruel
lescence. It airs 9
Intentions, the pop-
p.m Sundays on the
ular young actress attended Hillel as
WB, which currently enjoys a string of
part of the Class of 1987, according to
shows — "Dawson's Creek," "Buffy the
the newsletter.
Vampire Slayer" and "Felicity" —
But Blair declined to be interviewed
geared toward a youthful audience.
for this article. "She's half Jewish and
Focusing on four teenage friends
doesn't want to talk about it," says her
stumbling through high school in New
publicist.
York City, "Zoe, Duncan, Jack & Jane"
Played by Blair, Zoe is as neurotic as
bears some resemblance to NBC's
a teenaged Diane Keaton, while the
"Friends": The characters hang out in a
equally neurotic Duncan (Moscow) is a
coffeehouse and discuss their daily
nerdy cross between Woody Allen and
problems and relationship sagas. But
"Seinfeld's" George. The jaded and inse-
the backdrop includes a larger dollop of
cure Jane (Azura Skye) and the egotisti-
Manhattan's subway stations and parks.
cal and suave Jack (Rosenbaum) play
With its mix of New York, neuroses

JULIE WEINGARDEN
Special to The Jewish News

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