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people of color. I'm one of two people
missing school for Passover."
It was at school that she first experi-
enced anti-Semitism. Some neo-Nazis
came on campus and papered the
lockers with hate fliers. "In response,
my mom spearheaded a tolerance day.
She brought my grandmother, [a
Holocaust survivor from Hungry], to
speak."
Life wasn't much easier when
Borstein attended San Francisco State,
where the campus was
very pro-Palestinian.
"I'm not necessarily
black and white on
the subject of Israel;
the issues are muddy.
But in the atmosphere
there, it was hard to
discuss your position
let alone defend it.
But it probably made
me smarter. I had to
read more newspa-
pers."
Borstein's first break
in show business came
when she landed a
regular spot on FOX'S
MADtv. Her most
famous character was
a Miss Swan, based on
her grandmother, a
woman who chooses
where and when she
understands English."
Alex Borstein and her alter ego, Lois Griffin
That was followed
by Family Guy, which
is in many ways an ideal job. Borstein
Midwestern Girl
works pretty regular hours, has a nice
regular paycheck and has the option of
Borstein, 34, was raised mostly in
taking on occasional outside work. She
Deerfield, Ill. Her father was raised
has
been a recurring character named
Orthodox and sent Alex and her two
Drella on the WB's Gilmore Girls and
brothers to private Jewish day schools.
just finished a featured role in the new
"We all speak and read Hebrew," she
George Clooney film, Good Night and
says.
Good Luck, about Edward R. Morrow
One brother is a Hollywood deal-
and Sen. Joseph McCarthy.
maker who decided to go back to law
Times are good. She's happily mar-
school. "My parents are kvelling."The
ried
to Jackson Douglas, who is not
other built and then sold a sizable
only
an actor but also "a nice Jewish
pharmaceutical company.
boy from Seattle." She also has this
Thinking back on her childhood,
really cool Web site
she says, "You never know how differ-
(www.alexborstein.com).
ent your upbringing was. It really was
"I'd appreciate it if you gave it a
different. That sense of family, the
plug," she says. ❑
consistency. If you're not celebrating
Passover, it's Purim. It's always some-
thing."
She understood just how different
life could be when her family moved
to Southern California about the time
she entered high school. By her own
choice, she attended a public high
school.
The Family Guy airs 9 p.m.
"I went from being surrounded by
Sundays on FOX.
Jewish people to all of a sudden seeing
Kravitz.
MacFarlane is not Jewish, Borstein
says, but "he grew up a huge Woody
Allen fan. He has that kind of sensibil-
ity." She adds: "In a weird way, people
can't wait for him to go after them.
They can't wait for something egre-
gious about their religion, their faith.
In the post 9-11 climate today, people
are ready to laugh and not take them-
selves too seriously."
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