34 July 11 • 2019
jn

celebrity jews
arts&life

KRAVITZ/GLUSMAN CLANS
Zoe Kravitz, 30, wed actor Karl Glusman, 
31, on June 28. The secular 
wedding was held in the 
palatial Paris home of her 
father, famous rocker Lenny 
Kravitz. Also attending were 
the four other female stars of 
Zoe’
s HBO series, Big Little 
Lies. Zoe’
s mother, actress 
Lisa Bonet, 51, was there, 
too, accompanied by her 
present husband, actor Jason 
Momoa (Aquaman). 
OK — here is the con-
densed Jewish story. Lenny’
s 
father was Jewish and his 
mother African American. He 
had a very light exposure to 
Judaism as a child and, as 
an adult, he identifies as a 
Christian. His mother was 
African American actress 
Roxie Roker (The Jeffersons). 
Bonet’
s white mother was 
Jewish and her father was 
African American. She was 
raised “Jewish light,” but 
doesn’
t practice anything 
now. Zoe has defined herself 
as a “secular Jew” and does 
seem to like Jewish guys — 
most of her prior “steadies” 
are Jewish. 
Karl’
s paternal grandfa-
ther, Dr. Murray Glusman, a 
distinguished physician, was 
the son of Russian Jewish 
immigrants. Karl’
s paternal 
grandmother, also a top 
physician, was a “WASP” (I 
don’
t know if she converted 
to Judaism. Clues make me 
think not.). Karl’
s maternal 
grandparents were Irish and 
Swedish. Bottom line: There 
is enough “Jewish” going on 
here that there’
s a chance 
the newlyweds’
 children, if 
any, will be raised Jewish. 
They will be “halachic” Jews 
because their mother is the 
child of a Jewish mother. 

BRIEFLY NOTED
Mel Brooks, 92, was in New York recently 
for a two-night performance of his show 
Mel Brooks on Broadway. The New York 
Post reports that a Discovery channel 
executive asked him the “key to longev-
ity.” He replied: “Keep on living.” In an 
audience Q&A segment, 
Brooks was asked: “Do you 
wear boxers or briefs?” He 
replied, “Depends.”
Now streaming on Netflix 
is the mini-series Tales of 
the City. The series follows 
an eclectic group of San 
Francisco-based friends. 
There were three prior 
mini-series based on the 
Tales of the City novels 
that starred Laura Linney 
and Olympia Dukakis. They 
co-star again in the new 
Netflix series. Victor Garber, 
70, and Zosia Mamet, 31, 
have recurring roles as new 
characters. Garber plays 
Sam, a volunteer reader 
for sight-impaired people. 
He reads to Mrs. Madrigal 
(Dukakis). Mamet, a co-star 
of the HBO show Girls, plays 
Claire, a hip documentary 
filmmaker who becomes 
the love interest of Linney’
s 
estranged daughter. 
A new Broadway musical 
about the life and career of 
rock legend Neil Diamond, 
78, will hit the boards 
sometime in the next year. 
The still untitled musical will 
follow him from his origins 
as poor Brooklyn Jewish boy 
until he hits super-stardom. 
Many of Diamond’
s songs 
will be used. Diamond 
has expressed happiness 
with the new show and 
the creative team behind 
it. The two principals are 
top-notch: The show’
s story 
(“book”) is being written 
by Andrew McCarten, who 
wrote Bohemian Rhapsody. 
The director is Michael 
Mayer, 59, a Tony winner for 
best direction of a musical. 
He’
s also adept at directing dramas and 
fixing scripts when necessary. ■

NATE BLOOM

COLUMNIST

Zoe Kravitz

Lisa Bonet

Victor Garber (2012)

Zosia Mamet 

PHOTO VIA KRAVITZ FACEBOOK
PHOTO VIA BONET FACEBOOK
PHOTO VIA GARBER FACEBOOK 
PHOTO VIA WIKIPEDIA 


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