STREAMING CATCH-UP; 
JEWISH DOCTORS WHO 
ARE COVID-19 EXPERTS
On the Rocks is a “drame-
dy” which opened in a few 
theaters on Oct. 2 (to be 
Oscar-eligible) and began 
streaming on Apple TV Plus 
on Oct. 23. Reviews were 
mostly favorable, with a few 
raves. But there were some 
thumbs-down by respected 
critics. 
Rashida Jones, 44, 
co-stars as a wife who sus-
pects her husband (Marlon 
Wayans) is cheating. Jones’ 
father (Bill Murray) insists 
they investigate. The sup-
porting cast includes Jenny 
Slate, 38, and Barbara 
Bain, 89 (you might remem-
ber Bain as a co-star of 
Mission Impossible, the ’60s 
TV series. Most of her MI
scenes were with the late 
Martin Landau, then her 
real-life husband). 
The mockumentary 
comedy Borat (2006), 
starring Sacha Baron 
Cohen, 49, in the title role 
as an antisemitic reporter 
from Central Asia, was 
a huge hit. Cohen was 
determined that a sequel 
about current American 
events would be released 
before the election, and it 
was released on Oct. 23 
on Amazon Prime. The 
new film (short tile: Borat 
Subsequent Moviefilm) finds 
Borat spoofing an array of 
conservative targets, includ-

ing Mike Pence and Rudy 
Giuliani. 
Several readers have 
asked me if any of the phy-
sicians who are developing 
vaccines for COVID-19, and/
or frequently appear on 
news programs to discuss 
COVID-19, are Jewish. 
Dr. Tal Zaks, 54, is an 
Israel-born and trained 
oncologist who has been 
the chief medical officer 
for Moderna Therapeutics 
since 2015. He is the “point 
guy” on Moderna’s COVID-
19 vaccine development.
Dr. Peter Hotez, 62, is 
the director of the Texas 
Children’s Hospital Center 
for Vaccine Development. 
He frequently appears on 
MSNBC and CNN. He has 
been working with India on 
a COVID-19 vaccine. 
Dr. Scott Gottlieb, 48, 
an internist, served as FDA 
commissioner from 2017-
2019. 
Dr. Irwin Redlener, 
76, a pediatrician, is a 
pandemic expert at the 
National Center for Disaster 
Preparedness at the Earth 
Institute at Columbia 
University.
Dr. Steven Atlas, 65, 
a radiologist, joined the 
White House’s COVID-19 
task force in August. His 
embrace of “herd immunity” 
and his disparagement of 
masks and social distancing 
have caused a firestorm of 
controversy. 

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