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Jewish. She understands 
Hebrew but isn’t fluent. 

SUPPORTING ACTOR 
IN A COMEDY SERIES
Henry Winkler, 76, who had 
a great third season on Barry 
(HBO), is the heavy favor-
ite to win. There is a small 
chance that Brett Goldstein, 
42, a Ted Lasso (Apple) actor 
and writer, will pull off an 
upset and win his second 
Emmy in this category. 

SUPPORTING ACTRESS, 
COMEDY SERIES
Alex Borstein, 51 (Mrs. 
Maisel, Amazon Prime) 
and Hannah Einbinder, 27 
(Hacks, HBO) compete with 
six other actresses. Borstein 
already won an Emmy in this category and 
is a big longshot. Einbinder is one of three 
actresses rated “favorites.” Two actresses 
on the new ABC series Abbott Elementary 
are Einbinder’s real competition. 
Einbinder’s parents are Jewish, and she 
often talks about being Jewish. Her moth-
er is Laraine Newman, 70, an original SNL 
cast member. 

SUPPORTING ACTRESS, 
DRAMA SERIES
Patricia Arquette, 54, (Severance) and 
Julia Garner (Ozark) vie in this category. 
Arquette is a big longshot. Garner and 
three other actresses are “in the running” 
and any one of the four could win. 
Arquette is the daughter of a Jewish 
mother and a non-Jewish father. She 
was raised in a hodgepodge of religious 
traditions and has been basically secular 
as an adult. Her siblings, actors Rosanna 
Arquette, 63, and David Arquette, 50, 
have, in different ways, embraced their 
Jewish background as adults.

 

DIRECTING, LIMITED SERIES
Directing awards are rarely handicapped 
by journalists, and there is no “consensus” 
favorite in any directing category.
Danny Strong, 48 (Dopesick) vies with 
Michael Showalter, 52 (The Dropout). 

Both are former actors who 
became directors. Strong is 
also nominated for writing 
Dopesick. This is a “weird” 
year: Strong is the only nom-
inee, in any writing category, 
that I am sure is Jewish.

DIRECTING, 
DRAMA SERIES
Ben Stiller, 56, Severance. 

BEST SHOWS
Every show has a number of 
producers (often five or more) 
who will get an Emmy if their 
show wins. My practice is to 
only highlight shows in which 
the producer was also a creator 
of the series. In other words, 
the person(s) who count the 
most.

BEST COMEDY SERIES
As I said above, all the “best” show cate-
gories have 10 nominees. In this category, 
three shows have “confirmed” Jewish 
creators/producers. Sadly, none of the 
series mentioned just below are predicted 
to win. 
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, as just about 
everyone knows, is about a fictional Jewish 
comedian. It was created by 
Amy Sherman-Palladino, 56, 
and her (non-Jewish) husband, 
Daniel Palladino. Amy’s father 
was Jewish. She was raised 
“Jewish light.” 
Curb Your Enthusiasm 
(HBO) was created by Larry 
David, 75, the series’ star. Curb 
and Maisel compete with 
What We Do in the Shadows, 
(FX) co-created by New 
Zealander Taika Waititi 47, 
who self-identifies as Jewish, 
although he had “only” one 
Jewish grandparent. 
Note: I am pretty sure that 
John Robert Hoffman, who 
co-created another nominee, 
Only Murders in the Building 
(Hulu) is Jewish. But he’s very 
hard to “verify.” 

BEST DRAMA SERIES
Euphoria (HBO) is an American teen 
series created by and principally written 
by Sam Levinson, 37 (the son of Oscar-
winning director Barry Levinson, 80). It’s 
based on the Israeli miniseries of the same 
name created by Ron Leshem, 45, and 
Daphna Levin, 54. (This series is an Emmy 
longshot. Favorites are Squid Game and 
Succession). 

BEST LIMITED SERIES
Dopesick was created by Danny Strong. 
It is the favorite to win (The Dropout is a 
possibility). 

A longshot is Pam & Tommy (Hulu). 
It follows actress Pam Anderson and her 
hubbie, rock musician Tommy Lee, as they 
cope with the scandal that followed the 
theft and release of a private sex video they 
made. 
The series was written and produced 
by Robert Siegel, 51. He was the subject 
of a NY Times profile when he married 
comedic voice actress Jen Cohn, now 51, 
in a Jewish ceremony. Siegel, a University 
of Michigan grad, was the editor of the 
Onion, the satirical newspaper, before 
becoming a screenwriter.

OUTSTANDING LIVE SPECIAL
Glenn Weiss, 61, and Ricky Kirshner, 
60ish, co-produced The 
Tony Awards: Broadway’s 
Back! (CBS). Kirshner is 
the son of the late media 
mogul Don Kirshner. Older 
readers might remember 
the ABC late-night series 
Don Kirshner’s Rock Concert, 
which he hosted. Ricky 
hosted during its last year 
(1981). 

But how can they not give 
this Emmy to the legendary 
Norman Lear, who 
co-produced Live in Front 
of a Studio Audience: The 
Facts of Life and Diff’rent 
Strokes (ABC). If Lear wins, 
he will be the first 100-year-
old Emmy winner! 

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