I loved the trappings of being a Jew - the dinners, the jokes.
But I loved going to Passover dinners at my grandfather's house in Bensonhurst. My mother simply didn't have the money, therefore, we were very rarely in a synagogue because it cost $5 on High Holy Days. The synagogues in Brooklyn charged money on the High Holy Days - not much, I think maybe $5 a family, to keep the synagogue going. I love being a Jew and I love Jewish humor, and I loved the je ne sais quoi that the Jews. Television Mel Brooks: 'I'm An EGOT I Don't Need Any More'īeing afraid I'm going to die has not made me more religious.
