{"id":78740,"date":"2023-12-11T16:29:11","date_gmt":"2023-12-11T21:29:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/?p=78740"},"modified":"2023-12-22T16:36:24","modified_gmt":"2023-12-22T21:36:24","slug":"norman-lear-zl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/norman-lear-zl\/","title":{"rendered":"Norman Lear, z'”l"},"content":{"rendered":"

Norman Lear died last week at the age of 101. Lear was a writer and producer who created dozens of television sitcoms, including “All in the Family””>Sanford and Son, <\/span>Maude<\/span>, <\/span>The Jeffersons<\/span>, and <\/span>One Day at a Time<\/span>, among others. He received numerous awards for his work, including 6 Emmys, 2 Peabodys, the National Medal of Arts, and the Kennedy Center Honors. Lear was also very involved in progressive politics, most notably as a founder of People for the American Way, whose mission is to fight for equality, pluralism, freedom of thought, and compassion for others. Lear was born to Jewish parents in New Haven, CT, and though he was not religious, he described himself \u201cas culturally Jewish as I could be and proud to be Jewish.\u201d He noted that listening to the antisemitic Father Coughlin on the radio influenced his thinking and led him toward social activism. In 1974, Lear founded a production company whose name was influenced by his Judaism. What was the company called?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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