Thursday, January 7, 2021

Throwback Thursday Entertainment Special: Bonanza's Jewish Connections (1959-1973)

From 1959 to 1973 Bonanza, which featured the Cartwright family running their ranch in the old American West, became one of the most popular shows on television. The show was created by writer-producer David Dorters (born David Solomon Katz) to share Jewish values with the world.  

Dorters often said that the values he fused into Bonanza were Jewish values that he learned at home in Brooklyn from his father and his uncle Harry, who, known as Pancho's Jew, fought with the Mexican revolutionary fighter Pancho Villa.

Two of the leading actors in Bonanza were Jewish, as you'll see in this video about the series, posted on YouTube by Jewish Life Television (JLTV).

Enjoy!

A SPECIAL NOTE FOR NEW EMAIL SUBSCRIBERS:  THE VIDEO MAY NOT BE VIEWABLE DIRECTLY FROM THE EMAIL THAT YOU GET EACH DAY ON SOME COMPUTERS AND TABLETS.  YOU MUST CLICK ON THE TITLE AT THE TOP OF THE EMAIL TO REACH THE JEWISH HUMOR CENTRAL WEBSITE, FROM WHICH YOU CLICK ON THE PLAY BUTTON IN THE VIDEO IMAGE TO START THE VIDEO.

  
#Throwback Thursday    #TBT

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