‘Ashamed. Embarrassed’: Jerry Lewis’s infamous Holocaust clown film that never was

A new documentary explores the mystery behind The Day the Clown Cried, a never-finished, never-released 1970s movie set in a second world war death camp ...
The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Jerry Lewis Telethon Under Fire

Jerry Lewis’s annual Labor Day telethon for the Muscular Dystrophy Association raised more money than ever this year, $63.7-million, according to the charity. But the actor and the event continue to ...
The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Jerry Lewis Telethon Raises $65-Million

The annual Labor Day telethon for the Muscular Dystrophy Association, featuring the comedian Jerry Lewis, raised $65-million, reports the Associated Press. The telethon also asked people to donate for ...
The Forward

Legendary ‘King of Comedy’ Jerry Lewis placed a weekly Jewish deli order, his son recalls

DALLAS — Christopher J. Lewis stood at his booth in the midst of a sprawling exhibit hall earlier this year as 2,000 physicians, researchers, pharmaceutical representatives, journalists and rare ...