Gérard Depardieu, Talmud Scholar?

TALMUD WATCH: Gérard Depardieu, Talmud Scholar? (Talya Zax, The Forward).

Gérard Depardieu, the French film star known for his roles in “The Last Metro,” “Cyrano de Bergerac,” and Kenneth Branagh’s “Hamlet” has shed some surprising light on his literary preferences: he’s currently working his way through the Babylonian Talmud.

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