Bruce Feiler Quote

The Exodus scenes were filmed in the sand dunes of Guadalupe, California, and DeMille transported hundreds of Orthodox Jews from New York, because he believed that in appearance and in their deep feeling of the significance of the Exodus, they would give the best possible performance as the Children of Israel. But on their first day on set, the extras were forced to fast because the commissary served ham for dinner.

Bruce Feiler

The Exodus scenes were filmed in the sand dunes of Guadalupe, California, and DeMille transported hundreds of Orthodox Jews from New York, because he believed that in appearance and in their deep feeling of the significance of the Exodus, they would give the best possible performance as the Children of Israel. But on their first day on set, the extras were forced to fast because the commissary served ham for dinner.

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About Bruce Feiler

Bruce Feiler (born October 25, 1964) is an American writer and television personality. He is the author of 15 books, including The Council of Dads, a book that describes how he responded to a diagnosis of a rare cancer by asking a group of men to be present in the lives of his young daughters. The book was the subject of a TED Talk and inspired NBC drama series Council of Dads. His latest work explores the power of life stories. Drawing on interviews with Americans in all 50 states, he offers strategies for coping with life's unsettling times in his new book, Life Is In The Transitions. Bruce writes the "This Life" column in the Sunday New York Times and is also the writer/presenter of the PBS miniseries Walking the Bible and Sacred Journeys with Bruce Feiler (2014).