Pride and perseverance: “”She was a hero,” Hoffman said of his great-grandmother, as tears streamed down his face. “People ask me today: ‘What are you?’ I say, ‘I’m a Jew…’ I’m a Jew.” • No matter where a Jew ends up, his or her ‘Pintele Yid’, Jewish essence, remains intact. Not often does it so evidently surface as can be seen in this recent clip of a famous American actor • Full Story, Video