Telma Hopkins, D.K. Uzoukwu, Laverne Cox and George Wallace star in 'Clean Slate,' a Norman Lear project that tackles family dynamics around gender with wit and humor.

(JTA) — Norman Lear, the Jewish TV pioneer behind iconic comedies of the 1970s and 1980s that helped bring social commentary and Black characters into the mainstream, has died at 101. Lear’s ...