Meet Sarah Sherman, SNL's newest Jewish cast member

• Published date: 01 October 2021
• Author: GABE FRIEDMAN/JTA
• Publication title: Jerusalem Post, The: Web Edition Articles (Israel)

Sherman's stage name is Sarah Squirm, a reference to her grotesque, R-rated live "Helltrap Nightmare" comedy shows in Chicago.

In a 2020 interview with Vice, Sherman opened up — in humorous fashion — about her Jewish background formed in "Jewish Long Island," and called herself a "f***ing freaky Jewish woman."

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"My phone number says 'Garden City,' and that bothers me. I'm from really Jewish Long Island, and Garden City is really Catholic Long Island, so that's where I draw the line," Sherman said. "It's like, can my area code really reflect that I sort of live in [the world of] 'Uncut Gems'?"

"Uncut Gems," the 2019 film starring Adam Sandler as an unhinged Jewish Diamond District businessman, follows Sandler's Howard Ratner character to Long...