LOS ANGELES (JTA) – The life of Charlton Heston was marked by certain ironies ... Moses and Judah Ben Hur. Even while reviled by most American Jews as an arch conservative, he was a close ...

The Charlton Heston classic Ben-Hur is one of the biggest movies in Hollywood history and it fits the definition of a "sword and sandal" movie perfectly. It was an enormous success when it came ...