A Mother's Glee: Nancy Falchuk Talks about Her Son, Glee Co-Creator Brad Falchuk

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Glee, the high school comedy-musical-bildungsroman that debuted on Fox last year, is that rare TV show that is both a critical and commercial success. Michelle Obama is a fan. So is Lady Gaga. With its Barbra Streisand-loving prima donna Rachel Berry and guitar-rocking jock Noah "Puck" Puckerman, whose annual Simchat Torah ritual consists of" eating sweet and sour pork while watching Schindler's List, the show is never short of notable Jewish moments. Its co-creator, Brad Falchuk, 39, a nice Jewish boy from Newton, Massachusetts, made his name in Hollywood as a writer and producer for Nip/Tuck, the salacious FX cable show about plastic surgeons. For the inside scoop on Falchuk, Moment went straight to the source: his mother, Nancy Falchuk, the national president of Hadassah. Falchuk spills the beans to Moment associate editor Sarah Breger about "Bradley's" early years …