Dorri Olds
By Dorri Olds
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Life Clinton’s Candidacy, Assessed
How did an extraordinarily well-qualified, experienced, and admired candidate — whose victory would have been as historic as Barack Obama’s — come to be seen as a tool of the establishment, a chronic liar, and a talentless politician? That’s the question Pulitzer Prize-nominated author Susan Bordo, Ph.D., asked and answered in her new book, “The…
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Life Comedian’s New Memoir Raises Awareness Of Ovarian Cancer
World Ovarian Cancer Day occurs in early May, the same week as Mother’s Day. This year Jennifer Coken is observing both days with the publication of her new memoir, “When I Die, Take My Panties: Turning Your Darkest Moments into Your Greatest Gifts.” The book chronicles her journey through her mother’s diagnosis and 2011 death….
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Culture Why Serial Killers and Jewish Pirates Fascinate Josh Zeman
On November 5, “The Killing Season,” a docu-series about the unsolved case of the Long Island Serial Killer (LISK), premieres on A&E. Documentarian Josh Zeman, born in Seacliff, Long Island, became fascinated with these unsolved killings since the bodies of 10 sex workers were discovered along a desolate highway on Gilgo Beach, LI in 2010…
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The Schmooze How Did an Unknown Filmmaker Coax Jerry Lewis Out of Retirement?
“It was surreal,” writer-director Daniel Noah, 44, told the Forward. “I was being served lox and bagels on a Sunday morning in my pajamas by Jerry Lewis. He was wearing a silk kimono, putting salmon on my plate, and asking me do I want more capers.” Jerry Lewis turned 90 this year and had been…
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Life Say No to the ‘C’
Courtesy of Jennifer Margulis According to a 2014 study by the Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation, the United States is the only developed country with increasing rates of maternal mortality rates. And the World Health Organization reported that between 1990 and 2013, the maternal mortality rate increased from about 12 to 28 deaths per…
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Life A Tour of Jewish China
Courtesy of Yael Farjun Growing up in Eilat and studying about Asia and political science, Israeli Yael Farjun decided to put her learning, including fluency in Mandarin, to use by going to China. Farjun’s first step was working for the Israeli Pavilion at the Shanghai World Expo in 2010, the first year the Expo was…
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Opinion What’s Eric Fingerhut Doing at a Jerusalem U Event?
Eric Fingerhut speaks at Jerusalem U film screening / Dorri Olds Trying to get an unbiased education about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is a never-ending conundrum. It’s like the parable of the blind men and the elephant — one blind man grabs the tail and says, “An elephant is like a rope,” another feels the trunk…
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Life A Journey of Recovery From Eating Disorders
Eating disorders are not confined to race, sex or religion, and with the stigma of mental illness making so many sufferers unwilling to admit to eating disorders, it is harder still to reach out and help. The Jewish community may be just as susceptible to such eating disorders as bulimia nervosa and anorexia nervosa as…
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