Miriam Moster
By Miriam Moster
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Opinion Don’t blame haredi Jews for the spread of coronavirus. Blame their media and leadership.
In New York and Israel, ultra-Orthodox communities have been among the hardest hit by the novel coronavirus pandemic. Some community members point to a lack of access to mainstream media outlets to explain how this epidemic came to ravage the haredi community. Community members didn’t know the extent of the virus or the way it…
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The Schmooze Getting It Right: How Hollywood Does Haredi
(JTA) — When it comes to Hasidic characters in movies, film consultant Elli Meyer believes that the real deal trumps a random actor in costume. But that approach isn’t without its challenges. Meyer, a New York-based Lubavitcher Hasid, recounted one occasion when he was hired to cast extras for a film but refused upon learning…
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Opinion The Gaza War Through Ultra-Orthodox Eyes
An ultra-Orthodox Jew watches the bombardment of Gaza from southern Israel / Getty Images (JTA) — Most Israelis blame the war in Gaza squarely on Hamas, though there are plenty who fault the Israeli government for not pursuing peace more aggressively. In the haredi Orthodox community, however, where practically everything is ascribed to the omnipresent hand…
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The Schmooze Chelsea Handler’s Latest Hitler Comedy Not Funny, ADL Says
Getty Images (JTA) — Were Hitler jokes taken too far on the late-night comedy show “Chelsea Lately”? The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) certainly thought so. “While we try to give comedians leeway and do not believe that Nazi jokes should be completely off-limits, this was an instance of taking a Hitler parody to the extreme,” the…
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News Orthodox Day School Upset at Raunchy 12-Year-Old Comic Josh Orlian
(JTA) — Josh Orlian cracked up the judges on “America’s Got Talent,” but his Orthodox day school wasn’t laughing. The 12-year-old kippah-wearing comic made his national television debut with a raunchy routine packed with sexual innuendo. The show’s celebrity judges and studio audience seemed both stunned and entertained by the pre-bar-mitzvah-age cut-up’s dirty jokes. While…
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Fast Forward Al Sharpton Seeks To Mend Fences With Jews at Labor Committee Dinner
(JTA) — Al Sharpton hasn’t always had the best relationship with the Jewish community. But on Thursday night, he had a place of honor at the Jewish Labor Committee’s annual Human Rights Awards Dinner in New York. Sharpton addressed the gathering to present the group’s Human Rights Award to Lee Saunders, president of the American…
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Fast Forward #BringBackOurBoys Joins Rally for Nigerian Girls
(JTA) — Several participants in a rally at the Israeli consulate in New York on behalf of the three kidnapped Israeli teens later joined a second rally nearby focused on the kidnapping of 200 Nigerian girls. The second rally was outside the Nigerian consulate. The girls’ mass abduction by the Islamist terrorist group Boko Haram spurred…
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