Allison Kaplan Sommer (Haaretz)
By Allison Kaplan Sommer (Haaretz)
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The Schmooze Kim Kardashian Blurred Out by Ultra-Orthodox
Where’s Kim? An ultra-Orthodox web site photoshopped out the image of the reality star eating dinner with her famous hubby Kanye West and Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat Just about every part of Kim Kardashian has probably been exposed to the world by now, between her infamous sex tape, reality television, and most recently, the photographs…
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Life Sexist Chocolate Bar Rocks Ultra-Orthodox Party
Ultra-Orthodox women activists hoped that perhaps their time had finally come in 2015 – that they would finally be seen and heard by the parties that represent their community in the Knesset. But just days before Israelis go to the polls, the highest-profile outreach to women by an ultra-Orthodox politician to the women of his…
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Opinion What If Bibi Loses? Imagining Life Without Netanyahu
Rotating campaign billboard shows Netanyahu and Labor Party leader Isaac Herzog / Getty Images No one even dared speculate about it before. Only now, less than a week before they go to the polls on March 17, Israelis are finally allowing themselves to seriously consider the possibility that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu might actually lose…
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The Schmooze Jon Stewart’s ‘Uncircumcised’ Swansong
In a long, in depth interview that covered the span of his career as a performer, director, and show creator, Jon Stewart appeared at a live performance in New York City with comedian Catie Lazarus and discussed the reaction to his announcement last week that he was stepping down from the helm of the hugely…
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Life Women Fight Back Against Jerusalem Modesty Signs
A sign in the entrance to Mea Shearim neighborhood in Jerusalem. Photo by Wikimedia Commons / Lisa Mathon Modesty signs in the ultra-Orthodox neighborhoods of Jerusalem are a common sight. The forbidding black headlines generally read, “Please do not pass through our neighborhood in immodest clothes” – with a detailed description of the dress code…
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Opinion Should We Watch ISIS Horror Videos — or Look Away?
As the Islamic State releases video after video, each more appalling than the next, in what is surely the YouTube channel from hell – the world seems to have divided into those of us who choose to watch the atrocities and those of us who don’t. Members of the first group are making a choice…
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Life Israel Gets Its First Ultra-Orthodox Women’s Party
Ruth Colian, head of the new party. // Tomer Appelbaum/Haaretz The first-ever Israeli political party dedicated to ultra-Orthodox women, was unveiled Monday. Heading the party, called “B’Zhutan: Haredi Women Making Change” is Ruth Colian, 33, a veteran social activist and feminist who declared that this was a “historic” step in a mission to “guarantee representation…
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The Schmooze Bar Refaeli Chokes Up on Israeli ‘X-Factor’
By now, we expect reality singing talent programs to be emotionally manipulative. It’s all part and parcel of the ratings game, and has been from the very first episode of American Idol, the show that spawned the genre. Without these narratives, after all, how else could so many people be convinced to watch performance after…
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