Andrew Tobin
By Andrew Tobin
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Breaking News A Hero’s Welcome For Israel’s Olympic Judo Medalists
— Hundreds of fans showed up at the airport to welcome Israel’s Olympic medal-winning judokas home. Entering the arrivals hall at Ben-Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv Monday night, Yarden Gerbi and Or Sasson were showered with flowers. Supporters waved flags, sang patriotic songs and held up pictures and posters of the athletes. “I didn’t expect so…
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Breaking News Israeli Teen Hurt in Eastern Jerusalem Stabbing
JERUSALEM — A Palestinian man stabbed an Israeli with a screwdriver in eastern Jerusalem, police said. The Jewish victim, 18, was moderately hurt with several stab wounds to the upper body, the Magen David Adom rescue service said in a statement. The attack occurred near the Jewish settlement of Beit Hoshen and the Palestinian village of…
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Breaking News ‘Wandering Israeli’ Woman Leaves Peru Airport After Being Stranded for 3 Weeks
— A 57-year-old woman dubbed “the wandering Israeli” by Peruvian media left Lima’s international airport after living in the arrivals area for 19 days and making headlines across the country. Olga Babaev’s story was reported by Peruvian newspapers and TV channels, which likened it to Steven Spielberg’s film “The Terminal.” A nearly eight-minute broadcast Sunday followed her as she left the…
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The Schmooze Bruce Springsteen Sidekick Steve Van Zandt Lashes Out at Boycott Israel ‘Idiots’
(JTA) — Amid rumors that Bruce Springsteen will perform in Tel Aviv this summer, he and his E Street band have come under fire from supporters of boycotting Israel. On Monday, band guitarist Steven Van Zandt — who is also known for playing a mobster on HBO’s “The Sopranos” — responded in typically direct style. In…
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The Schmooze Jason Segel Talks to Marc Maron About Growing Up Half-Jewish
(JTA) — Actor Jason Segel — best known as the star of “Forgetting Sarah Marshall” and “How I Met Your Mother” — opened up on Marc Maron’s “WTF” podcast this week about growing up half-Jewish and complete outsider. Segel sat down for the Monday podcast ahead of the release of film in which he plays tortured…
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The Schmooze Morgan Freeman, Voice of God, Wants You To Support The Iran Deal
(JTA) — Actors Jack Black and Morgan Freeman join other big shots, including Queen Noor of Jordan, in a comedic video released Tuesday that plumps for the Iran deal. The celebrities urge Americans to contact their representatives in Washington to encourage them to support the agreement between world powers and Iran, which Congress has until September…
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Breaking News WATCH: Jewish Pundit Threatened for Saying Caitlyn Jenner is ‘Mainstreaming Delusion’
(JTA) —- Journalist Zoey Tur, a transgender woman, has threatened Ben Shapiro, a right-wing political commentator who is an Orthodox Jew, with violence for publicly opposing social acceptance of transgender people. In a heated panel discussion Thursday on the HLN television show “Dr. Drew On Call,” Shapiro said, “Why are we mainstreaming delusion?” And later:…
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The Schmooze Watch: Jewish Gold Medalist Aly Raisman Gets Naked for ESPN
(JTA) — It sounds like a Jewish mother’s nightmare: A 21-year-old Jewish gymnast agrees to be photographed and filmed fully naked. But Playboy, it’s not. READ: Aly Raisman’s Nude Photoshoot Isn’t As Scandalous As You Think Aly Raisman, a two-time Olympic gold medalist, stripped down for ESPN The Magazine’s annual Body Issue, which features photos…
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