Chavie Lieber
By Chavie Lieber
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News Medical Ethics Program Takes Aim at BRCA ‘Jewish’ Gene Mutation
After actress Angelina Jolie announced her decision to have a double mastectomy back in May, it didn’t take long for synagogues and Shabbat tables in the Jewish community to buzz with a new conversation. Her choice to have her breasts surgically removed touched a raw nerve within the community: while one in every 800 individuals…
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Life Rav Ovadia Yosef’s Mission to Free Agunot
Today, the Jewish world mourns a great loss: Rav Ovadia Yosef, a spiritual leader of the Sephardic community and founder of the Shaas Party has passed away. The Baghdad-born rabbi, who died at the age of 93, will be remembered as an active political player and major Torah scholar. And although not all of his…
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Culture Jewish Gap-Year Program Opens in Portland
There are few, if any, options for teens in America who want a Jewish experience during their post-high school, pre-college gap year, but don’t want to spend time in Israel. That was a key incentive for Portland, Ore.-based contracting carpenter Steve Eisenbach-Budner to create Tivnu, the first Jewish social-justice themed gap-year program in the U.S.,…
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The Schmooze Bette Midler Sings ‘Wind Beneath My Wings’ to Dying Cancer Patient
Here’s your dose of heartbreaking entertainment news. Grammy-winning actress and singer Bette Midler made a phone call last month to a dying cancer patient, and sang her famous, “Wind Beneath My Wings.” Anna Greenberg, 28-year-old Tuscon resident and longtime fan of the Jewish entertainer, was diagnosed with cancer in October of 2011. The two reportedly…
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The Schmooze Martin Scorcese Thinks Jonah Hill Is Awesome
Jonah Hill seems to have some sort of a personality complex. Although he’s starred in mainly silly comedies such as “Super Bad,” “21 Jump Street,” and the “Sitter,” he still feels the need to tell writers he’s a serious actor with a legitimate career. In his latest interview with “Bullett Magazine,” Hill insisted he was…
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The Schmooze Woody Allen’s New Movie is About the Madoff Scandal
Film critics have finally gotten an idea of what Woody Allen’s new film, “Blue Jasmine,” is really all about. After obtaining a screening of the film, the Wall Street Journal reports the film is a fictional recount of the family life and ponzi scheme of Jewish fraudster Bernie Madoff. The film tells of a high-society…
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The Schmooze Stars Are Pressuring Alicia Keys to Cancel Israel Tour
Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters and “The Color Purple” author Alice Walker have written open letters to R&B star Alicia Keys urging her to cancel her Tel Aviv concert. “Dear Alicia Keys, I have learned today that you are due to perform in Israel very soon. We have never met, though I believe we are mutually…
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The Schmooze Mayim Bialik is Officially Divorced
Add this one to the list of eligible Jewish bachelorettes. “Big Bang Theory” actress Mayim Bialik is officially divorced. After nearly a decade of marriage, the 27-year-old neuroscientist finalized her divorce with Michael Stone, People reports. Bialik announced her separation this past November, telling fans on her blog it was “terribly sad, painful and incomprehensible…
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