Chavie Lieber
By Chavie Lieber
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The Schmooze You Will Not Recognize Larry David
Larry David has got himself a long beard and hair for his upcoming HBO film, “Clear History,” leaving the Jewish funnyman basically unrecognizable. After watching the bald character on “Curb Your Enthusiasm” for so many years, the character in his new film, out this August, resembles nothing of the personality of anal, self-inflicting, persona, just…
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The Schmooze Ashton Kutcher Meets Mila Kunis’s Mishpacha
Ashton Kutcher met the parents. Over the weekend, the Steve Jobs impersonator was spotted in London hanging out with the parents of his Jewish girlfriend, “Oz” star Mila Kunis. The Hollywood power couple have been dating for about a year now, and this was Kutcher’s first time meeting the Kunis family, the Daily Mail reports….
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The Schmooze Amar’e Stoudemire Wore a Yarmulke Before Knicks Game
Perhaps trying to invoke the good fortunes of his Jewish ancestors, New York Knicks Power Forward Amar’e Stoudemire sported a yarmulke this past weekend, ahead of the Knicks sixth play-off game against the Indiana Pacers. Attempting to bring some spirituality to the sport, Stoudemire, who found out his mother was Jewish back in 2010, was…
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The Schmooze Drake to Star in New ‘Anchorman’
Sleep with one eye open, Ron Burgundy—there’s competition on the set. Jewish hiphop bombshell Drake is slated to star in the Anchorman sequel, alongside Will Ferrell and Christina Applegate. Drizzy was spotted with the filming crew this past weekend in New York City, rocking the classic 1970’s look with an afro, classic sideburns, and leather-bomb…
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Books Teaching Orthodox Couples About Sexual Dysfunction
Sexual dysfunctions within relationships are more common than ever today, with an estimated 40% of women and 30% of men suffering from sexual dysfunctions, according to a new study from the Robert Wood Johnson Medical school. Many women experience pain during intercourse, which could relate to conditions like vaginismus, dyspareunia, and vulvodynia, while common male…
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The Schmooze ‘Six Acts’ of Oversexed Israeli Teens
In a world of insecurity and competition, sometimes the only way for a teenager to raise their social status is to act out — and usually, that involves sex. So goes the uncomfortably realistic narrative of “Six Acts,” an Israeli film by director Jonathan Gurfinkel and writer Rona Segal that will screen at New York’s…
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The Schmooze Men Sink as Women Swim on ‘Mad Men’
The sixth season of “Mad Men” kicked off last night with an unsubtle theme: death. Welcome to 1968, a time of social and cultural shifts and the continuing defeat of the Vietnam War. Death is something the characters cannot seem to escape. Don knows it all too well, from the suicide of his younger brother…
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Life 7 Jewish Women To Follow on Twitter
Happy 7th birthday, Twitter! If the social media network were a student in a Yeshiva day school, right about now would be the moment its mother brought in a tray of donuts for the rest of its social media classmates to share. And so, in honor of Twitter’s 7th birthday (only 5 years till its…
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