Eleanor Goldberg
By Eleanor Goldberg
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Life Michael J. Fox Cuts In on the Circumcision Debate
“Whose penis? Whose body? Whose rights?” read one sign. “You Want to Cut Off WHAT?” read another. These were a couple of the slogans of the approximately 50 demonstrators at 16th annual rally in favor of making male circumcision illegal. Held to commemorate Genital Integrity Awareness Week and the 12th anniversary of Congress’s ban of…
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Life ‘Bruno’ Slapped With NC-17 Rating
The Motion Picture Association of America has slapped Sacha Baron latest film, “Bruno,” which is slated to be released in July 2009, with an NC-17 rating. The film has been deemed inappropriate for children under 17 because of its explicit scenes that surpass the likes of the naked fight from Cohen’s first feature, “Borat: Cultural…
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Life London Synagogue Auctions Off Celebrity Underwear
With Passover just around the corner, goodwill is aplenty: Some charities are delivering seder meals, and others are arranging for holiday invites. The New North London Synagogue however, is taking a different approach. They are auctioning off autographed celebrity underwear on Ebay. Simon Hattenstone, a writer for the Guardian, decided to request celebrity underwear as…
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Life Confusing Queen Esther and … the Starbucks Mermaid
Traditionally, Purim celebrants drink enough alcohol to confuse the Book of Esther’s villain, Haman, with its hero, Mordechai. But this year, two unlikely female characters were confused: Queen Esther and the mermaid depicted in the Starbucks Coffee logo. “The girl in the Starbucks logo is Queen Esther … the queen of the Jews,” Safwat Higazi,…
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Israel News A Fair Shake: Christian Salt Makes its Debut
Have you had a recipe call for Christian salt lately? By next week, you just might. Joe Godlewski, a retired barber from Cresaptown, Md., was fed up with television chefs constantly beckoning for kosher salt. So, he put his styling skills to use and created the first-ever Blessed Christians Salt, a seasoning blessed by an…
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Life The Second Temple for Lilliputians
The Romans destroyed Herod’s Temple more than 2,000 years ago. Now Alex Garrard, a 78-year-old British farmer, is hand-crafting a replica. At 20 feet by 12 feet, the mock-up is 1/100 of the size of the original. “I have been working on it for decades but it will never be finished as I’m always finding…
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Life From LiLo to LeahLo?
You might think Lindsay Lohan’s Monday morning Facebook status update would make light of some raucous weekend parties. Instead, it’s where the freckled star announced that she intends to convert to Judaism. After attending the Saturday bar mitzvah of girlfriend Samantha Ronson’s half-brother Saturday, the 22-year-old star of “Mean Girls” and “Herbie Fully Loaded” told…
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Israel News Cook-Off Contestants Can Take the Heat
This year’s Simply Manischewitz Cook-Off included all the stress-inducing ingredients one might find on an episode of Bravo TV’s “Top Chef” — time restrictions, stiff competition and a $25,000 grand prize. But it was lacking one element: the cutthroat drama. On February 13, six finalists, amateur cooks whose recipes were selected from among thousands of…
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