Emily Siegel
By Emily Siegel
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The Schmooze Deborah Lipstadt Explains Why Holocaust Denial Shouldn’t Be a Crime
Famous Holocaust historian Deborah Lipstadt opposed criminalization of Holocaust denial in a debate at the Oxford Union Society last month, which is shown in the video below. Even after years of fighting a libel suit filed against her in 1996 by Holocaust denier David Irving, Lipstadt says she is not in favor of laws against…
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The Schmooze @ElBloombito Is Back — With Riff on Bernie
@ElBloombito is back — and its talking about the Tribe. The Twitter parody account, which mocks former Mayor Bloomberg’s garbled Spanish, is now training its ire on fact that not one but two Jews might be in this year’s presidential election. Rachel Figueroa, the Jewish and Puerto Rican woman behind @ElBloombito, imagined how Bloomberg might…
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The Schmooze A Bar Mitzvah on Death Row
A rabbi in Texas helped killer imprisoned on Death Row achieve his dreams of finally becoming a man, religiously of course. Chabad.org reports that Rabbi Dovid Goldstein, lead Jewish chaplain in the Texas prison system, worked tirelessly to help inmate Jedidiah Murphy have a Bar Mitzvah. Murphy is obviously well passed puberty, but he grew…
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The Schmooze $7.5M Fort Lauderdale Mansion Boasts Built-In Synagogue
Synagogue can be such a schlep. Haven’t you ever just wished the shul could come to you? If that’s the case, for the low, low price of $7.5 million, you could purchase a home with a built-in synagogue. The 18,000-square foot Fort Lauderdale mansion is listed on Douglas Elliman and among other luxuries, includes a…
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The Schmooze Yulia Brodskaya Puts Her Stamp on Love for Valentine’s Day
Take a closer look at that love stamp on your Valentines Day cards — this year it’s not your typical cherub. Yulia Brodskaya, a Jewish artist, designed the whimsical heart in the 2016 edition using her own spin on the ancient technique of quilling. The Washington Post reports that it took months to plan out…
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The Schmooze That Time John Kasich Tried to Ban a Coen Brothers Movie From Blockbuster
If there’s one thing John Kasich is clear on, it’s properly labeling movies at Blockbuster. Since it’s no longer the mid 90s, he probably won’t make it a large part of his platform. During the usually even-tempered GOP candidate’s lengthy political career, he took issue with the Oscar-winning Coen Brothers film “Fargo.” Kasich was so…
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The Schmooze Maybe ‘Bachelor’ Loser Leah Block Should Try JSwipe
Poor Leah Block, she never had the chance to shine in front of ‘Bachelor’ Ben Higgins. The only Jewish contestant on this season edition of the date-o-rama sweepstakes was left without a rose — and had to pack her bags and gone back to Denver. pic.twitter.com/zWtPMJPytv — Leah Block (@leahblock) February 9, 2016 Perhaps it…
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Fast Forward Etan Patz Family Wants Sex Fiend Sprung — Retrial of Other Suspect Looms
The family of Etan Patz, the Jewish boy whose 1979 disappearance became national news, is convinced that Jose Ramos, the sex offender who was convicted in 2004 is innocent — so much so that they’ve filed court papers to have him sprung. The reports that Stan Patz filed an affidavit with the State Supreme Court…
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