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The Schmooze The Forward Archives: She Loves a Christian—Should She Marry Him?
In 1930, a 22-year-old Jewish woman penned a note to the Forward to ask for some dating advice. She was falling for a Christian man, but her strict Orthodox parents had threatened to disown her if she married a non-Jew. Columnist Polly Lerner responded with her take.
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Fast Forward Geraldo Rivera Says He Has His Own ‘Embarrassing’ Donald Trump Tapes
Geraldo Rivera said that he has uncovered some “embarrassing” tapes of Donald Trump discussing women — but insisted that the mogul never used a vulgar term about women’s genitalia and never actually groped women. Rivera, who stars on a Fox News talk show, said he has started to sift through a mountain of “many tapes”…
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The Schmooze Jewish Soap Opera Star Arianne Zucker Was Target of Donald Trump’s Infamous X-Rated Chat
Until today, the California-born model and actress Arianne Zucker was probably best known for her role on the soap opera “The Days of Our Lives.” Now, however, she is making headlines for her cameo role in the vulgar and expletive-strewn video published by The Washington Post featuring Donald J. Trump discussing his approach to women…
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News Florida Jews Braced for Worst as Hurricane Matthew Slams Coast
Jewish institutions in Florida were bracing for the worst as officials issued dire warnings about Hurricane Matthew, a major storm that was poised off the state’s Atlantic coast Friday morning and was expected to ravage to the central and northern Florida coast over the next day. The National Hurricane Center called Matthew, which wreaked havoc…
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Culture 9 Surprising Jewish Things About Jesse Jackson For His 75th Birthday
The Reverend Jesse Jackson, two-time presidential candidate, peace negotiator and founder of the Rainbow Coalition and Operation PUSH, has had a long, complicated history with the Jewish community. On the occasion of his 75th birthday, we look back at some of the highlights and the lowlights of that relationship. 1) In 1974, Jackson appeared as…
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Culture How Bono Is Using the Words of a Jewish Poet To Denounce Donald Trump
The latest big name artist who’s taking issue with the candidacy of Donald Trump is Bono, leader of U2. The band has released “Liberty,” a video of a live performance that uses the song “Bullet the Blue Sky” to underscore a back-and-forth between Bono and a video of Trump proposing the erection of a wall…
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Life Prominent South African Activist Detained on Gaza Women’s Flotilla
A well-known South African feminist activist is among the 13 women detained by Israeli authorities after they tried to use a boat to break the blockade of Gaza. Leigh Ann Naidoo, a former Olympic volleyball star who is now a doctoral student at the prestigious University of the Witwatersrand, was reportedly detained along with a…
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Fast Forward Jewish Man Arrested for Questioning Israeli ‘State-Sponsored Terrorism’ at Kansas City Library
A Jewish questioner was arrested after asking Middle East expert Dennis Ross a pointed question about what he called Israeli and U.S. “state-sponsored terrorism” at a lecture at a Kansas City library. Jeremy Rothe-Kushel was charged with trespassing and resisting arrest after he challenged Ross to explain why the U.S. continues to support Israel at…
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