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News How to Watch the Presidential Debate
Tonight, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump will take part in the first official 2016 presidential debate. When does it start? September 26 at 9:00 PM EST How long will it last? Until 10:30 PM EST, with no commercials or breaks. Where can I watch it? Right here! What is the format? The debate, moderated by…
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Fast Forward Mark Cuban Plans To Rile Donald Trump From Front Row at Debate
Donald Trump may not like what he sees when he scans the crowd at Monday night’s debate with Hillary Clinton. Billionaire Mark Cuban has scored a front-row seat for the high-stakes showdown at Long Island’s Hofstra University — and is vowing to keep a close eye on what he believes will be the mogul’s epic…
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The Schmooze 7 Things We Learned From Barbra Streisand’s Essay on Trump — and One Thing She’s Still Asking
On Sept 22, Barbra Streisand penned a scathing essay in the Huffington Post calling Trump, among other things, “a guy who looks like a raccoon in a tanning bed.” But with her humor comes some key takeaways: She’s transparent in her goal. “If we want the country to continue to improve, we must continue President…
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Fast Forward How Many Security Guys Does Benjamin Netanyahu Need To Go to the Bathroom?
Call it Bibi’s really big pee squad. Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly had 20 Israeli agents usher him to the men’s room at Harry Cipriani restaurant at the Sherry-Netherland hotel Tuesday, the New York Post reported. “Around 20 security guards got up with Bibi and a few went into the bathroom with him. One watched the door,…
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News Four Take-Aways From ‘Why Jews Must Take Mental Illness Out of the Shadows’
Stephen Fried writes in the Forward that American Jews have failed those with mental illness. Here’s what Fried, the co-author of Patrick Kennedy’s recent memoir, “A Common Struggle: A Personal Journey Through the Past and Future of Mental Illness and Addiction,” says we’ve gotten wrong and how he thinks we can fix it. We Don’t…
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Culture 5 Jewish Things About Skittles That Donald Trump Jr. May Not Know
In one of the uglier moments of the current political season, Donald Trump Jr. tweeted out an image comparing Syrian refugees to a handful of poisoned Skittles. Condemnation has been pretty much universal on this one. So, we thought we’d take a moment to reclaim the innocence of Skittles and delve into some of the…
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The Schmooze Angelina Jolie’s Breaking Up With Brad Pitt — Let’s Not Forget Her Brave Breast Cancer Fight
Brace yourselves. Hollywood’s golden couple Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are reportedly no more. The actress reportedly filed for divorce from Pitt, citing irreconcilable differences. According to TMZ, Jolie is asking for full physical custody of their six children, with Pitt getting visitation rights. In light of this Tinseltown bombshell (no, really, who thought Brangelina…
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Fast Forward Would Obama Be More Likely To Back UN Resolution on Israel if Trump Wins?
Veteran American diplomat Dennis Ross has predicted that President Obama would be far more likely to push for United Nations action on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict if Donald Trump wins the November elections. The senior Mideast expert told a conference in Palo Alto, California, that Obama might want to codify support for a two-state solution to…
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