Articles written collectively by the Forward’s staff.
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By Forward Staff
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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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The Schmooze Can You Guess the First Jewish Actor To Ever Win an Emmy Award?
Amidst all the discussion around here about the cast and crew of “Transparent,” “Veep,” “Inside Amy Schumer” and the like, we were wondering who was the first Jewish personality to win a Primetime Emmy Award. Carl Reiner, perchance? Mike Nichols? Elaine May? The answer, as it turns out, is none other than Milton Berle, aka…
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Culture 10 Overlooked Jewish Films That You Can Stream For Free Right Now
The Internet is filled with oddities and lost gems. We took a dive into YouTube and found that some of the most interesting Jewish films are out there. And you can watch them right now. 1) The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz Ted Kotcheff’s 1974 screen adaptation of Mordechai Richler’s classic coming-of-age novel starred a young…
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Fast Forward Shimon Peres Hospitalized After Suffering Stroke
Former Israeli President and Nobel Peace laureate Shimon Peres has been hospitalized after suffering a stroke. The 93-year-old leader was taken to Sheba Medical Center in Tel HaShomer near Tel Aviv after telling his doctor he felt ill. “He is stable and fully conscious,” his office said in a statement. In order to conduct further…
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Culture Happy 100th Birthday to Roald Dahl — Beloved Author and Vile Anti-Semite
Born on September 13, 1916, Roald Dahl, the beloved author of “Matilda” and “Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory” would have turned 100 today. It’s an anniversary we mark with admiration and a bit of uncertainty as well. For, aside from his brilliant imaginaton and wicked sense of humor, Dahl was also something of an…
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Fast Forward Chuck Schumer Reveals He Also Had Pneumonia
After the presidential canditate’s health scare on Sunday, Sen. Chuck Schumer revealed that he too was diagnosed with pneumonia earlier in the summer, Politico reported. The New York Democrat took a course of antiobiotics and cut down on his schedule. “His doctor has pronounced him all cleared up and he’s feeling much better,” Schumer’s spokespeson…
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Fast Forward Shearith Israel’s Condo Plan Shot Down by Manhattan Board
A plan for a nine-story condo and community center adjacent to Shearith Israel, the venerable Sephardic congregation on Manhattan’s upper West Side, was shot down by a local community board. The plan, which is opposed by preservationists in the tony neighborhood, must now go to a city board for approval or rejection, reported DNAInfo.com. A…
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