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The Schmooze For #NationalBookLoversDay, Forward Staff Picks
It’s National Book Lovers Day, and the Forward staff is celebrating! Here are some of our best recommendations for your next great Jewish read. Laura Adkins “Carrion Comfort” by Dan Simmons radically changed the way I think about power, manipulation, violence, and revenge. Though Dan Simmons isn’t Jewish, this long and violent page turner features…
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Fast Forward SNEAK PEEK: Woody Allen’s New Amazon TV Show
It’s been a tough few years for Woody Allen, now 80. With allegations of sexual abuse accompanying critical and box office disdain for his professional work, the quintessential face of Jewish secular culture in the 70s, 80s and 90s has seemed to fade into irrelevance at best and, at worst, possible shame. But he has…
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Fast Forward Britain’s Top Child Genius Now Orthodox Mother of Four in Jerusalem
Ruth Lawrence, whose Oxford professor predicted she would be an English Einstein when she joined the math department aged 10, is now a happily married Orthodox Jewish mother of four in Jerusalem. Lawrence, once the youngest person to win a place at Oxford — and now 44, teaches physicists at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem,…
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Fast Forward Beloved Weatherman Claimed by Cancer
Dave Schwartz, the beloved long-time meteorologist for the Weather Channel, succumbed to cancer on Saturday July 30, according to an announcement on weather.com. The 63-year-old Philadelphia native had beaten previous bouts of cancer over a ten year period. In 2006 he was diagnosed with stage 2 pancreatic cancer and a Whipple procedure was not able…
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Fast Forward Who Designed Hillary’s Pantsuit?
With 99 days to go to the General Election there’s a temporary lull in the frenzy of political speculation and action that has accompanied the campaigns since last October. One of the loudest questions being asked on this day — though presumably few days hereafter — is who designed Hillary Clinton’s statement white pantsuit? The…
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Fast Forward Despairing Schindler Letter to Izaak Stern Up for Sale
Schindler’s list is famous, his later life not so much. A letter from Oskar Schindler, the German industrialist who saved over a thousand Jews during the war, describing his post-war financial and personal plight is up for sale for in excess of $30,000 from [Moments in Time.}(http://momentsintime.com/oskar-schindler-writes-i-ask-myself-if-its-even-worth-living/#.V50ge-srKHs%22) After the war Schindler tried to relocate to…
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Fast Forward Rudy Giuliani Says Israel Also Likely Hacked American Secrets — ‘So Don’t Get Upset’
Rudy Giuliani pooh-poohed the firestorm over supposed Russian involvement in the hacking of sensitive emails — saying Israel likely has also gained access to American secrets. The former New York mayor defended Donald Trump against allegations that he invited Russia to hack Hillary Clinton’s emails by noting that Russia, Israel and other allies have likely…
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Fast Forward Donald Trump Says Anthony Weiner Pillow Talk Rules Out Hillary Clinton as President
Donald Trump says pillow talk between Anthony Weiner and his wife is a reason Hillary Clinton cannot be trusted to be president. The Republican presidential candidate suggested in a Wednesday news conference that Clinton aide Huma Abedin might spill the beans on White House secrets to her hubby, the disgraced former congressman. “Her No. 1…
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