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Culture Zach Braff’s New Movie, ‘Wish I Was Here,’ Plays on Actor’s Jewish Upbringing
Day school parents can take heart from Mr. Scrubs. “Wish I Was Here,” Zach Braff’s Kickstarter-funded film, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in late January. Fans — especially the 46,520 who helped pay for it to be made — were eagerly awaiting the “Garden State” follow up. And, exactly a decade after Braff’s first…
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Fast Forward Fox Demands Changes in Scarlett Johansson’s SodaStream Super Bowl Ad
The Fox television network, which is airing the Super Bowl, has demanded changes to SodaStream’s commercial for the big game — but not for the reasons that have made the company controversial. Fox honchos want the Israeli home beverage company to edit out a line at the end of the commercial where a sultry Scarlett…
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Fast Forward New York Mayor Bill De Blasio Praises Israel at AIPAC Gala
New York Mayor Bill de Blasio reportedly praised Israel at a private gala event hosted by the pro-Israel group AIPAC in Manhattan. The new mayor, who took swept into office in a November landslide, told the group that “part of his job description is to defend Israel” and that it is “elemental to being an…
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Fast Forward Scarlett Johansson Chided by Oxfam for SodaStream Deal
Oxfam has distanced itself from Scarlett Johansson over the Hollywood superstar’s decision to represent SodaStream, the Israeli company that operates in the occupied West Bank. The international aid and development group said on its web site that it was “engaged in a dialogue” with Johansson, who is one of its “global ambassadors” over her relationship…
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Fast Forward Where’s Menachem Stark’s Missing $1.7M?
Police are reportedly investigating what happened to $1.7 million that vanished from a business account tied to slain Brooklyn real estate developer Menachem Stark. The money was “improperly” removed from a joint $2 million account the murdered Hasidic man set up with partner Israel (Sam) Perlmutter, the Daily News reported, citing court documents. An additional…
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Fast Forward Speed Limit Lowered on Brooklyn Street Where Samuel Cohen-Eckstein Killed
New York traffic authorities have reportedly lowered the speed limit along a busy Brooklyn street that runs alongside Prospect Park where bar mitzvah boy Samuel Cohen-Eckstein was struck and killed by a van. City workers installed new signs lowering the maximum speed to 25 mph on Prospect Park West over the weekend, the New York…
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Fast Forward Was Menachem Stark Killed Over ‘Small’ $20K Debt to Contractor?
Police believe Menachem Stark was kidnapped and killed over a relatively small $20,000 debt to a contractor — and investigators are closing in on the Brooklyn developer’s suspected murderers. The contractor has been tied to both the Dodge Caravan that was used in the kidnapping of Stark, and to a cell phone that was subsequently…
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Fast Forward Menachem Stark Kidnap Van Found — Will Phone Lead to Killers?
The van used in the kidnapping and murder of Hasidic real estate developer Menachem Stark has been found in Brooklyn — along with a cell phone that police think may lead to his killers. The 2002 van with Pennsylvania plates was found in the Brownsville section on Tuesday, law enforcement sources told the Daily News….
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Yiddish ווי ייִדישע קינדער־ליטעראַטור האָט געזאָלט העלפֿן קינדער פֿאַרשטיין די וועלטHow Yiddish children’s literature aimed to help kids make sense of the world
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