Gabe Friedman
By Gabe Friedman
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Culture 5 Standouts at the New York Jewish Film Festival
Are this year’s Oscar contenders letting you down? The New York Jewish Film Festival begins its 26th year on Wednesday, and as always, its slate of films is diverse enough to please the most demanding cinephiles. Here are five flicks worth braving the cold to see at the Film Society of Lincoln Center during the…
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Fast Forward Berlin Lights Brandenburg Gate With Israeli Flag After Jerusalem Attack
(JTA) — Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate was lit up with the colors of the Israeli flag to show solidarity with the victims of Sunday’s terrorist attack in Jerusalem. Israel was “moved by the gesture of the Berlin Senate” on Monday, said Israel’s ambassador to Germany, Avraham Nir-Feldklein, according to Israel’s i24 News. “We are very grateful for the…
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Fast Forward Coldplay to Play 2 Israeli-Palestinian Peace Concerts in West Bank
(JTA) — The British rock band Coldplay will play two “peace concerts” for Israelis and Palestinians. The concerts, set for Nov. 3 and 4, will be performed at an outdoor location north of the Dead Sea, Israel’s Channel 2 reported Monday. The shows will aim to promote human rights and bring people together, The Times of…
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Fast Forward Campbell Brown, Former CNN Anchor, Will Head Facebook News Division
(JTA) — Facebook has hired Campbell Brown, a former NBC and CNN anchor, to lead its efforts to mend ties with news publications. As head of the social network’s News Partnerships team, Brown will “help news organizations and journalists work more closely and more effectively with Facebook,” she wrote Friday on her Facebook page. “Right…
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Fast Forward How Celine Dion Helped Save Montreal’s Iconic Jewish Deli
(JTA) — Near, far — wherever you are — Schwartz’s is known for being one of Montreal’s oldest and most storied Jewish delis. Its famed smoked meat — a subtly different cousin of pastrami — has attracted scores of customers since it opened in 1928. Still, for even the most popular delis, the road can…
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Fast Forward Donald Trump Tells Israel ‘Stay Strong’ in Tweetstorm — Slams Obama
(JTA) — President-elect Donald Trump slammed President Barack Obama for treating Israel with “total disdain and disrespect,” referencing Obama’s decision not to veto a U.N. Security Council resolution condemning Israeli settlement building. We cannot continue to let Israel be treated with such total disdain and disrespect. They used to have a great friend in the…
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Fast Forward Theodore Roosevelt and His 2 Menorahs
(JTA) — President Theodore Roosevelt’s summer home was decorated with the likes of African elephant tusks, a hippo-foot inkwell and other hunting souvenirs. That’s not terribly surprising, considering the 26th president of the United States published three books on hunting. But the average armchair historian might be surprised to learn that Roosevelt, of non-Jewish Dutch ancestry,…
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The Schmooze Want to Throw the Ultimate Chrismukkah Party? Here’s How.
(JTA) mash-up of Hanukkah and Christmas — to the country on the teen drama “The O.C.” In its ideal form, Chrismukkah combines all of the best parts of both holidays, from menorahs to Christmas lights and everything in between. Chrismukkah was “born in the writers room,” “The O.C.” creator Josh Schwartz told the Huffington Post,…
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