Gabe Friedman
By Gabe Friedman
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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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Fast Forward San Francisco Gets New Kosher Bakery
— An Israeli-owned restaurant has opened as the only kosher retail bakery in San Francisco. Israeli friends Isaac Yosef, Avi Edri and head chef Yanni — who goes by one name — held a soft opening for their bakery Taboon in the city’s SoMa neighborhood last week, the San Francisco Gate reported. As Oakland’s Grand…
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Fast Forward This 1914 Jewish Baseball Card Has 2 Collectors at Each Other’s Throats
Even if you’re a baseball history buff, you’ve probably never come across the name Guy Zinn. The outfielder played only five seasons and compiled a very ordinary .269 career batting average (to be fair, it’s worth noting that he was the first ever batter in Fenway Park and one of only 11 players to ever steal home twice…
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Fast Forward Ex-Porn Star Jenna Jameson Plans Move to Israel
— Jenna Jameson, the former adult actress and recent convert to Judaism who is engaged to an Israeli, told an Israeli publication that she plans to move to Israel next year. “My fiancé and I hope to move to Israel next year after the birth,” she told the Hebrew-language news website Reshet on Wednesday. Jameson will move…
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Fast Forward Statue of Liberty Gives Nazi Salute on ‘Man in the High Castle’ Billboard
NEW YORK — A new advertisement in New York City for the second season of the Amazon TV series “The Man in the High Castle” shows the Statue of Liberty giving a Nazi salute. An ad campaign last year for the Amazon Studios show’s first season offended many Jews and non-Jews, and the new Times…
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Fast Forward Google Yanks ‘Are Jews Evil?’ Search Suggestion
— Google has removed some of its search suggestions, including the phrase “are Jews evil,” which had been automatically generated by its search algorithm. As of Monday, the phrase was no longer suggested to a user who typed in only the words “are Jews,” The Guardian reported. Google also removed suggestions for other offensive search…
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The Schmooze Jenna Jameson Fires Back at David Duke’s Claim that Jews Dominate Porn
(JTA) — Former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke has accused Jews of dominating the media and “international banking.” But his newest attack on Jews may be his most bizarre: that Jews dominate the porn industry. Duke’s tweet was a response to former porn star and Jewish convert Jenna Jameson’s tweet on Sunday that she has…
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Fast Forward UCLA Adds Jewish Artwork To Keep Donor Happy Amid BDS Furor
(JTA) — After a Jewish donor threatened to pull his art collection from UCLA over a BDS controversy involving a former student, one of the school’s buildings has added an artwork based on the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising of 1943. David Pollock’s threat to pull over 20 pieces of his art collection from the business school…
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