Gabe Friedman
By Gabe Friedman
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Life #Parshachat merges Torah Talk and the Disability Experience
(JTA) — Last year, when a medical issue prevented her from going to synagogue on Tisha b’Av, the Jewish day of mourning for the destruction of the ancient temples, Ruti Regan turned to Twitter and began posting about the fast day using the hashtag “parshachat.” Today, #parshachat has morphed into a weekly Twitter conversation about…
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The Schmooze Drool Over the Oscars Swag Bag Free Trip to Israel That You’re Not Getting
Whether or not Leonardo DiCaprio finally wins Best Actor at this year’s Academy Awards, he’ll at least take home a free trip to the Holy Land. As announced last week, 26 of the presenters and nominees in the highest-profile Oscars categories will get a record-setting $200,000 “goody bag” — with the most valuable item being…
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The Schmooze The Real Winner in New Hampshire? ‘Bernie Sandwiches’
(JTA) – In the scramble to announce Bernie Sanders’ victory in the New Hampshire Democratic primary Tuesday night, MSNBC host Chris Hayes gave the Internet one of the Jewiest food memes since Hillary Clinton’s gefilte fish “scandal.” and now I am picturing a Bernie Sandwich. It’s weird. https://t.co/uxv5wYmuG8 — Amanda Wills (@AmandaWills) February 10, 2016…
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The Schmooze Jewish Celebs Split on Hillary vs. Bernie Race
(JTA) — Chalk it up to “Hollywood values.” The entertainment industry famously, or infamously, depending on your perspective, leans Democratic. And Jewish celebrities are no exception. With the 2016 Iowa caucuses kicking off the presidential primary season on Monday, pollsters have Democratic candidates Hillary Rodham Clinton and Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., neck and neck in…
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The Schmooze Israeli Composer of Indian Muslim Music Collaborates With Radiohead Guitarist
(JTA) — For most musicians working in the under-appreciated genre of world music, recording an album with Jonny Greenwood, the guitarist of the famed English rock band Radiohead, would be something of a pipe dream. And what about having that experience filmed by acclaimed director Paul Thomas Anderson (“There Will Be Blood,” “The Master,” “Boogie…
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Opinion Was Ted Cruz Talking About the Jews When He Slammed ‘New York Values’?
(JTA) — In the very first episode of “The West Wing,” some of the president’s advisers engage in a heated argument with a group of Christian activists. Among the advisers are two of the show’s most prominent Jewish characters: White House Communications Director Toby Ziegler (played by Richard Schiff) and the Deputy Chief of Staff…
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The Schmooze When David Bowie Was Welcomed to America — by His ‘Adoptive’ Jewish Family
(JTA) — David Bowie didn’t start his first trip to the United States with a drug-filled party or a wild show, but with a quiet evening at the home of a Maryland Jewish family. The late English rocker had just released the album “The Man Who Sold the World,” which built on the success of…
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The Schmooze Han Solo a Jew? 3 Jewish Actors On Short List for the Role
Dave Franco, Logan Lerman, and Emory Cohen. After seeing thousands of auditions, Disney and Lucasfilm have narrowed down their list of actors to star in an upcoming “Han Solo” spinoff film to “about a dozen,” Variety reported. Three Jews — Logan Lerman, Dave Franco and Emory Cohen — are on the short list, along with…
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