Gabe Friedman
By Gabe Friedman
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The Schmooze Tom Brady Has a Menorah at Home
Getty Images (JTA) — New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady has a couple of Jewish connections. Since 2012, his brother-in-law has been retired Jewish baseball player Kevin Youkilis, a former all-star third baseman for the Boston Red Sox. The owner of the Patriots, the only team Brady has played for in his 15 years in…
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The Schmooze A Jewish David Foster Wallace? Welcome to Sundance
Getty Images (JTA) – No, the late great writer David Foster Wallace was not Jewish – but the first actor to portray him onscreen is. Jason Segel, the Jewish actor known for his roles in films such as “Forgetting Sarah Marshall” and “The Five-Year Engagement” as well as the popular TV show “How I Met…
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The Schmooze Meet Stefan Zweig, the Jewish Author Behind ‘Grand Budapest Hotel’
Wes Anderson’s whimsical film “The Grand Budapest Hotel” was nominated for nine Academy Awards Thursday morning, just days after winning the Golden Globe for Best Comedy or Musical. Named one of the best films of the year by several top critics, it could earn Anderson, a director whose cult following has steadily grown over the…
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The Schmooze Proud Hitler Impersonator Charges $90 for Photos
The real Adolf Hitler addresses Germany’s parliament. (JTA) — It sounds like the premise for a bad horror film: Adolf Hitler is reincarnated as someone who not only looks like him, but shares his views. Kosovo resident Emin Djinovci apparently believes such a film would be the story of his life. The 49-year-old Hitler impersonator,…
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Culture For A.J. Jacobs, It’s All Relative
I am related to author and Esquire editor A.J. Jacobs. In fact, I am his first cousin twice removed’s wife’s nephew’s wife’s first cousin’s wife’s brother wife’s second cousin’s wife’s uncle’s wife’s second great nephew. As he says, we’re practically brothers. The reason I know this is because Jacobs is in the midst of creating…
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Culture ‘Regarding Susan Sontag’ Focuses on Life at Expense of Her Work
When Susan Sontag passed away in 2004, her New York Times obituary described her as a “renowned novelist, essayist, and critic.” “Regarding Susan Sontag,” a documentary directed by Nancy Kates that airs on HBO on December 8, shows that Sontag might have appreciated that order, with the word “novelist” leading the way. Despite all of…
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Culture Of Mardi Gras, Britney Spears and 6 Other Things About Jewish Louisiana
1) Louisiana is home to 10,675 Jews, which is 0.2% of the state’s total population. 2) The first king of New Orleans’ popular Rex Carnival Mardi Gras parade in 1872 was Louis Solomon, a local businessman. 3) Judah Benjamin was a U.S. Senator from Louisiana from 1853 to 1861. After that, he became the Attorney…
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Food Cooking Allergy-Free, and Me
Photographs: © 2014 Helen Norman Around the time I was 15, I stopped eating anything that contained gluten and soy, two ingredients that are found in the majority of American food products. Gluten is the protein found in wheat and several related grains, such as barley and rye, and soy refers to any product made…
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