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The Schmooze ‘Farmer Jon’ Stewart Will Open Animal Sanctuary in New Jersey
It’s official: From here on out, just call him him Farmer Jon. Jon Stewart and his wife Tracey said over the weekend that they are opening a sanctuary for abused animals at their 12-acre farm in Middletown, New Jersey, where the former host of the “Daily Show” has jokingly been spending his days as “the…
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The Schmooze Why the AIDS Reporting of Jeffrey Schmalz Must Be Remembered
When it came to increasing public awareness of the AIDS crisis in America when it needed it most, few journalists did as much as The New York Times’ Jeffrey Schmalz in such a short period of time. From his return to the newsroom a year after he suffered a brain seizure in December 1990, to…
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The Schmooze Why Furniture Exec Mitchell Gold is Challenging Religious Hatred
One needs to look no further than July’s gay pride parade in Jerusalem for evidence the danger religious bigots pose to LGBT youth. An ultra-Orthodox Jew, Yishai Schlissel, was charged with murder after a knife-wielding rampage that left 16-year-old Shira Banki dead and five others with stab wounds. Schlissel had served 10 years in jail…
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Fast Forward Deborah Glick Honored for Groundbreaking LGBT Advocacy
Assemblymember Deborah Glick and her spouse, Leslie Sharpe, at Monday’s SAGE gala at Gotham Hall. Photo: Cathy Renna Living history and herstory took center stage at New York City’s storied Gotham Hall for a major celebration of LGBT rights and service Monday night. Two of the honorees — and even one of the presenters —…
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Opinion How Rabbi-Led LGBT Clergy Are Supporting Black Lives Matter
Rabbi Debra Kolodny believes that Black Lives Matter is “one of the most critical movements of our day.” And she wants to transfer that belief into action. So Kolodny next weekend will lead a nationwide conference of LGBTQ clergy from all faiths to explore ways to actively support the activist group that exploded onto the…
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Culture Was Henry Kissinger a Misunderstood Idealist?
There have been a lot of words used to describe Henry Kissinger, the first foreign-born secretary of state (Madeleine Albright was the second) whose family fled Nazi persecution for a better life in America. Idealist is hardly one of them for the man revered by some as a master negotiator and brilliant statesman and savaged…
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News Jewish ‘Little House on The Prairie’ Star Running for Congress as Michigan Democrat
Half-pint is fighting to go from the Little House on the Prairie to the House on the hill. Capitol Hill. Melissa Gilbert, a Michigan mom of two, is running as a Democrat in the state’s 8th District, hoping to win the party’s nod to take on anti-abortion, anti-gay marriage, right-wing Republican Congressman Mike Bishop, who…
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The Schmooze Lena Dunham Calling It Quits With ‘Girls’
“Girls” creator and star Lena Dunham says Season 6 is like the Millennial queen’s last for the award-winning HBO series. “Never say never, but that is the way that we’re thinking about it right now and we’re starting to think about sort of how to wrap up the story lines of these particular young women,”…
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