Lenore Skenazy
By Lenore Skenazy
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Opinion Gary Shteyngart, Tiger Mom and the Pope
Welcome to probably the only place you can find the Tiger Mom, the Modern Language Association and the Pope all hanging out together. Watch out!
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Opinion News Quiz: The Pope, Mark Zuckerberg and Canada
There are certain things we humans cannot get enough of, and several of them surface in this week’s news quiz. These include sexy bottoms, French food, Mark Zuckerberg’s money…and Joan Rivers.
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Opinion News Quiz: Yasser Arafat, Portuguese Plumbers and the ‘Quenelle’
From Portuguese plumbers to Maimonides, we’ve got Jews in the news for you, along with Facebook, Yasser Arafat and creamed herring. Just try finding those someplace else. (All together, we mean.)
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Opinion News Quiz: Hitler, Sarah Silverman and Grace Kelly
Hitler, Sarah Silverman and Jonah Hill walk into a news quiz. You just know it has to be this one, right? Come on — what other news quiz could it possibly be?
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News When Jewish Kids Spill the Beans About Santa Claus
Santa! Santa! The name is joy itself to children all over America…. Except if they happen to be Jewish. Then, it’s a bit more problematic. “I’m Jewish, but went to a church-run nursery school,” said Michelle Suconick, a 20-something publicist living in Brooklyn. “Our teacher would tell us stories about how Santa goes all over…
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Opinion News Quiz: Lady Gaga, Alan Dershowitz and Bibi
Lady Gaga, Alan Dershowitz and Bibi? Yes, it’s time for the Jewish News quiz again. This week also featuring a brand new pastry!
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Opinion News Quiz: Wonder Woman, Cannabis and a Brand New Pill
Wonder Woman, weed and a strange new pill. It sounds like a bad trip, or even worse comic book. But actually it’s just last week’s Jewish news, all rolled into one big, fat quiz.
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Opinion News Quiz: Kanye West, the Coen Brothers and Chabad
When you’ve got Kanye and the Coen Brothers, can the Klezmatics be far behind? Not in this week’s news quiz, they can’t. And neither can Jewish children’s books about chickens. For real. It’s a trend.
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