Lior Zaltzman was the Forward’s Digital Fellow. Follow her on twitter @liorca.
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By Lior Zaltzman
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The Schmooze 12 Things You May Not Know About Jewish Superheroes
It’s National Superhero Day! Many of our favorite superheroes were created by Jews. Here are 12 things you may not know about Jews and superheroes: 1) In 1933, two high school students in Cleveland, Ohio, Joe Shuster and Jerry Siegel, created Superman. In 1938, the two young chaps sold the rights to Superman to DC…
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Life Are You My (Jewish) Mother?
“What does he do for a living?” “Did you eat?” “When are you going to give my grandchildren?” “Are you sure you want to eat that?” These questions, they’re punchlines to jokes. So is the stereotype of the Jewish mother. But it’s often more accurate and bitting than we dare to talk about. Our 2013…
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The Schmooze #Oydate: The 4/20 Edition
It’s 4/20! The following installment of #OyDate reveals it may not be the greatest day for a first date!
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Opinion The Sham Logic Behind Iran’s Holocaust Cartoon Contest
Carlos Latuff – Second place winner at the 2006 International Holocaust Cartoon Contest Let’s face it: When Iran announced it would be holding its second International Holocaust Cartoon Contest in May, it was nothing but cheap provocation. That’s it. You don’t have to be a cartoonist — as I am — to take issue with this…
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The Schmooze Anne Frank Gets the Animation Treatment
Photos from Yair Naveh’s Culture blog. 3d Animation by Andy Gent, 2d animation by Yoni Goodman An Anne Frank animated movie would’ve sounded like a terrible joke to me in the past. In fact, “Saturday Night Live” made that joke in the 90s. But to hear that Ari Folman, the director of “Waltz with Bashir”…
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The Schmooze #OyDate: Why Passover Is Not Date Night
Even a happy couple in love can have a bad date. That’s exactly what happened to me and my husband on our Passover together. And after Naomi Tomky shared her lonely Seder story, I was inspired to share ours. Have you and your partner had a terrible date? Or do you have a funny #Oydate…
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The Schmooze There’s an Uptown Funk Pesach Video
There is yet another Jewish holiday ‘Uptown Funk’ video. This time it’s called ‘Uptown Passover’ (wow, clever) and it’s by Six13, the Jewish a cappella group who brought you the ‘Chanukah (Shake It Off)’ video. The video is… Ok. Watch it up above and make of it what you will. As someone who has worked…
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Opinion Why I Don’t Regret Sitting Out Israel’s Election
Illustration by Lior Zaltzman “Will you be writing a regret post about the election?” A few months ago, I wrote about how I was debating whether or not to go home to Israel for the elections. Well, spoiler alert: I didn’t. Like many Israeli friends with families and jobs and New York rents to pay,…
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