Lior Zaltzman was the Forward’s Digital Fellow. Follow her on twitter @liorca.
Lior ZaltzmanDigital Fellow
By Lior Zaltzman
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The Schmooze Buji Has a Serious ‘Pretty Woman’ Crush
Getty Images Isaac “Buji” Herzog could be Israel’s next prime minister. As such, he may have some very difficult decisions to weigh on in the near future. But when it come to the ideal woman, Buji doesn’t hesitate. He will happily profess his love for the one and only “Pretty Woman” — Julia Roberts. “‘Pretty…
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The Schmooze #OyDate Plays Steely Dan
Today’s installment is a blast from the past. The clothes and music may have changed, but the bad dates still look the same. Feel like venting? Send your bad/hilarious dating stories to [email protected]. BONUS: Tweet out your bad date Steely Dan puns with #Oydate.
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The Schmooze #AskHamas Is a Twitter Disaster — Or Is it?
Twitter As an Israeli, I really believe in open and honest dialogue with Palestinians — but an #AskHamas social media campaign isn’t really what I had in mind. No, it’s not a joke. Hamas has launched an English-language campaign on Twitter, calling on people to tweet questions at the organization. Hamas leaders will livetweet answers. According…
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The Schmooze ‘Zoolander 2’ Is Coming — And It’s Really, Really, Ridiculously Exciting
Getty Images It’s been over a decade, but Derek Zoolander and Hansel McDonald are so hot right now! Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson made a surprise appearance at Paris Fashion Week’s Valentino show as their characters from the 2001 movie “Zoolander,” the fan-favorite comedy about, well, really really ridiculously good-looking male models. The two had…
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The Schmooze Ruth Bader Ginsberg is So Cool, She Has Her Own Lego Figure
Maia Weinstock Forget Lego Friends — MIT news editor Maia Weinstock has created custom legos any mother would love to have her daughters (and sons!) play with. A real life (Lego) Justice League! In honor of International Women’s Day (Sunday, March 8), Weistock created a custom lego set of the four Supreme Court women justices. Including…
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The Schmooze PHOTOS: In Israel, Purim is the Biggest Party Ever
Forget about Halloween! Purim is the real party in Israel. Every year, thousands of children head to school dressed up in their finest costumes, their mishloach manot in hand. That goes for grown ups too (any excuse to tap into your inner child). In cities across the country, big parades, called Adloyada, travel through town,…
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The Schmooze Bibi’s Speech in ‘Game of Thrones’ GIFs
Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech was full of biblical, literary and pop culture references from Haman to Robert Frost. But when he said: “In this deadly game of thrones, there’s no place for America or for Israel, no peace for Christians, Jews or Muslims who don’t share the Islamist medieval creed, no rights for women, no freedom…
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The Schmooze Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss!
It’s Dr. Seuss’s 111th birthday. You know him as the creator of “The Cat in the Hat” — but we want to celebrate his long career as a political cartoonist. During the WW II era, Seuss drew over 400 political cartoons working for the left-leaning New York City daily newspaper, PM. Yes, Theodor Seuss Geisel, better…
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