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 #TheDress — How About #TheYarmulke?
Yesterday, #thedress toor over social media. You know the one. It went so viral that it even managed to create a rift in the KimYe home: What color is that dress? I see white & gold. Kanye sees black & blue, who is color blind? — Kim Kardashian West (@KimKardashian) February 27, 2015 But what…
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The Schmooze Legalize It With Meretz
Getty Images Is it possible that the Israeli left finally has something in common with Moshe Feiglin? Earlier last month, Meretz put out an elections ad showing them as the lamest party ever — but today it seems like they’re finally ready to be one of the cool kids — by lighting up a joint….
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The Schmooze Does Purim Boil Down to a Really Bad Date?
Does the story of Purim just boil down to a really bad date? Our latest #OyDate tackles the story of Esther and Achashverosh as you’ve never heard it before. Do you have your own horrific or hilarious stories about Jewish online (or offline dating)? Tweet us a story with #OYDATE to @jdforward. Or e-mail your…
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Opinion How My High School Predicts Israel’s Elections
All photos courtesy of Blich High School Blich High School is as ordinary as they come. I know, because I went there for four years. It’s located on Ramat Chen street, in a sleepy Ramat Gan suburb, next to a quiet local elementary school. But around election season, Blich becomes something else, something important, as…
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The Schmooze Steven Spielberg Beats God for Oscars Thank You’s
If you watched the Oscar last night, you, like me, might be all “thank you”-ed out. It’s all about the “members of the academy,” God and mom and dad. Last night, a film-maker even thanked his dog. But who ranks No. 1 in the Oscar gratitude-meter? No, it’s not HaShem, but rather, a small, bearded…
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The Schmooze PHOTOS: Playing and Praying in the Jerusalem Snow
Jerusalem was once again blanketed in shiny snow on Friday. From the Temple Mount to the Western Wall, neither Muslims nor Jews skipped their prayers. And children on both sides engaged in their favorite kind of fighting: snowball wars. GETTY IMAGES What’s a little bit of snow? Prayers go on as usual at the Western…
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The Schmooze Clickhole Wins the Israel-Palestinian Conflict
Someone in the Clickhole (The Onion’s Buzzfeed-like equivalent) offices woke up yesterday morning with the most glorious of ideas: What better way to solve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict than through Facebook comments? And so, the following message was posted to social media: “Want to argue about Israel and Palestine? Have at it in the comments!” Post…
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The Schmooze Andi Dorfman Calls ‘Bachelorette’ Breakup ‘Biggest Failure’
Getty Images Last month, we found out that our favorite (and only!) Jewish Bachelorette, Andi Dorfman had broken off her 8-month-long engagement with Josh Murray. Hearts were broken and our faith in true love was shattered. Andi, it seems, was just as crushed as we were. In an interview for ‘Chris Tells All Bachelor Special’…
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