Lior Zaltzman was the Forward’s Digital Fellow. Follow her on twitter @liorca.
Lior ZaltzmanDigital Fellow
By Lior Zaltzman
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Life 10 Things About Israeli Women For International Women’s Day
March 8 was International Women’s Day, and the Israeli news outlet Mako has created a video summing up of a century of Israeli women. Yes, the fashion and styling in it is pretty inspiring, but the facts and history of women’s rights in Israel that it contains are sometimes… less than inspiring. 100 שנים של…
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The Schmooze Nancy Reagan Recalled by Jewish Ghostwriter and Bernie Sanders
You may know William Novak as the co-editor of “The Big Book of Jewish Humor”, or as the father of famous actor and writer B.J. Novak. But for two years, during the Reagan administration, Will Novak served as the ghost writer of first lady Nancy Reagan. After Nancy Reagan died this Sunday of congestive heart…
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The Schmooze Sneaky Rhino Escapes From Israeli Zoo
Sneaky, sneaky! Ynet just shared this video of rhino Tibor, who escaped from the zoo in Ramat Gan, an Israeli city close to Tel Aviv, this Sunday, only to be caught shortly after by two zoo staffers. Watch him slowly and nonchalantly approach the zoo gate and then make a run for it once he’s…
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The Schmooze Israeli Singer Amir Will Be Representing France at Eurovision
Amir Haddad, simply known as Amir, a French-Israeli dentist turned pop-singer will be representing France in the 2016 Eurovision contest. He will be singing his single “J’ai Cherché,” which means “I Have Been Looking For.” The song has an English language chorus and a catchy pop melody. We already have it stuck in our heads….
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The Schmooze ‘Crazy Ex-Girlfriend’ Brings You the Best Jewish Rap Battle Ever
We’ve already sung the praise of Rachel Bloom’s amazing CW “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend.” But this week’s episode featured an especially wonderful, extra Jewish rap-battle. Or rather, a JAP battle. And it’s all kinds of meshugge, in the best of ways. Just like the show’s other songs, it’s musically and lyrically on point. It also gets pretty…
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The Schmooze Jewish Stars Make #OscarsSoFun
So we were going to write about the Jewish celebrities’s best looks on the Oscars red carpet, but guess what? Despite #OscarsSoJewish, there weren’t that many in sight… So we scrapped that idea and found our Jewish celebs where they usually are found in the wild: ranting and raving about the Academy Awards on twitter….
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The Schmooze Jewish ‘Empire’ Star Ditches Oscars for #JusticeForFlint
We already know everything about the Jewish stars at the Oscars, but one inspiring Jewish star is ditching the Academy Awards this years and spending the night in Flint, Michigan. Jussie Smolett of smash-hit TV show “Empire,” will be joining “Creed” director Ryan Coogler, Ava DuVernay (“Selma”), Janelle Monae and many other artists in Flint,…
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The Schmooze Our Jewish Answer to Facebook’s New Icons
For years, me and my fellow kvetchers have been asking Facebook for that dislike button, you know, to respond to our borderline anti-Semitic highschool classmates or to those xenophobic pro-Trump videos. Now, Facebook has answered our prayers. Well. Sort of. This Wednesday, Facebook unveiled 6 new reaction buttons to accompany their iconic thumbs-up like. And…
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