Nathan Burstein
By Nathan Burstein
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The Schmooze Natalie Portman’s Dad Penned a Pregnancy Novel
Is publishing a book easier if your daughter’s an Oscar winner? Natalie Portman’s dad is about to find out. Avner Hershlag, the Israeli father of the “Black Swan” star, is currently peddling his debut novel to major publishing houses, the Observer reports. Partly inspired by his work as a fertility specialist, the book is described…
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The Schmooze Transsexual Israeli Pop Star Agrees To Interview on Qatari Radio
Qataris aren’t known to be huge fans of Israelis, transsexuals or Israeli transsexuals, but that hasn’t stopped a Qatari radio station from reaching out to Dana International, the gender-bending Israeli pop star who will represent her homeland next month at the Eurovision Song Contest. The 39-year-old singer, born Yaron Cohen, has agreed to be interviewed…
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The Schmooze Will Universal Pictures Make a Mossad Movie?
Americans love Mossad agents in their books and TV shows, and now they’ll get another helping at the movies. Universal Pictures has announced its acquisition of the rights to the Gabriel Allon series, author Daniel Silva’s bestsellers about a Mossad agent turned art restorer. The studio hopes to turn the books into a franchise on…
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The Schmooze ‘Everybody Loves Raymond’ Headed to Israeli TV
Hollywood has been borrowing from the Israeli TV industry for a while now, but today’s entertainment news is about a show heading in the opposite direction. Deadline Hollywood and Israel’s YNet news Web site are reporting that a deal is being inked to adapt “Everybody Loves Raymond” for Israel’s small screen. Depending on which source…
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The Schmooze Things That Look Like Hitler: Feline Edition
This week’s unofficial theme is turning out to be Things That Look Like Hitler. Following Tuesday’s frenzy over a house in Wales that (supposedly) resembles the dictator, today brings a cat that bears his likeness. Once again, the doppelganger comes from the UK: The Guardian has posted a photo of a feline bearing a suspicious-looking…
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The Schmooze Israelis Shoot for the Moon
A trio of Israelis is literally shooting for the moon, aiming to land a small spacecraft there by the end of next year. Should they do so, Yariv Bash, Kfir Damari and Yonatan Winetraub would make Israel just the third nation to manage the feat, after the United States and Russia. The threesome are planning…
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The Schmooze Does This House Look Like Hitler?
Someone call the Simon Wiesenthal Center: Hitler has been spotted in Wales! Well, not Hitler, exactly, but his likeness — in the form, if you can believe, of a two-story house. A 22-year-old in Swansea noted the resemblance between the suburban home and the German dictator during a routine traffic stop, then set off a…
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The Schmooze Book Claims Gandhi Was in Love With a Jewish Bodybuilder
There are many things The Shmooze has yet to learn about Gandhi, but it’s hard to imagine anything more surprising than this: “the love of his life” was a German-Jewish bodybuilder named Hermann. So says a new biography, “Great Soul: Mahatma Gandhi and His Struggle With India,” which reports that the anti-colonial leader left his…
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