Nathan Burstein
By Nathan Burstein
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The Schmooze James Franco’s New Advertising Strategy
To generate some buzz for his latest movie, “127 Hours” star James Franco is making use of a secret weapon – his sweet old Jewish grandma. A likely Oscar nominee for the film, Franco released a short home video on Christmas Day featuring his grandmother, who joins the actor while wearing a Santa hat. “I’m…
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The Schmooze Leonardo DiCaprio Should Take Traveling Advice From Denzel Washington
Tip to Hollywood stars trying to keep a low profile in Israel: wear a hat, and don’t be there to visit your Israeli girlfriend. Obeying those rules has worked out just fine for Denzel Washington, who spent several low-key days in Jerusalem this week before being detected today by reporters over at Ynetnews.com. The website…
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The Schmooze The Yeshiva University Professor Who Secured U.S. Residency for John Lennon
All you need is love, but sometimes a good immigration lawyer is also helpful. That’s what the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society is reminding people today, the 30th anniversary of John Lennon’s death. Like countless Jews before him, the former Beatle faced resistance to his efforts to gain U.S. residency — though in his case the…
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The Schmooze Going for Guinness: Israeli Claims ‘Smallest Wedding Proposal’ Ever
It was a marriage proposal for the record books — or at least that’s what the engaged couple is hoping. An Israeli physics student is seeking a spot in the Guinness Book of World Records after popping the question to his girlfriend, in what the pair claim is the “smallest wedding proposal” in history. Rather…
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The Schmooze Israeli Scholar Translates Talmud Into Hebrew, Completing 45-Year Project
Like Israelites wandering a desert, a good Talmudic translation apparently can’t be rushed. After more than four decades of work, Israeli Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz finally released a new Hebrew translation of the Talmud this week, a project he’s worked on since the Johnson administration. Begun in 1965, the work is intended to make the Talmud…
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The Schmooze ‘Good Morning America’s’ Juju Chang Is Jewish
Juju Chang, the well-liked newsreader on ABC’s “Good Morning America,” was born in South Korea but is now “twice as Jewish” as her Jewish-born husband, former NBC News President Neal Shapiro. Shapiro made the joking comment in Sunday’s New York Times, in a “Sunday Routine” profile summarizing the pair’s Sunday activities with their three sons….
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The Schmooze Pamela Anderson Turns Political in Israel
Not only is Pamela Anderson on her way to Israel, the former “Baywatch” star is getting involved in local politics. Citing nothing less than “Jewish principles,” the former Playboy cover girl wrote this week to Yakov Margi, Israel’s minister of religious services, asking him to advance a bill that would ban fur in Israel. A…
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The Schmooze Israeli Swimsuit Model Gets Shout-Out in New Kanye Song
It might be the most daring lyric in the history of rap: an attempt at making something rhyme with “Ginzburg.” But as he’s proven in numerous songs and public appearances, Kanye West is nothing if not bold, and he almost manages to pull off the “swerve/Ginzburg” couplet in one of his latest songs, “Christian Dior…
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