Renee Ghert-Zand
By Renee Ghert-Zand
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Food Bowing to the OU, Jezebel Changes It’s ‘Racy’ Name
Jezebel may be a fitting moniker for an irreverent feminist blog, but the Orthodox Union thinks it’s not a good name for a glatt kosher restaurant. The Jewish Week reports that the hip, super-stylish Soho restaurant is being made to undergo a rebranding as a result of its seeking kosher certification from the OU. Paying…
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Life New Feminist Knesset
The minute I saw that new MK Merav Michaeli’s inaugural (some call it “maiden,” but I prefer “inaugural”) speech to the Knesset on Wednesday had gone online, I immediately remembered a Sisterhood post I wrote prior to the recent Israeli elections about Ha’aretz political writer Yossi Verter’s sexism. In a piece on the Labor Party…
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The Schmooze Jason Segel and Michelle Williams are Splitsville
Jason Segel and Michelle Williams are splitsville as of a few weeks ago after being together for a year. In the meantime, Williams was busy looking fab at the Moscow premiere of “Oz the Great Powerful,” while fans were taking the demise of her relationship with Segel really hard. Mila Kunis, who is on the…
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Life First Ethiopian-Israeli Wins Miss Israel
On Wednesday, 21-year-old Yityish Aynaw was crowned Miss Israel for 2013. The occasion marked the first time an Ethiopian Israeli had won the national beauty pageant. Despite the landmark moment, I have to be honest: I was more excited when Pnina Tamano-Shata, a lawyer and member of the Yesh Atid party, was recently elected the…
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Life Sheryl Sandberg’s Impossible Solution
Facebook Chief Operating Officer and newly self-styled feminist leader Sheryl Sandberg wants women to “Lean In,” as the title of her new book tells us, instead of “pulling back.” Well, let me tell you — I’ve been leaning in for two decades until the point that I am almost flat on my face from exhaustion….
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The Schmooze Is Natalie Portman Pregnant?
Natalie Portman’s Vanity Fair Oscar Party dress sparked rumors that she may be pregnant again. The actress arrived wearing an ivory empire-waist Dior gown with a black bow accent that led to speculation that she might be hiding a baby bump. Portman and her husband Benjamin Millepied have a son Aleph, who will turn two…
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Life The Making of American Feminism
If you have plans tonight, cancel them. Instead, sit down in front of your TV to watch “MAKERS: Women Who Make America” on PBS at 8:00 PM EST. (Check local listings if you live in other time zones.) Otherwise, you will miss a remarkable three-hour journey through 50 years of the women’s movement. Even for…
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The Schmooze New Director at the Contemporary Jewish Museum
Thirty-five years ago, Lori Starr, then a graduate student, spent nine months in San Francisco on a museum education fellowship. This June, she will return to the City by the Bay to become the executive director of the Contemporary Jewish Museum. For Starr, this new position marks a return to California after seven years in…
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