Renee Ghert-Zand
By Renee Ghert-Zand
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The Schmooze Chuck Norris’s Bibi Endorsement
Chuck Norris has officially endorsed Bibi Netanyahu. Like this will have any bearing on the outcome of Israel’s upcoming election. Contemplating getting a tattoo? If a rose or Chinese character don’t really do it for you, you might want to consider one of these inked likenesses of Larry David. West Wing actor Josh Malina had…
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Food $126,000 Is Stolen From Kutsher’s Tribeca Customers
Kutsher’s Tribeca patrons who pay close attention to their credit card bills might have noticed that they were being charged for a whole lot more than upscale gefilte fish and matzo ball soup. That’s because one of the restaurant’s waiters was allegedly stealing their information and using it to go on a $126,000 spending spree….
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The Schmooze Mariah Carey Speaks Hebrew on ‘Idol’
We all knew that Mariah Carey can sing, but what we didn’t know was that she can also speak Hebrew. Well, at least she knows three expressions—and can use them correctly. Carey surprised us when she greeted American Idol contestant Shira Gavrielov, the 23-year-old daughter of Israeli singer-songwriter Miki Gavrielov, with a friendly “Shalom.” She…
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The Schmooze Mayim Bialik Looks Forward to 2013
Mayim Bialik said on the Golden Globes red carpet that she is looking forward to a good 2013. She’s pretty sure it can’t be any worse than 2012, during which she was injured in a car accident and filed for divorce from her husband of nine years. In other leftover Golden Globes news: Paul Rudd…
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Life Palo Alto’s Jewish Fairy Godmother
Tech industry aficionados traveling to Palo Alto, Calif., to visit sites like the HP Garage and Apple co-founder Steve Jobs’ house likely drive right past the Lucie Stern Community Center. They probably don’t even notice it, let alone wonder about the Jewish woman whose name it bears. If you look carefully, many of Palo Alto’s…
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The Schmooze Jack Antonoff is Great, No Secret
No matter where we looked, we couldn’t get away from Jewish celebrity news related in some way to the big wins for “Homeland” and “Girls” at Sunday night’s Golden Globes — most of it relating in one way or another to the ubiquitous Lena Dunham. Here are some examples: Lena Dunham told Interview that she…
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The Schmooze Up in the Orthodox Hotel
Unlike most filmmakers, Iris Zaki did not have to go out and find a subject for her movie. Instead, it came to her. In fact, it walked right up to her as she sat behind the reception desk at the Croft Court Hotel, in Golders Green, London. Zaki, a 34-year-old secular, single Israeli woman from…
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Opinion Israel Wins PETA Stamp of Approval
Israel has the PETA stamp of approval. Animal rights advocates are kvelling over a new law that bans animal testing on all cosmetics or toiletries produced, imported to or sold in Israel. Kathy Guillermo, a top official at People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, told The Forward that her organization is “just over the…
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