Renee Ghert-Zand
By Renee Ghert-Zand
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Food France’s McD’s Tries Out Bagel Burgers — Yuck!
For a bagel purist, the thought of a bagel burger is far from appetizing. Cream cheese, lox, fried eggs, and sometimes deli meat belong between two halves of a sliced bagel—but not a ground beef patty. But if McDonald’s were to ever introduce a bagel burger, it would have to do so in New York,…
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The Schmooze Least Influential Jews
We’re heading into the end of the year, so it’s time for GQ’s list of the 25 least influential people of 2012. When it comes to this distinction, the tribe is represented by troubled starlet Amanda Bynes (ranked #2!), Oscars host Billy Crystal, “The Newsroom” writer Aaron Sorkin, and actor Adam Sandler. There are only…
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Food After 75 Years, Stage Deli Serves Its Final Sandwich
“The loss is unfathomable,” said “Save The Deli” author David Sax. He was despairing over the closure of New York’s famed Stage Deli, which happened last night at midnight. The 75-year-old Midtown landmark located just a couple of blocks from Carnegie Hall (and from its rival, the Carnegie Deli) still has its website — with…
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The Schmooze Bob Saget’s Dirty Humor Book
You may remember Bob Saget as Danny Tanner on “Full House,” but he’s actually not always as clean cut as that. In fact, he has a “dirty humor” book coming out in 2014 showcasing “the full monty of [Saget’s] crazy self.” Who knew that Scarlett Johansson has always aspired to be a weather girl? We…
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The Schmooze Aly Raisman on Dancing With the Stars
Olympic gold medalist Aly Raisman and the rest of the Fierce Five gymnastics team appeared on “Dancing With the Stars” in a show of support for Team USA member Shawn Johnson, who is competing with partner Derek Hough. Raisman and the others donned lacy black leotards and flashed big smiles as they took part in…
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Opinion Gray Lady Puts Jodi Rudoren on Tweet-Watch
My recent interview for The Forward with New York Times Jerusalem bureau chief Jodi Rudoren, while she was covering the recent conflagration between Israel and Hamas from inside Gaza, was instigated by a remark I read in one of her Facebook posts. So, obviously, I regarded Rudoren’s providing personal reflection and commentary on the situation…
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The Schmooze Amy Winehouse Biopic?
Mitch Winehouse, father of late singer Amy Winehouse thinks George Clooney would be the perfect actor to play him in a biopic about his daughter. Some have urged Winehouse, who is trying to make the film happen, to consider Lady Gaga for the role of his daughter, but Winehouse doesn’t think Gaga quite cuts it….
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The Schmooze Larry David Remembers Thanksgiving
While you were eating turkey… Celebs ate turkey, too. However, some like Natalie Portman, Alicia Silverstone, Dianna Agron, Julianna Margulies, and Lea Micheledid not (they’re vegetarians). Larry David treated us to his animated reminiscences of Thanksgiving in Brooklyn with his family. Larry David’s Thanksgiving Special from Larry David Joan Rivers tweeted about delivering Thanksgiving meals…
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