Renee Ghert-Zand
By Renee Ghert-Zand
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The Schmooze Hasidic Heir Who Rides a Harley
Audiences at the 2012 Starz Denver Film Festival earlier this month likely found it uncomfortable to sit through the 29 minutes of Pearl Gluck’s’s short film, “Where Is Joel Baum.” That, however, is a good thing, because the film tells the kind of story that introduces you to a disturbing, yet riveting, title character, and…
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The Schmooze While You Were Voting…
Celebs were voting, too. Sarah Jessica Parker rocked a fab “Viva Obama” t-shirt on the way to the polls. And the paps caught Dianna Agron and Ashley Tisdale and her mom exercising their democratic right. Others, including Bethenny Frankel, Adam Shankman, Rashida Jones, Scooter Braun and Mayim Bialik took to Twitter to encourage followers to…
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The Schmooze Celebs Get out the Vote
With the hours ticking down until the election, many celebs are doing their part to get out the vote. While most stars appear to be backing President Obama, David Mamet has been outspoken about his support of Mitt Romney. You can read his appeal to fellow Jewish voters, “A note to a stiff-necked people” in…
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The Schmooze Cher and Kathy Griffin take on Romney
In election-related news: A new video put out by The Jewish Council for Education and Research starring Cher and Kathy Griffin on Mitt Romney’s efforts to “Turn Back Time” has gone viral. Looks like it will get at least half a million hits before Tuesday. For obvious reasons, we are big fans of the shiny…
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News The Only Jew in His Crew
It seemed to Michael Prosserman (aka Bboy Piecez) as though his world had stopped spinning when doctors found three congenitally fused vertebrae in his neck when he was 18. Breakdancing had been his passion since he was 12, and his signature move had been to turn continuously on his head in slow motion. Now, his…
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The Schmooze Amanda Bynes Sues Over Nude Report
Amanda Bynes has said she will sue over an In Touch report that she was caught walking around in nothing but a pair of goggles at a New York tanning salon. The troubled young actress says there is no truth to the story, and that she is simply a 26-year-old retired multi-millionaire whose privacy should…
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The Schmooze Aaron Sorkin is All Atwitter
We know he’s good at walking and talking. But how about walking and tweeting? We shall soon find out now that Aaron Sorkin has finally joined the Twitterverse. Hurricane or no hurricane, Halloween arrived last week. Sacha Baron Cohen dressed as bizarre hybrid cow and monkey sock doll. Debra Messing went in Marie Antoinette guise….
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The Schmooze Museum of Jewish Heritage Saved from Sandy
Of all the Jewish institutions in New York, the Museum of Jewish Heritage, found itself in the most vulnerable position as Hurricane Sandy bore down on the city Monday night. It was thought that the museum, located right on the edge of New York Harbor, in Battery Park at the southern tip of Manhattan, was…
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