Renee Ghert-Zand
By Renee Ghert-Zand
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Food Jon Stewart’s Hot Dog Bris
If you were worried that the Hebrew National class action case had slipped by Jon Stewart, fear not! After a clip from CNN about the controversy ran on “The Daily Show” last night, Stewart exclaimed “WHAT? Not 100% kosher! Or as it’s known to Jews: not kosher!” Impressing us with his Talmudic knowledge, he offered…
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The Schmooze He Was Blind, But Now Can See
The tracks on Max Layton’s new album, “2 The Max,” are more stories than songs. Influenced by two of Canada’s greatest poets, his father Irving Layton and his close family friend Leonard Cohen, as well as his own interesting 66 years of existence, the singer-songwriter shares some hard-earned lessons on life and love set to…
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The Schmooze Oracle CEO Buys Hawaiian Island
Oracle CEO Larry Ellison has never been one to shy away from making big purchases. He already owns several opulent homes, a super-size yacht, a tennis tournament, and a fighter jet. He also bankrolls an America’s Cup-winning sailing team. But an island in Hawaii? That kind of seems like a major purchase even for a…
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The Schmooze Snooki Confuses ‘Kosher’ With ‘Organic’
Someone needs to give Snooki (aka Nicole Polizzi) a short lesson on the difference between kosher and organic food. The diminutive reality television star’s culinary confusion came to light in a clip from her new “Jersey Shore” spin-off “Snooki & JWoww,” in which she stars with her BFF Jenni “JWoww” Farley. We see Snooki wake…
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Food Does Hebrew National ‘Answer to a Higher Authority’?
Kosher BBQ enthusiasts and other fans of the essential kosher hot dog, Hebrew National — which advertises that they “answer to a higher authority” — have been following a recent lawsuit alleging that the company’s franks and other products are not kosher. The suit was filed against ConAgra, the parent company of Hebrew National, by…
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The Schmooze Tzipi Livni Takes Off-Road Jeep Challenge
Tzipi Livni figures that if she can’t be queen of the Knesset, then maybe she can be queen of the desert. In a bold and rather unexpected move, the former Kadima leader and member of Knesset has joined the Desert Queens off-road competition for Israeli women. According to a report in The Times of Israel,…
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The Schmooze Anastasia Michaeli Falls for Prank Call
By now word has spread that Yisrael Beiteinu MK Anastasia Michaeli has insulted is the gay community. As the Shmooze reported last week, Michaeli — who was already notorious for throwing water on an Arab MK — was recorded saying that homosexuality results from childhood abuse, and that gays “are miserable” and “in the end…
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The Schmooze Frank Auerbach Paintings Go on Block
Sotheby’s in London will later this month auction off a collection of eight portraits of Ruth Bromberg by the artist Frank Auerbach, one of Britain’s most acclaimed living painters. Auerbach produced a total of 20 paintings of Bromberg, a patron of the “London School” of artists and a key sitter, and Sotheby’s is offering these…
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