Renee Ghert-Zand
By Renee Ghert-Zand
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The Schmooze Yiddish Montreal History Wins Book Award
A crowd will gather in downtown Toronto on June 7 for the 2012 Helen and Stan Vine Canadian Jewish Book Awards. One of the winners will be Rebecca Margolis, an associate professor in the Vered Jewish Canadian Studies Program at the University of Ottawa, who will be honored for “Jewish Roots, Canadian Soil” (McGill-Queen’s University…
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The Schmooze Matisyahu Ditches the Yarmulke
First it was the beard, now it’s the yarmulke. Matisyahu is currently walking around clean-shaven and with an uncovered head, and this is causing a lot of pain for observant Jewish fans who are lamenting what appears to be the once-Hasidic singer’s rapid slide in to secularism. In case you missed it, the reggae performer…
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The Schmooze Jason Alexander Apologizes for Gay Joke
Jason Alexander joins the list of celebrities who have publicly insulted gay people. On June 3, the former Seinfeld co-star tweeted an extended message of apology for calling cricket “a gay sport” while shmoozing with host Craig Ferguson on the Late Late Show last week. Alexander wrote that when Ferguson mentioned cricket, he was glad…
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The Schmooze Bibi On Rye?
What’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu doing in a trailer for Adam Sandler’s new movie? And what is he doing in between some slices of rye bread? These are the lingering questions one has after watching a Funny of Die advertising spot cut by Andy Samberg, who also stars in “That’s My Boy.” The film is…
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Food Bay Area Bagel Shop Spices Things Up
“I’ve been living in East Palo Alto for 24 years, and this is the first bagel shop I’ve ever seen here,” said Rafael Avila, the baker at Izzy’s Brooklyn Bagels. Undeterred, Avila was busy baking batches of bagels on June 1, the grand opening of Izzy’s new location in this Bay Area city with a…
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The Schmooze Drew Barrymore Loves Her New Jewish In-Laws
Mazel Tov! Drew Barrymore tied the knot Saturday with Will Kopelman under a custom-made chuppah at Barrymore’s Montecito, California home. The Kopelman family’s rabbi, reportedly flown in from New York for the occasion, performed the 45-minute wedding ceremony. Few details an no photos have been released yet, but fashion bloggers have been abuzz with descriptions…
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The Schmooze Muhammad Ali’s Grandson’s Bar Mitzvah
We’ve called former world heavyweight boxing champ Muhammad Ali “The Greatest,” “The People’s Champion” and “The Louisville Lip.” Now we might want to also call him “Zaidy” — and a very proud one at that. The boxing news site “The Sweet Science” reports that the Muslim Ali’s grandson recently became a bar mitzvah. The 13-year-old…
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The Schmooze Dr. Ruth To Sell Sexy Low-Alcohol Wine
It turns out that Dr. Ruth Westheimer wasn’t kidding when she told me that she was coming out with her very own line of wines. When I interviewed her at an event at the Jewish Theological Seminary last March, she was talking a mile a minute about latest projects. She mentioned the wine somewhere in…
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