Renee Ghert-Zand
By Renee Ghert-Zand
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The Schmooze Roseanne Barr Calls for End to Mommy Wars
The last time The Shmooze noticed what the outspoken Roseanne Barr was up to, she had just announced that she was running for the Green Party’s presidential nomination. Now, we’ve taken note that she has inserted herself into the recent debate ignited by Hilary Rosen’s comments about Ann Romney’s “never having worked a day in…
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The Schmooze Calling Out Ricky Gervais for Anti-Semitism
Jon Stewart seemed uncomfortable with some of the things guest Ricky Gervais was saying about famous Holocaust victim Anne Frank and the Nazis on the Daily Show on April 11. But while Stewart took it no further than trying to humorously push back at Gervais during their broadcast conversation, a guy in Boston named Dan…
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The Schmooze Lisa Edelstein Gets Naked for PETA
Actress Lisa Edelstein bared all — literally — in a campaign for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, known by its acronym PETA. She posed lying nude on what appears to be a bed of super-sized leafy greens for a poster encouraging people to try vegetarianism. The phrase “Eat Green to Go Green” is…
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The Schmooze Curtis Sliwa’s Secret Jewish Kids
You know Guardian Angels founder Curtis Sliwa’s famous red beret? Might be time for him to trade it in for a yarmulke. The New York Post broke the news that Sliwa is the biological father of former New York Councilmember Melinda Katz’s two sons, and that the couple is now living together and planning to…
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The Schmooze Jake Gyllenhaal’s Random Act of Kindness
We enjoyed watching Jake Gyllenhaal look for the missing matzo during Passover last week — and then we learned that he is even more of a mensch than we knew. The handsome 31-year-old actor has been known to be philanthropic, giving to a variety of causes from the Afghan Relief Organization to Variety to Global…
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The Schmooze Eric Cantor Backs Shmuley Boteach’s Campaign
It’s always good to have friends in high places… who are willing to open their wallets for you. The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday that House Majority Leader Eric Cantor has contributed $5,000 to Rabbi Shmuley Boteach’s congressional campaign. You will recall that the self-touted “America’s rabbi” and author of “Kosher Sex,” “The Kosher…
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The Schmooze Rachel Dratch: ‘I’m a Troll’
Rachel Dratch just isn’t pretty enough. That is why, she writes in her new memoir, “Girl Walks Into A Bar,” she hasn’t made it big in films or on television post-SNL. “I am offered solely the parts that I like to refer to as The Unf-ckables. In reality, if you saw me walking down the…
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The Schmooze Jon Lovitz Gets Tough On Hate Crime
We may know Jon Lovitz as a joker, but he was very serious when he tweeted about a recent anti-Semitic act perpetrated against his friend’s teenage daughter by other students from her school. It was reported that Lovitz’s posts about the incident, which took place in Northridge, California on April 3, led to the expulsion…
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