Renee Ghert-Zand
By Renee Ghert-Zand
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The Schmooze Socialite Zelda Kaplan Dies at Fashion Week
Socialite Zelda Kaplan, who based on her style could have been separated at birth from Iris Apfel, died suddenly on February 15 while at a New York Fashion Week show. To be more precise, the 95-year-old collapsed while sitting in the front row at the Joanna Mastroianni runway show and died in hospital shortly thereafter….
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The Schmooze Introducing The Times of Israel
Jewish and Israeli news junkies are rejoicing at the launch yesterday of yet another media outlet — The Times of Israel. The Jerusalem-based online-only publication is helmed by British-born David Horovitz, formerly editor and publisher of The Jerusalem Report and editor-in-chief at the Jerusalem Post. In a blog post from yesterday, he wrote, “The Times…
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The Schmooze Fran Drescher To Marry Gay Couples
Now that Fran Drescher is happily divorced from a gay man and has a TV Land series called — wait for it —“Happily Divorced” about (surprise!) a woman divorced from a gay man, the ex-Nanny is ready to marry some gay people. Don’t misunderstand. Drescher is not interested in wedding any more gay men herself,…
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The Schmooze Couple Becomes Oldest Ever To Make Aliyah
Philip and Dorothy Grossman could think of no better way to show their love for each other, their family and for Israel than to make aliyah this Valentine’s Day. The husband and wife, ages 95 and 93 respectively, are the oldest couple to have ever immigrated to Israel. The Baltimore couple, married 71 years, were…
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The Schmooze Kate Middleton Goes Hasidic Chic
Just last week we were treated to a provocative fashion spread in Israel’s Belle Mode magazine that was both inspired by and meant to protest the exclusion of women in the public sphere. In it, the models struck sexy poses, wearing ultra-Orthodox garb, in a vintage bus. As highly unlikely as the scenes in those…
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The Schmooze From Shtetl to Stage to Screen
“It’s Hollywood in the shtetl.” That’s how playwright Nicholas Wright summed up his new play, “Travelling Light,” now at London’s National Theatre. He pretty much hit the nail on the head with this pithy description as he spoke to the audience in a talkback following the production’s worldwide simulcast on February 9. Imagine “Fiddler on…
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Life Prime Ribs, Israel Edition — Minding the Gap
With Zahava Gal-On’s recent election to the leadership of the left-wing Meretz party, women are now heading three major political parties in Israel (There’s also Shelly Yachimovich of Labor, and Tzipi Livni of the opposition party, Kadima.) Minister of Culture Limor Livnat announced the formation of a new incubator to support filmmaking by women in…
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The Schmooze Davis Party Sobered By Whitney Houston’s Death
“There ain’t no party like a Clive Davis party,” said Sean “Diddy” Combs at Clive Davis’s pre-Grammy party this past Saturday night at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles. And there certainly has not been one like Saturday’s in all the years since Davis began hosting these events in 1976. This year’s festivities were…
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