Renee Ghert-Zand
By Renee Ghert-Zand
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The Schmooze Monday Music: Chamber Project in the Hall
We all know the answer to the old question, “how do you get to Carnegie Hall?” is to “practice, practice, practice.” But the Israel Chamber Project has also gotten there by cultivating an appreciative New York audience in the four years since the ensemble’s inception. “It’s the right time for a Carnegie Hall debut,” the…
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The Schmooze Sarah Jessica Parker To Play Gloria Steinem
Not long after we heard that Demi Moore had dropped out of the role as Gloria Steinem in the upcoming Linda Lovelace biopic, word came that Sarah Jessica Parker would be replacing her. It is unfortunate that Moore’s personal situation is difficult right now, but the Shmooze bets that SJP will make an even better…
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Food Toronto’s United Bakers Dairy Restaurant Celebrates 100 Years
They say the more things change, the more they stay the same. It’s perhaps a cliché, but it is true of Toronto’s United Bakers Dairy Restaurant, which is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year. While the menu of this, the oldest family restaurant in the city, has changed with the times, it has also remained…
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Life Prime Ribs, Israel — Beit Shemesh Attack
A 27-year-old woman was attacked last week while she was hanging posters on behalf of her employer. Natali Mashiah was in the Ramat Beit Shemesh neighborhood when she alleges that a group of Haredi men called her a “slut,” a “shiksa,” and smashed her car’s windshield and windows while she was inside of it. They…
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The Schmooze Ferris Bueller Returns in Superbowl Ad
Life moves pretty fast: It seems like just yesterday that Ferris Bueller was taking the day off. But, believe it or not, that was already 26 years ago. And now the righteous dude is back, but it’s not clear yet what he is up to this time. A teaser video released on Thursday indicates that…
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The Schmooze Demi Moore Drops Gloria Steinem Role
Demi Moore has been having a rough time lately. First came the announcement of her split with husband Ashton Kutcher. Then, earlier this week, she checked into rehab to overcome her exhaustion and alleged addictions to nitrous oxide and Red Bull. Now word is that we can no longer expect to see her playing feminist…
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The Schmooze Barrymore Enlists Sandler as Conversion Coach
Is it any surprise that, after going out on fifty first dates with Adam Sandler and also falling for him as a wedding singer, Drew Barrymore would say that she is close to her co-star? Of course, not. However, it’s one thing to look to a co-star for friendship and acting advice — or even…
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Food Dr. Laffa Brings Iraqi Bread to Toronto
Septuagenarian Fuad Haba was a long way from his birthplace of Iraq and his family’s famous bakery on Agrippas Street in Jerusalem’s Machane Yehuda market as he made laffa bread in a taboon oven in suburban Toronto. But neither he nor the customers at the new Dr. Laffa restaurant, where the retiree is hard at…
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