Renee Ghert-Zand
By Renee Ghert-Zand
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Life Haredi Women Publicly Denounce Extremists
Two prominent Haredi women are boldly, and publicly, speaking out against ultra-Orthodox extremists, who advocate extreme gender segregation, and who, in recent days, have rioted against police in Beit Shemesh and protested in Jerusalem the “exclusion of Haredim” by donning yellow stars and concentration camp uniforms. Ruth Lichtenstein, publisher of New York’s Haredi daily Hamodia…
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The Schmooze Vermont Legislator Takes Birthright Trip
Kesha Ram, a Vermont State Representative, recently visited Israel for the first time — but not on the kind of Israel trip most American legislators take. The 25 year old (who happens to be the youngest state legislator in the country right now) went on a free Taglit-Birthright Israel experience together with other people her…
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The Schmooze Auschwitz Photo Used in Health Club Ad
It’s not just Haredi Jews who have offended many this past week by using — or rather, abusing — Holocaust imagery. A news outlet in the United Arab Emirates reported that a Dubai health club put out a promotional poster with a picture of the gas chambers at Auschwitz-Birkenau, with the tag line: “Kiss your…
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Food Seasonal Old World Fare Pops Up in San Francisco
Kenny Hockert isn’t waiting to get rolling. While still looking for a suitable and affordable food truck to buy, the chef has already started his Old World Food Truck, which serves up sustainable old world fare, as a weekly pop-up café in San Francisco’s Mission district. Since opening in September, the spot has garnered a…
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Books Sex and Scandal in Nazi Berlin
In The Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler’s Berlin By Erik Larson Crown, 464 pages, $26.00 It is just about impossible to find a negative review of Erik Larson’s latest bestselling book, “In the Garden of Beasts,” about American ambassador William Dodd and his family in 1930s Berlin. The worst…
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The Schmooze Banned! Israel May Outlaw Weird Names
Israel would ban strange names under a bill that was just debated by Israel’s Ministerial Committee for Legislation. It seeks to outlaw parents from giving their newborns highly unusual names. Current law already authorizes the Interior Minister to refuse to register a name if “it could mislead or offend the public.” The newly proposed law,…
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The Schmooze Natalie Shows Off Aleph to Israeli Relatives
She may be an Academy Award-winning actress and many men’s dream Jewish woman. But she is also a new mother, and like all new moms, Natalie Portman, wants to show off her baby to friends and family. That is just what Portman did last week on a trip to Israel. Ynet reports that the actress…
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Life Prime Ribs: Israel Edition
With all of the news out of Beit Shemesh, here are some “Prime Ribs” you may have missed: In Jerusalem and Ramat Gan Sunday, women and men boarded buses to protest gender segregation on public transportation, and the exclusion of women from public spaces throughout Israel. Settler “It Girl” and Israel Hayom columnist Emily Amrusi…
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