Renee Ghert-Zand
By Renee Ghert-Zand
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The Schmooze Student Sues UC Davis Over Jewish Fraternity Hazing
A former University of California at Davis student has filed a lawsuit against the university. His claims include negligence, intentional infliction of emotional distress, and creating a hostile educational environment — all stemming from the university’s refusal to address his complaints about hazing at a Jewish fraternity on campus. According to the court papers filed…
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The Schmooze Biden To Speak at Detroit Yeshiva Fundraiser
Don’t look for Vice President Joe Biden in Washington on Sunday. He’ll be in Detroit, possibly adding to his long and memorable list of gaffes as he speaks at the annual fundraising dinner for an area Orthodox day school. Biden will also be stumping for Debbie Stabenow, the Democratic junior senator from Michigan, while in…
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Life Protesting Paucity of Women on Israeli News
Women are being kept out of public space in many ways in Israel. We have heard lately about women missing from advertising posters and newspaper ads in Jerusalem, and about female soldiers being marginalized from military activities for fear of offending Haredi men. Now, there is an additional — related and unrelated— focus on the…
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The Schmooze Salmonella Outbreak Linked to Kosher Chicken Liver
As of this week, chopped liver is getting even less respect than it usually does. That’s because it’s been found to be the cause of Salmonella food poisoning in 89 people in New York and several others in New Jersey. Health officials have traced the kosher liver to the Queens-based Schreiber Processing Corp., which has…
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The Schmooze Anti-Semitic ‘Jingle Bells’ Song Heard at Oxford
Anti-Semitism has reared its ugly head again at Oxford University in England. Disillusioned officers of the university’s Conservative Association recently leaked documents to the campus newspaper The Oxford Student, showing evidence of anti-Semitic behavior among its members. The paper found one video to be particularly offensive. It is of a student leading others in a…
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Food Keeping Kosher During the Food Stamp Challenge
It was after Rabbi Ari Weiss bumped into and spoke with Rabbi Steve Gutow of the Jewish Council for Public Affairs on Rosh Hashanah, that he decided to take the Food Stamp Challenge. This means he would have to get by on no more than $31.50 worth of groceries (the average amount of food stamps…
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The Schmooze Ratner and Murphy Step Down From Oscars
There are plenty of changes in the works for the 2012 Academy Awards ceremony now that both its producer and host have stepped down amid controversy. Producer Brett Ratner (whose latest film, “Tower Heist,” is currently out in theaters) announced yesterday that he would step down from the Oscars following insensitive remarks he made about…
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The Schmooze What Doesn’t Kill You Makes You Calmer?
It looks like carbon monoxide may have been getting a worse rap than it deserves. The silent killer turns out also to be the silent calmer — and anything that soothes the nerves of frazzled city dwellers is ostensibly a good thing. Prof. Itzhak Schnell of Tel Aviv University’s Department of Geography and the Human…
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