Renee Ghert-Zand
By Renee Ghert-Zand
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Life Jerusalem’s Mayor Bending to Haredi Pressure?
Israeli blogger Hanna Beit Halachmi asks in the title of her most recent post whether Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat is good for Jewish women. For her the question is rhetorical, as she is outraged as what she perceives as the many signs that Barkat is capitulating to Haredi political pressure, especially when it comes to…
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The Schmooze Lawyer Explains Claim That Film Is Anti-Semitic
To help us better understand the merits of the ridiculous lawsuit Michigan resident Sarah Deming is filing against the producers of the new film “Drive” — which stars Ryan Gosling, Carey Mulligan and Bryan Cranston — her lawyer has decided to spell out its bizarre logic in the comments section of a movie blog. In…
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The Schmooze Justice Kagan Goes Hunting
Ever since the Torah characterized Jacob as “yoshev ohalim,” a tent dweller, most people do not usually use “Jews” and “hunting” in the same sentence. But the truth is that there are Jews who hunt, and it is now known that Justice Elena Kagan is among them. In a talk at Beth Tfiloh Congregation celebrating…
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The Schmooze Israeli Scientists Learn to Levitate
You know that scene in “Back to the Future 2” when Michael J. Fox’s character Marty McFly skates on a hover board? It’s no longer just movie magic. Tel Aviv University scientists demonstrated quantum levitation at the Association of Science-Technology Centers annual conference held last week at the Maryland Science Center in Baltimore. The researchers…
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The Schmooze You Know It’s a Jewish Football Team When…
When most Americans think Jews and team sports, they think basketball and baseball. Israelis think basketball and football — the European kind. But we should also be paying attention to Jews in American football — at least in the case of two rival Jewish day school teams in Florida. It was Monday Night Football at…
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The Schmooze A Song to Welcome Home Gilad Shalit
Israeli music legend Arik Einstein has released a song to welcome Gilad Shalit home. The song, “Now That You Are Here,” was written by Einstein’s longtime collaborator Guy Bocati. It is a heartfelt ballad telling the returned soldier how much it means for the entire nation that he is back, and that he should take…
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The Schmooze Bar Refaeli To Appear on E! Reality Show
Israeli supermodel Bar Refaeli is avoiding Prince Harry’s rumored affections for her by keeping busy with work. One of her current assignments is not for modeling, but for mentoring. Fear not, though: The job still involves wearing haute couture and posing for the camera. Refaeli has been tapped to appear in an episode of a…
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The Schmooze Bibi, Shalit and the ‘Forrest Gump’ Effect
Some tech-savvy Israelis thought that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was hogging the spotlight yesterday as the nation celebrated the return of Gilad Shalit after five years and four months in Hamas captivity. So, they started a creative Facebook meme to express their frustration with Bibi’s perceived need to be in so many photos of the…
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