Shira Feder
By Shira Feder
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Books Why Having A Female Body In 2018 Is Like Living In A War Zone
Gross Anatomy by Mara Altman “I thought there were just two kinds of girls in the world. The fat ones and the skinny ones. I never knew there were so many things to hate about myself.” Mean Girls There is an infinite amount of things that can be wrong with a person’s body. From chin…
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The Schmooze ‘Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’ Is Looking For Jewish Extras
When I saw the ad seeking paid background/extra work on The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, I was electrified. Am I comfortable working around atmospheric smoke? But of course! It’s how I work best! Am I comfortable wearing wool clothes? Absolutely, baby, there’s nothing I love more, especially in the dead of June. Am I comfortable receiving…
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Food NYC Health Department Shuts Down ‘Fine & Shapiro’ Deli For Violating Health Codes
At 138 West 72nd St, in the Jewish enclave of the Upper West Side, kosher restaurant Fine & Shapiro, open since 1927 as one of the city’s oldest kosher delis, was closed by New York City’s Department of Health. Here are some of the health codes it violated, as per the West Side Rag: 1)…
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The Schmooze Samantha Bee Goes Full Frontal On Ivanka Trump, Then Apologizes
Is Ivanka a feckless cnt? That is the question of our time, and it’s one that Samantha Bee, host of Full Frontal, posed recently on her show. “Do something about your dad’s immigration policy, you feckless cnt!” Bee declared. The media was in an uproar, comparing Bee’s use of profanity to Roseanne Barr’s. Conservatives took…
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The Schmooze Unpopular Opinions: Jewish Edition Is Taking Off On Twitter
Twitter, that bastion of crowd-sourced creativity, is at it again, this time with the unpopular opinions meme. @coffeespoonie invited her fellow Jews to share their least popular opinions with her. This was obviously a dangerous game, because every Jewish opinion is generally an unpopular one. But we just had to share some of our favorites….
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The Schmooze Jennifer Lawrence Reunites With Ex Darren Aronofsky – To Present Him With An Award
“I’m friends with ALL my exes,” some people like to brag. Looks like Jennifer Lawrence is one of those people. While presenting an award to her former lover, notably downgrading him from sweetheart to “very good friend,” Lawrence was calm, cool and collected. In short, she was nothing like you ducking from an ex-boyfriend at…
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The Schmooze Woody Allen’s 19-Year Old Daughter Defends Her Dad Against Sexual Allegations
Rumors about Woody Allen allegedly molesting his adopted child Dylan Farrow have been swirling for years. Farrow herself publicly confirmed them multiple times. The public refused to condemn Allen and a media detente occurred. Allen continued to win prizes and produce films, in exchange for a few days of bad press every couple of years…
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Food Jewish Gala Food Is Terrible. This Israeli Chef Is Trying To Change That.
A gala used to be an occasion where you would put on your most uncomfortable shoes, totter over to the refurbished lunchroom of your child’s school and sit at a table with ten other people you hated while waiters glumly brought you dishes of overcooked salmon with lethargic sprigs of thyme perched indelicately on top….
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