Shira Feder
By Shira Feder
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The Schmooze He’s Fast, He’s Powerful, He’s Jewish…He’s The Flash!
He’s faster than a speeding bullet, he’s a crimefighter with super strength, he’s…Jewish? “Justice League” might have been a lukewarm film that coasted on the onscreen charisma of its main actors but Jewish nerds were rewarded when Barry Allen (alias of The Flash, played by a winsome Ezra Miller) described a photo of himself as…
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The Schmooze Meet The First Jewish Contestant For Miss Germany
Jews and Germany, it’s complicated. But that doesn’t faze Tamar Morali, a German-Jewish pageant queen, who sees herself as the first Jewish Miss Germany. “In a country where Jews experienced unbelievable horrors, for the first time in history there will be a Jewish contestant for Miss Germany,” said Morali. Organizers have informed her that she…
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The Schmooze Sacha Baron Cohen Will Pay All Your Mankini Fines
The mankini, the eye catching swimsuit popularized by Sacha Baron Cohen in the movie “Borat,” caused some trouble recently on a beach in Kazakhstan. Six Czech tourists have been arrested for “indecent” appearances and fined $67 each, for engaging in acts of public minor hooliganism. Not to worry, Sacha Baron Cohen is here to help….
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The Schmooze The Celebrity Perv Apology Generator Is Up And Running
It might be time for celebrity public relations specialists to start browsing Indeed.com for new jobs because EW correspondent Dana Schwartz has just published their playbook. In her new website, the Celebrity Perv Apology Generator, Schwartz comes up with apologies for every conceivable form of celebrity sexual misdemeanor, from ‘I do not remember the 2009…
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Film & TV ‘Three Billboards’ Is A Movie About The Age Of Internet Accusations
There are three billboards right outside the town of Ebbing, Missouri, that have the power to start a war between the police department and one furious woman. “Still no arrests?” reads the first one, followed by “How come, Chief Willoughby?” and finished off with “Raped while dying.” Mildred Hayes, played by a scathing Frances McDormand,…
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Life Was Louis Vuitton A Nazi Sympathizer?
Visiting the new Louis Vuitton exhibit “Volez, Voguez, Voyagez”, I was struck by the way the exhibit valorizes Mr. Louis Vuitton, positioning his progress as parallel to many great technological innovations like the car and airplane. Louis Vuitton’s personal history is mythologized at the exhibit in service of the brand, with the story of the…
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The Schmooze The Boy Who Lived – On Top Of The Charts
In 2014 J.K. Rowling confirmed that there was a Jewish student at Hogwarts. Porpentina Goldstein was the Jewish heroine of Harry Potter prequel “Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them.” In 2017 this publication published a Secret Jewish History of Harry Potter. Now the list of notable Jewish Harry Potter history must be expanded again,…
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Culture “Bar Bahar” Redefines Palestinian Israeli Women Onscreen
Enjoying its American premiere at this year’s Other Israel Film Center Festival, an annual festival dedicated to films about the Israeli underground, “Bar Bahar” (meaning ‘in between’ in English), directed by Maysaloun Hamoud, is the story of three women living in a newly emerged Palestinian subculture. In an apartment in the center of Tel Aviv,…
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