Simi Lampert
By Simi Lampert
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News Driving the Diva
Video: Nate Lavey If her driving is anything to go by, Mindy Meyer is the quintessential Brooklynite. The Orthodox law student who’s running for state Senate in Brooklyn’s 21st District against incumbent Democrat Kevin Parker, weaves in and out of double-parked traffic on Avenue J in her Flatbush neighborhood, barely sparing the road a second…
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The Schmooze Video: Does Matisyahu Look Like Bieber?
God exists and he has a sense of humor. Or at least the god of technology does. On Jimmy Kimmel Live yesterday, YouTube, TV and Twitter converged in a fabulous segment called Mean Tweets. Throw in some love-to-hate-them celebrities, and hilarity ensued. Apparently, Mean Tweets is where Jimmy Kimmel sits celebrities down in front of…
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Fast Forward Cleveland Native Dies on India Hiking Trip
A young American woman who had moved to Israel was killed in a landslide this week in India, where she was vacationing with friends, the Cleveland Jewish News reported. Hadas Ben Shoshan was hiking in northern India Tuesday when a rock fell on her leg. Her friends ran to get help, and people gathered at…
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Opinion Diva in the Headlights
Mindy Meyer may be the Diva of the District, but the wannabe state senator from Brooklyn has a little homework to do if she hopes to make it big in politics. The 22-year-old Brooklyn law student looked a bit like a deer in the headlights when a local TV anchor asked her to identify some…
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The Schmooze IDF Bikini Babe Goes Viral
It’s not the first time a female Israeli soldier has been photographed in a bikini, but it might be the first time that soldier had a gun strapped to her back. And for some reason, that weapon makes all the difference. Maxim’s spread of bikini-clad IDF soldiers got 69 Facebook likes in the five years…
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Opinion Diva of the District
Mindy Meyer is a 22-year-old Orthodox law student who went to Prospect Park Yeshiva in Brooklyn, wears knee-length skirts — and is running for New York state Senate. Her website, pink and flashy, incorporates glitter and leopard print. Campaign slogan? “I’m Senator and I know it.” “I’m trying to appeal to the younger population,” explains…
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News Seeing ‘Zion’ in Olympic Logo
Iran's Olympics team is threatening a boycott because it believes the 2012 Olympics logo is as a Zionist plot.
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The Schmooze Mila Kunis Dishes To James Franco
When Mila Kunis was 12, she auditioned for a part in a movie about a Russian Jew. She didn’t get the part because they didn’t think she looked Russian or Jewish enough. “Mind you, I am both Russian and Jewish,” Kunis points out to James Franco in a recent interview for Interview magazine. A chat…
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