Thea Glassman was an associate editor for the Forward. Follow her on twitter @theakglassman.
Thea Glassman
By Thea Glassman
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The Schmooze Why This Writer Doesn’t Regret His Failed Hitler Sitcom
What happens when you write a zany sitcom about Adolf Hitler, his wife and their Jewish next door neighbors? Well, not a whole lot. “Heil Honey, I’m Home,” a British comedy show produced in 1990, only made it one episode in before it was promptly pulled off the air. The show’s creator Geoff Atkinson spoke…
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Fast Forward The House Marilyn Monroe Died In Is Up For Sale
The Brentwood, LA home that once belonged to Marilyn Monroe is back on the market. The actress purchased the four bedroom, three bathroom house in 1962, following her divorce from Arthur Miller. She had only lived in the house for a few months before she was found dead in her bedroom, as a result of…
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Fast Forward Anne Hathaway: “It Isn’t Easy Being Ivanka Trump Right Now”
Anne Hathaway isn’t turning her nose up at Ivanka Trump. The actress was asked on The View about a recent Instagram post the president’s daughter put up, which showed Hathaway giving a speech at the United Nations on paid leave. “Watch @annehathaway excellent speech on paid leave at the United Nations in honor of International…
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Fast Forward WATCH: All Of Hollywood’s Most Classic Moments — In Yiddish
Who knew Robert De Niro speaking in Yiddish could be so satisfying? Big shout-out to the comedy series YidLife Crisis for dubbing over some of the most classic film scenes into Yiddish. If you want to see everyone from Judy Garland to Al Pacino say some of their most famous lines with a Jewish twist,…
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Fast Forward At Height Of Success, Harry Styles Slept In An Orthodox Family’s Attic
Right in the thick of One Direction’s early success, when Harry Styles was fast becoming an object of affection for teens — and, er, some of us slightly older than that — the pop star moved in with an Orthodox Jewish family. In a recent interview with Rolling Stone, Styles discussed moving in with his…
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Fast Forward Share A Bowl With Broad City’s Abbi and Ilana On 4/20
It’s 4/20 today, aka national weed day, and who better to spend the holidaze with than Broad City’s Abbi Jacobson and Ilana Glazer? The duo released a video especially for the day, which features them “sharing” a bowl over video chat. It’s a quickie, but a reminder of how much we need the comedians back…
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Fast Forward WATCH: Rachel Bloom Perfectly Sings The Challenges Of Being A Female Boss
Nobody quite nails the weird, difficult intricacies of life quite like Rachel Bloom. And even better, she does it in song. Her latest spot-on musical number is all about the challenges of being a female boss, which includes: being nice but not too nice, dealing with mansplaining from your employees, balancing everyone’s feelings, and figuring…
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Fast Forward Drake Fan Broke Into His House — But All She Wanted Was A Soda
File this under today’s possibly most bizarre news. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department reported that 24-year-old Mesha Collins broke into Drake’s house on Monday — but all she wanted to do was to raid his fridge. Police found Collins in a locked room alongside a collection of water bottles and soda cans. There was…
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