Veronika Bondarenko
By Veronika Bondarenko
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Life Eric Trump: Ivanka Is Too ‘Strong’ to Experience Sexual Harassment
To hear Donald Trump’s son Eric tell it, his sister Ivanka is too “strong” and “powerful” to ever be affected by sexual harassment. The declaration comes at the heels of Donald Trump telling Kirsten Powers, a columnist at USA Today, that his Jewish daughter Ivanka would be able to find another job or career if…
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News Sex After 80? Nursing Homes Try To Hook Up Bubbe and Zayde
Sex among the elderly is slowly losing some of its stigma as more nursing homes amend their policies to welcome romantic relationships among residents. The Hebrew Home at Riverdale actively encourages romantic relationships with a dating service called G-Date (short for Grandparent Date) and Senior Prom that aim to get bubbe (or zayde) a hook…
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News Ice Bucket Challenge Hasn’t Beaten ALS Yet — But Breakthroughs Tame Critics of ‘Slacktivism’
Two summers ago, thousands of people poured buckets of icy water on themselves and posted videos of it on social media in the name of a disease most had barely heard of — amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), somewhat better known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. Although ALS, a neurodegenerative disorder that leads to permanent paralysis of…
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Life Lena Dunham Says Donald Trump Will Take Women Back Centuries
“Deal us in,” told the audience at the Democratic National Convention after asking whether they wanted the paid family leave, access to reproductive care and equal pay for equal work that Hillary Clinton had promised. Together with fellow actress America Ferrera, Dunham gave a five-minute speech on why the two support Clinton as a candidate…
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News Canadian Jews Help ‘Operation Ezra’ — Bring 7 Yazidi Families to Winnepeg
A small Yazidi community in Canada is teaming up with local Jewish organizations to help refugees running from ISIS find new homes. With an initial goal of raising $34,000 to sponsor one refugee family, activists and community members in Winnipeg, Canada raised $250,000 to help 7 Yazidi families with a total of 42 people settle…
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Life Jewish Grandma Gets Naked at Republican Convention — but It’s Not About Donald Trump
As the sun rose over downtown Cleveland Sunday morning, Marsha Besuner Klausner wore a bandana festooned with American flag pins — and nothing else. As the 65-year-old Jewish grandmother stood nude with a group of 99 other women on the day before the Republican National Convention, Klausner couldn’t stop thinking about how great it was…
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Life Ex-Wife of Slain Law Professor Dan Markel Speaks Out
The ex-wife of slain law professor Dan Markel is speaking out about her husband’s death in a very unusual forum — a room full of writers and editors. “It felt unfair that I couldn’t at least tell my own story, that the story got told for me,” said Wendi Adelson on her decision to break…
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Culture Poetry As A Service? Lyricists Pen Verses to Public On Street
Armed with their typewriters and the whims of passersby as inspiration, a number of writers are seeking to bring the craft of poetry to the masses — by writing poems on request for people on the street. Bill Keys can often be found in the depths of Washington Square Park or Central Park, where he…
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