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EXCLUSIVE FOR 4/20: The Ten Commandments Of Weed
Editor’s Note: To note the cannabis celebration of 4/20, we have invited prominent marijuana journalist Neal Pollack to offer his commandments with regard to the titular substance along with his textual commentaries. “Now Moses was leading the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, because Jethro was practicing self-care and taking some ‘me time,’ and Moses led…
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Why These Jewish Scientists Will Be Marching On Saturday
David Mogul is marching for more funding. Roy Plotnick is worried about the long-term effects on innovation and Ariel Anbar want to show that “those of us dedicated to the pursuit of new knowledge are not locked away in an ivory tower lab.” The April 22 March for Science — which is taking place in…
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The ‘Unicorn Of Mollusks’ Is The World’s Rarest Treyf
If you are a Jew who either keeps kosher or feels vaguely guilty about not doing so, should you be worried that the world is running out of slimy sea creatures for you to sanctimoniously (and gratefully) refuse to eat? Not anymore: The world’s rarest treyf has been found. It’s appetizingly known as the giant…
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This Scion Of Jewish Humor Tried To Stop Trump’s Wall — With Art
If you ask any given member of the self-declared resistance to President Trump what they dislike about his policies, they’ll likely respond along ideological lines, protesting his administration’s attitude to immigrants, Muslims, or the environment – to name just a few of-the-moment issues. Sarah Zapolsky, a researcher and social science analyst who works in the…
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Why Did Son Of Jewish Radicals Write A Play About Muslim Americans?
Zach Galifianakis, a comic who has mastered the art of making things so unfunny as to be hilarious, hosts a notoriously awkward online talk show called “Between Two Ferns.” In it, he seats himself and a guest – past participants have included Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and Justin Bieber – between two leafy specimens, and…
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110 Years Later, This Tragic Yiddish Scandal Is More Timely Than Ever
The opening moments of “Indecent” are breathtaking. As you enter the Cort Theatre, where this Yiddish-theater drama-within-a-drama opened tonight, the cast is waiting, sitting quietly in an upstage row of chairs, dressed in early-20th-century clothes, valises at their sides. When the play begins, they stand and make their way onto the raised stage in front…
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How A Feminist Scholar Revealed Sylvia Plath’s Allegations Of Ted Hughes’s Abuse
The literary world has been recently abuzz over reports that a letter written by poet and novelist Sylvia Plath, which has never been made public, alleges that her husband, the poet Ted Hughes, physically abused her two days before she miscarried their second child. The letter, written to Plath’s American psychiatrist and frequent correspondent Dr….
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62 Years Ago Today, the Jewish World Lost Its Greatest Genius
On April 18, 1955, Albert Einstein passed away. In the following days, the groundbreaking physicist’s death was met with grief on all fronts. Then-President Dwight Eisenhower eulogized the scientist, commenting “No other man contributed so much to the vast expansion of 20th century knowledge.” The New York Times, in an obituary, lauded Einstein’s moral courage,…
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Why It’s So Hard To Be A Kushner In The Age Of Jared And Ivanka
People used to be curious about my first name, but now, everyone wants to know the real deal with my last name. Specifically — am I related to Jared Kushner? The short answer: no. I am also not related to other famous Kushners: Tony, for instance. Or Rabbi Harold. Or France’s famed Bernard Kouchner. Or…
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Music Would Leonard Cohen Find This Gigantic Mural Embarrassing?
Leonard Cohen’s getting a gigantic tribute in Montreal. But at least one prominent local thinks the late cultural icon would have cringed at his 28,000-square-foot, 20-story likeness plastered on a downtown building. Writing for the Montreal Gazette, writer Bill Brownstein called the massive mural an “ill-fitting tribute… that feels so wrong.” “The fact of the…
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How Richard Gere’s ‘Norman’ Became The Unlikeliest Cinema Hero
You already know Norman Oppenheimer. He’s the guy no one can remember inviting to the party, and yet here he is, handing out business cards and offering to put you in touch with one of his many well-heeled connections. Or he’s pressed against the velvet rope on a rainy night, insisting he’s with the band….
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