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Celebs Give Specs for Holocaust Display
The trademark eyeglasses worn by Harry Potter are known worldwide, and now Daniel Radcliffe, the actor who played the boy wizard in the first five movies based on the book series, is giving away a pair of his own specs for a worthy cause. The British actor is donating the first pair of glasses he…
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Motorcyclists Ride the Holy Land
Hundreds of motorcyclists plan on celebrating Israel’s 60th anniversary this spring by riding across the Holy Land, traveling to Eilat in the south from Metula in the north. The cross-country trek is the brainchild of the Israeli motorbike federation, which invited riders from sister federations in the United States, Canada and Australia. Some 700 bikers…
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Sports Fans Nosh on Kosher Grub
Kosher fans at Florida Panthers games will no longer have to suffer through hunger pains as they watch their favorite hockey players scuffle on the ice. Earlier this week, the BankAtlantic Center in Sunrise, outside of Fort Lauderdale, began offering kosher food from a pushcart vendor. Potato knishes, hot dogs, kosher sausages, peanuts and soda…
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Will He Steal the Movie?
Last week, the Shmooze reported that funnyman Sacha Baron Cohen has decided to retire his Ali G and Borat alter egos. This week, we’ve learned that the comic is preparing to add a new prankster to his repertoire. Baron Cohen has reportedly signed on to play the part of mischief-maker Abbie Hoffman in Steven Spielberg’s…
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The JDL, TMZ and the WGA
Jay Leno, Conan O’Brien and Jimmy Kimmel may be crossing the picket lines, but the Writers Guild of America is getting support from a surprising quarter: the Jewish Defense League, the fringe group founded by assassinated firebrand rabbi Meir Kahane. It all started when the JDL went after one of America’s biggest movie stars. In…
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Holy Land, Batman!
It wasn’t that long ago when comic books were consigned to the bottom of the literary heap — a stepchild genre printed on cheap, recycled pulp. But not anymore. Today there are a dozen museums honoring the art form, the newest of which just opened in the Israeli city of Holon. While the role of…
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Sabra in Alaska Having a Ball
Israel’s Nadav Weiss hadn’t intended to make Alaska his home, but while making his way through Fairbanks, he fell in love — with both the city and one of its residents — and decided to drop anchor, according to an article on ynetnews.com, the English-language Web site of the Israeli daily Yediot Aharonot. Pressed to…
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Borat and Ali G Get the Ax
Sacha Baron Cohen is moving on to bigger and better things. The actor announced last week that he will retire Borat and Ali G, the two comic characters he played while conducting humorous interviews on the television satire “Da Ali G Show.” The characters were famously used to trick interviewees into thinking the conversations were…
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A Grand Ol’ Flag
There are many things to see in Israel — the Western Wall, Masada, the beaches of Tel Aviv — and now there’s one more site to behold: a national flag the size of two football stadiums. Last week, the Guinness World Records book declared this new Israeli flag to be the largest in the world….
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A Muslim Story Through a Jewish Lens
A new film made by Muslim-Jewish duo Musa Syeed and Yoni Brook has won the International Documentary Association award for best short documentary. “A Son’s Sacrifice” tells the story of Imram, a young Muslim American who is taking over his father’s neighborhood slaughterhouse in New York City. Imram is of Bangladeshi and Puerto Rican descent,…
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Mel Brooks Makes ‘Frankenstein’ Sing
Fans of the 1974 movie might not believe this, but Mel Brooks was forced to include the song “Puttin’ on the Ritz” in “Young Frankenstein.” The monster forcing him was Gene Wilder. The soft-shoe dance by Wilder and a tuxedoed creature (Peter Boyle) to the old Irving Berlin song is a masterpiece — one of…
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