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To Every Thing There Is a Season
During his failed race for re-election, Virginia Senator George Allen was on the defensive after adamantly denying and then subsequently acknowledging that his mother was a descendant of a prominent Sephardic family and had been raised Jewish. In defeat, however, Allen seems much more comfortable discussing the matter publicly — so much so that he…
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Handwriting Analyst: Jack The Ripper Not Jewish
Somehow, in the process of murdering, disemboweling and surgically removing the organs of five London prostitutes in the fall of 1888, the notorious Jack the Ripper found the time to write a letter, wrap it around a preserved kidney and mail it to the chairman of the Whitechapel Vigilance Committee. “Sir,” it read, in smudged,…
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Stars Shine In Alzheimer Gala
GLITZ AND GLAMOR IN SERVICE OF ALZHEIMER RESEARCH At the mingling reception ritual of the November 14 Alzheimer Association “Reach Out, I’ll Be There” Rita Hayworth Gala at the Waldorf-Astoria, I got a “hello” kiss from bearded actor Ron Silver, was heymishly hugged by Broadway producer Marty Richards, exchanged a quip with Ivana Trump, was…
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Imus: CBS Bosses Money-Grubbing Jews
Hot on the heels of Mel Gibson and Michael Richards, radio personality Don Imus let loose with his own barrage of antisemitic vitriol on the November 30 broadcast of his “Imus in the Morning” show. That morning, the program, which is produced in New York by WFAN and simulcast on MSNBC, was going to host…
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Two Congressmen Wed, Colbert Claims Credit
Stephen Colbert, Comedy Central’s late-night faux conservative talk-show host, is claiming credit for the recent respective nuptials of two Jewish Democratic congressmen: Brad Sherman of California and Steven Rothman of New Jersey. Sherman’s marriage to Lisa Nicola Kaplan, a State Department antisemitism specialist, was announced Sunday in The New York Times. The next day, in…
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Lubavitcher To Pull Stunts For Charity
To help raise money for his annual Hanukkah charity telethon, Anchelle Perl, Lubavitch emissary to the Long Island, N.Y., town of Mineola, has taken a page from Evel Knievel’s handbook. Alongside performances by the band Shlock Rock and the so-called “Dancing Rabbis,” Perl will take a turn as history’s first Hasidic “stunt man” in an…
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Boxer Honored At Science Award Dinner
NO LONGER “FLOATING LIKE A BUTTERFLY,” ALI IS STILL “THE GREATEST” “I’ve heard a new sexy phrase tonight: I want to sequence you,” joshed Deborah Norville at the November 9 Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Inaugural Double Helix Medals dinner, held at New York’s Mandarin Oriental. She was alluding to the laboratory’s chancellor, James Watson, co-discoverer…
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Flak: Richards Not a Jew, Just Jew-ish
‘Seinfeld” co-star Michael Richards made headlines last week as word spread of the racist tirade he had unleashed at two African American audience members during a recent Los Angeles comedy club gig. But just as the story was beginning to fade, new reports surfaced alleging that Richards had spewed antisemitic comments at a different club…
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Stallone’s Passion
Hollywood, it seems, has found religion. First came “The Passion of the Christ,” which broke new ground in bringing Christian themes to the box office. Now there’s “The Nativity Story,” which was screened amid much fanfare at the Vatican last week, and later this month there’ll be… “Rocky Balboa.” To publicize his latest “Rocky” sequel,…
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Remembering Robert Altman’s Milder Side
Director Robert Altman, who died on November 22 at age 81, was known for his rebellious nature and acerbic wit. But at a press panel this past April at the Coolidge Corner Theatre in Brookline, Mass., he revealed a more intimate side. The panel, which comprised Altman and actors Meryl Streep, Kevin Kline and John…
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Culinary Conversion
Her conversion to Judaism complete, Australian-born actress Isla Fisher is set to marry “Borat” star Sacha Baron Cohen next year in a Jewish ceremony. Though it is unclear under whose auspices the conversion was performed, a friend of the couple told Us Weekly that the bride “has studied Hebrew and learned to cook traditional recipes.”
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