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H-e-c-h-s-h-e-r
Saryn Hooks didn’t end up winning the 79th annual Scripps National Spelling Bee last week in Washington. But before finishing third, the 14-year-old girl from Taylorsville, N.C., managed to stump the judges on the word “hechsher” — the endorsement signifying that something has been certified kosher. The judges disqualified her, saying that the correct spelling…
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Et Tu, Brody?
As the only two Orthodox Jewish contestants on this season’s “The Apprentice,” Lee Bienstock and Daniel Brody often would discuss their faith with other cast members as they vied for the right to spend one year working under the tutelage of Donald Trump. Brody and Bienstock were known to frequent synagogue together, and they shared…
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Birthright Celebrates a Milestone
On Monday, June 5, Stephanie Lowenthal will embark on a trip taken by 99,999 others before her: a 10-day tour of Israel that is paid for by Taglit–Birthright Israel, a philanthropic organization that sponsors excursions throughout the Holy Land for young Diaspora Jews. Lowenthal — who works in corporate communications for the Nasdaq stock exchange…
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Market Flunks Kosher 101
The scene described below was witnessed last weekend by Marvin Petal of California, while shopping at a local gourmet food emporium: The market has a little booth with a microwave and hotplate tucked in a rear corner of the shop. From this booth, an employee dispenses free samples of various delicacies to shoppers, hoping to…
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New Class Brings Pixar Animator to Day School
California resident Josh Fried furrowed his brow and then laughed as the figure on his computer screen stood up from a bench, leaving his head behind. “Uh, Josh, the guy’s not parented,” said Sam Seder of Berkeley, Calif., his project partner. Fried, of Oakland, reattached head to torso with a few deft clicks of a…
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‘Break-Up’ Screenwriter To Get Hitched
‘The rabbi told me to keep it short,” screenwriter Jeremy Garelick said at the start of a recent Sabbath-eve talk in New York. “I was trying to revise what I had written, and then I ran a spell-check and decided it would be much faster just to read the words that were misspelled: cholent, Aniston,…
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Tony Snow, Yiddish Maven
The following exchange took place at the start of the May 18 briefing held by Tony Snow, the recently installed White House press secretary. MR. SNOW: Okay, let’s begin. Welcome, one and all. Good afternoon. For those of you who weren’t here, we have coined the term “bupkes list” for items that the press secretary…
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Even in Defeat, a Mensch Shines
Elliott – né Ephraim – Yamin, the most successful Jewish “American Idol” contestant to date, said his goodbyes to the competition last week after being short the 0.2% of the votes he needed to move on to the final round. The 27-year-old former pharmacy clerk blew one final kiss to his mother, shed his last…
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Corrections
The May 19 article “Rabbi Fired Over Sex Claims, Defenders Offer Mea Culpa” contained incorrect information about the location of Bayit Chadash, the spiritual center where the alleged abuser was a teacher. The center is located in Jaffa. The May 19 article “Ala. Democrats Scramble To Bounce Shoah Denier From Primary Ballot” contained incorrect information…
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An ESPN Nicknamer’s Night Out With the Boys
On a stormy Texas evening earlier this month, almost 900 men turned out to catch ESPN’S Chris Berman at Houston’s fourth annual Men’s Nite Out. The popular event, hosted by the Jewish Federation of Greater Houston, gives the beleaguered sex an opportunity to leave the dishes behind, see old friends and indulge in passionate sports…
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‘Sopranos’ Actor Cooks Up a Literary Debut
Journalism is a dangerous business. Just this week, a Forward editor found himself face to face with one of America’s best-known gangsters. Managing editor Wayne Hoffman appeared Monday on “OutQ in the Morning.” The show is broadcast on Sirius satellite radio’s channel 106, which is aimed at gay listeners. He was there talking about his…
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