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John King, a generally solid political reporter on CNN, goofed during a July 14 broadcast when joked about the facial hair recently being sported by Senator Joseph Lieberman. Speaking on air to fellow CNN reporter Ed Henry, King quipped, “Maybe tomorrow you could follow an investigative report on that new Joe Lieberman look.” It turns…
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‘Wedding’ Test: Pass or Fail
From Jacob passing as Esau in order to steal Isaac’s blessing to Moses’ (unwitting) passing as an Egyptian in order to set the Exodus into motion, Jews have long been forced to pass as members of the dominant culture to succeed — or, even, to survive. History, from the Inquisition’s Conversos to the serial de-Judaizing…
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Sinatra Bio Explores Icon’s Jewish Connections
Frank Sinatra may have been one of America’s most famous Italian Catholics, but he kept the Jewish people close to his heart. For years, the Hollywood icon wore a small mezuzah — the encased prayer scroll traditionally hung on the doorposts of Jewish homes — around his neck. The pendant was a gift from Mrs….
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Spielberg Shooting Mossad Film, Media Smells Blood
Audiences have been flocking to Steven Spielberg’s “War of the Worlds” since last month, but some media eyes are already trained on his next film — and the possibility that it could anger Jewish and Israeli audiences. The still untitled film will tell the story of a squad of Mossad hit men ordered to hunt…
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The Thing: Back in the Closet?
Three years ago, “The Thing” — Marvel Comics’s orange-hued, stony-skinned, 500-pound member of the Fantastic Four — revealed that before mutating into a superhero, he was Benjamin Jacob Grimm, a Jew from the Lower East Side (Fantastic Four, Number 56, “Remembrance of Things Past”). But if you were expecting The Thing to revel in his…
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Funny, He Doesn’t Look Amish
Team Madison lost the scavenger hunt on the July 5 episode of the NBC reality show “I Want To Be a Hilton” — but not before encountering what they mistakenly thought to be an Amish man in a mobile home. “We walked up to these two ‘Amish men’ and asked if they could help us…
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LET ’EM ROCK
Though it had to wait a bit before going live, a Web site devoted to the intersection of Jewish culture and rock ’n’ roll has arrived. Originally called “The Jewish Rock and Roll Hall of Fame,” until a lawsuit from the “real” Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, located in Cleveland, prompted reconsideration, Jewsrock.org is…
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On Broadway, Bearing Witness to a Survivor’s Story
“To destroy a man is difficult, almost as difficult as creating one,” reflects actor Sir Antony Sher, in his latest role as renowned 20th-century writer and Holocaust survivor Primo Levi. A scientist as well as a writer, Levi lived out his post-Auschwitz life as a head chemist at a paint factory in Turin, Italy, while…
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Giving Back
When Lenny Krayzelburg first arrived in the United States, he was a teenager with an imperfect command of English. Though already a serious swimmer — he was first spotted by coaches in his native Odessa at the age of 9 — he was, by his own estimation, “only average.” Los Angeles’s Westside JCC helped change…
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Forward Picks Up Seven Journalism Awards
The Forward won seven 2004 Simon Rockower Awards for Excellence in Jewish journalism. The awards were announced June 23 in Boston, at the annual meeting of the American Jewish Press Association. Editor J.J. Goldberg took top honors in editorial writing, with his December 10, 2004, piece, “Hanukkah, Forever New.” The Forward’s annual Genetics supplement snagged…
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It’s All in the Cards: Poker Ace Plays a Winning Hand
At first blush, Eric Froehlich seems like a Jewish parent’s worst nightmare: Earlier this year, he dropped out of a top university to become a professional poker player. But Froehlich is no ordinary poker player. In June, just a few months after turning 21 and leaving the University of Virginia, Froehlich became the youngest player…
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