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Here Come the Brides
At a fashion show at Manhattan’s Kleinfeld Bridal late last month, Israeli designer Pnina Tornai showed off her 2008 collection. Inspired by Edith Piaf’s famous love song “La Vie en Rose” (“Life in Pink”), the white wares featured floral accents on Tornai’s signature corset designs. A bejeweled gown with spaghetti straps and a scalloped hem…
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Study Break
I just learned two new words, which is exciting, at my advanced age. They are: redd, a nesting area for trout eggs; and alevin, a newly hatched fish with its yolk sac still attached. (I also learned milt, but I’m trying to block it out. Google at your peril.) Both words (not milt, thank God,…
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William Steig’s Fountain of Youth
William Steig (1907-2003) worked at The New Yorker for 73 years, and in that time the magazine published more than 120 of his covers and 1,600 of his drawings — not bad for the son of Eastern European Jewish immigrants. Born in Brooklyn and raised in the Bronx, Steig had been known to say that…
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Yid Vid: She’s Got a Crush on Ann Coulter
Leah Kauffman, the singer-songwriter behind the “Obama Girl” video, has a new crush: Ann Coulter. Two differences between her “Obama Girl” video and her latest work: This time around, rather than using a lip-syncing model, Kaufman’s in front of the camera and she’s clearly only tongue-in-cheek in her affection for Coulter (a la Andy Samberg’s…
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McCain Sounds Skeptical Note on Peace Process
The United States should support a “step-by-step” peace process between the Israelis and Palestinians, presidential hopeful John McCain told an audience of Jewish leaders in New York this morning. That cautious assessment, delivered by McCain during a meeting of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish organizations, brings the Arizona senator into the company…
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CAMPAIGN CONFIDENTIAL: McCain: No Red Meat, Clinton’s Outreach, Chabad’s 500
McCain: No Red Meat The United States should support a “step-by-step” peace process between the Israelis and the Palestinians, presidential hopeful John McCain told an audience of Jewish leaders Tuesday in New York. The cautious assessment, delivered by McCain during a meeting of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, brings the Arizona…
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Jewish Democrats on What’s Scary…
Never mind that Halloween, which falls on a Wednesday this year, is the bane of Hebrew school administrators everywhere. The holiday may not be kosher, but it’s good for a laugh, and the National Jewish Democratic Council has come out with this scary cartoon:
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Could Romney Face His Own Tough Questions About Tolerance?
I have a story up this week about the fact that Mitt Romney’s Mormonism – a major hurdle in his challenge to win over the GOP’s base – is at the same time winning him a little extra sympathy from some Jewish Republicans. (Jews know what it’s like to face questions about one’s religion, after…
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A Military Salute
MAGNUS, A BROOKLYN-BORN GENERAL, SECOND IN COMMAND OF MARINE CORPS “I was born on ‘toidy toid’ Street in Flatbush,” Robert Magnus, assistant commandant of the United State Marine Corps, joshed during our pre-dinner chat at the October 3 Soldiers’, Sailors’, Coast Guard & Airmen’s Club Salute to the Marine Corps Military Ball, held at the…
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Jews to Huckabee: Stop Misusing the Holocaust Analogy
Does Mike Huckabee have an unfortunate penchant for Holocaust analogies? As the former Arkansas goveror’s star rises in the Republican ranks, the Anti-Defamation League is calling foul over his (mis)use of the imagery of the Shoah. The problem: At the Family Research Council’s Values Voter Summit in Washington last weekend, Huckabee denounced what he called…
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Is Michael Lerner Still Chatting with Hillary?
This interview would seem to suggest he is: LERNER: I’ve met with a number of the political candidates and they said what I already knew, which is: “This is very good. We agree with it but we can’t say it publicly because the cynics who dominate public discourse would laugh us out of the political…
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