Overheard in New York City: “We need an event space. Why don’t we rent someplace really small in a lousy neighborhood?” Okay, that never happened. Because nobody ever says this. When people look for an event space, they want flexibility, room to move, a convenient location. A nice view doesn’t hurt. Which brings us to…
SHARP: The Women Who Made an Art of Having an Opinion By Michelle Dean New York: Grove Press. 362 pages, $26.00 Atop the Acropolis in Athens is the Erechtheion, where six caryatids — pillars in the form of female figures — support the structure sacred to Athena. Michelle Dean’s “Sharp,” the incisive and engaging stories…
While criticism of President Trump’s “zero-tolerance” immigration policy remains strong, White House senior policy adviser Stephen Miller reportedly has been enthusiastic about the results. “Stephen actually enjoys seeing those pictures at the border,” an outside White House adviser told Vanity Fair. “He’s a twisted guy, the way he was raised and picked on. There’s always…
“Born Trump,” the tell-all look into the lives of the younger members of the first family, reads like Candace Bushnell-meets-Michael Wolff. Written by Vanity Fair journalist Emily Jane Fox, the new book is a delicious mixture of gossip, speculation and Liz Smith-ish insight that forms a juicy and Jew-cy narrative of the Trumps. Where the…
To Yossi Klein Halevi, on the publication of your book “Letters to My Palestinian Neighbor”: It’s great that you are calling me neighbor, because in fact we are neighbors even though it took me time to realize it. It’s true there is wall between us, and it’s more that just a concrete wall; it’s an…
(JTA) — Less than one day after Alma Hernandez began a Jewish fundraiser for migrants on the southern border, she had an SUV full of food, diapers and hygienic products ready to donate. Hernandez loaded the vehicle with goods bought with donations on Wednesday afternoon. The following day she would drive them all down to…
4,000 episodes later it seems we have decided that reality is bad enough as it is — the salacious talk show “Jerry Springer” has been canceled after 27 seasons. Daytime drama junkies, don’t panic — “Springer” will still be shown in syndication, plus producers say “there is a possibility” of more original episodes, which doesn’t…
Zoey Deutch’s verdict on James Franco’s kissing skills are in. “Meh,” she deadpans on “Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen.” After test driving his lips in a scene on “Why Him,” she candidly describes his bad breath and mediocre smooching talent. When prompted, she confirms that it was nothing memorable. As a teen, I…
(JTA) – ABC rehired most of the cast of the hit series “Roseanne,” but not its star, Roseanne Barr, which prompted the network to cancel the show by posting racist comments on social media. The rehires will play in a spin-off series that may be called “The Conners,” the Hollywood Reporter reported Thursday. “Roseanne” was…
Opposition leader Isaac Herzog is slated to replace Natan Sharansky as the head of the Jewish Agency, after a search committee decided to back his candidacy and reject Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s candidate. This is the first time in 23 years that the prime minister’s choice for the position was rejected. Sources said Netanyahu has…
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