The Schmooze lies at the intersection of high and low culture. Here, the latest developments and trends in Jewish art, books, dance, film, music, media, television and theater are all assimilated into one handy pop culture blog.
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Melissa Cohen Biden: What to know about Hunter Biden’s Jewish wife
Hunter Biden wrote about his wife Melissa Batya Cohen Biden, and his drug addiction, in his memoir "Beautiful Things."
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On Billy Joel’s 75th Birthday, Some Jewish-Themed Songs
Although he does not usually discuss his Jewish heritage, he has in recent years expressed his connection to being a member of the Tribe of Israel
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8 creepy things Donald Trump has said about Ivanka Trump
A running list of the cringiest comments the former president has made about his daughter
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Who invited that cockroach to the Met Gala?
The event feted Karl Lagerfeld, but it seemed as though Kafka was the guest of honor
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Fast Forward Amelia Dimoldenberg and Andrew Garfield are the celebrity shidduch we’ve been waiting for
A viral red-carpet moment fuels clamor for a new Jewish celebrity couple
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Lizzy Savetsky is no longer a Real Housewife of New York
The Jewish Zionist influencer left the reality TV show less than a month after joining
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Jerry Seinfeld is now wearing your bubbe’s upholstery
Modeling for the fashion line Kith, Seinfeld wears some collegiate looks — and some weirdly garish ones
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Why is Beanie Feldstein leaving ‘Funny Girl’ early — and why is Lea Michele taking her place?
Feldstein posted a cryptic statement to Instagram explaining that the producers ‘decided to take the show in a different direction.’
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Adam Sandler’s daughter’s bat mitzvah was a who’s who of celebrities
Imagine turning the big 13 and having Jennifer Aniston — or, even better, the biggest TikTok stars — show up to your party. I can't decide if it's mortifying or amazing.
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Culture Why Audrey Gelman’s pastoral fantasy doesn’t make sense for Jews
The Wing founder's new "country store" is inspired by a fictional English village — with its own rabbi
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Timothee Chalamet’s gender-bending Oscar outfit broke rules — and the internet loved it
Everyone agrees that Will Smith slapping and cursing at Chris Rock was the most memorable moment of the 93rd Academy Awards. Somehow, it seems just as widely agreed-upon that Timothee Chalamet’s outfit — a black sequined Louis Vuitton women’s jacket worn with nothing but bony chest and blingy Cartier necklaces underneath it — was the…
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Culture Why saying ‘L’shana Tova’ on Rosh Hashanah may not be the correct phrase
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Culture A Jewish prophet of the 1980s would be horrified to see that we didn’t heed his warnings
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Opinion This is the most disorienting Rosh Hashanah in memory
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Fast Forward Meet Lev Kreitman, who brought down Tel Aviv shooter and survived Nova music festival on Oct. 7
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Oct. 7: One Year Later On the eve of this grim anniversary, what we can — and cannot — control
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Fast Forward Antisemitism hits record high in the U.S.; new report shows most-ever incidents in single year
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Culture He founded the Harlem Globetrotters and is the shortest man in the basketball hall of fame. A new book tells his story.
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Oct. 7: One Year Later One year after Oct. 7, a Yom Kippur ritual of communal mourning takes on fresh meaning
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