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A Rare Holocaust Opera, ‘Spiral’ And More To Read, Watch And Do This Weekend
While the week has been full of difficult and strange news, there’s been a bright spot for the Forward amongst it all: We walked away with 12 of this year’s Rockowers, the annual journalism awards of the American Jewish Press Association. If you want to revisit some of our most important recent work, those award-winning…
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Zuckerberg Is About To Be Wealthier Than Warren Buffett
Despite the turmoil that Facebook has faced over this past year after the Cambridge Analytica scandal — Mark Zuckerberg’s net worth has grown tremendously and he is expected to replace Warren Buffet as the world’s third richest person, NBC reported. Although Facebook’s stocks initially dropped 18% after its highly-publicized exploitation and mishandling of data, its…
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Ivanka’s Friends Are ‘100% Sure’ She’ll Run For President, And Other ‘Born Trump’ Revelations
“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…
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‘Jerry Springer’ Has Been Canceled After 27 Years
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…
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Zoey Deutch Slams James Franco’s Kissing Skills Amid Sexual Harassment Allegations
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…
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Kate Spade Foundation Donated $1M To Mental Health. Here’s What You Can Do.
“join us in supporting mental health awareness…” It was a regular promotional email from Kate Spade. The on-brand greeting in all lower case letters and periods of ellipsis, would normally serve as a tactic to casually lure a viewer into buying something. But for once, this marketing email was not trying to sell me something;…
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Melania Wears Jacket Reading ‘I Really Don’t Care, Do U?’ To Child Detention Center
First Lady Melania Trump loves a good coat. To her husband’s inauguration, she wore a powder blue Ralph Lauren suit coat. In Italy, she chose a colorful Dolce & Gabanna jacket. She is known for draping coats imperiously over her shoulders — for this she likes Calvin Klein, Stella McCartney, Delpozo, Gucci, and Givenchy. It’s…
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Harvey Weinstein’s Lawyer Says She’s A Feminist
This article originally appeared in Haaretz. Attorney Blair Berk exits an elevator in one of the generic hotels on the Tel Aviv promenade and asks for a few minutes to send a text message. With American politeness, she explains that during the night there was a development in the case of one of her clients,…
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In The Weinstein Era, Pete Davidson Is The New Dream Man
If you’re a person who feels sexual and romantic attraction to men, it has been a rough time for you. As a brilliant comedian famously joked, being attracted to men is like being attracted to lions or bears, since “there is no greater threat to women than men.” Since the number one threat to women’s…
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Israeli Singer Agrees To Pull Song About Suicide After Affected Families Complain
After the recent deaths of both Kate Spade and Anthony Bourdain, the world took to Instagram to post information about the Suicide Prevention Lifeline. Other celebrities, like Ellen Degeneres, told the world via Twitter to help those who are struggling with depression. The mood as these tragedies unfolded in America must have traversed to Israel,…
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When Mister Rogers, A Presbyterian Minister, Talked About Tikkun Olam
I recently watched the new documentary making headlines across indie film lovers’ social feeds, determined to find nostalgic relevance from a show I knew nearly nothing about — until now. I distinctly remember snippets “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood,” its mesmerizing trolley whizzing by, but didn’t actually grow up watching the show regularly as a 90’s child….
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