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Hanukkah May Be Over, But The Debate About Poop Emojis And Chocolate Coins Rages On
Chocolate is good. Money is even better. Any combination of the two, therefore, should be ideal. But the thin, waxy discs of brown corn syrup residing in tin foil that we Jews dig our fingernails into every winter during the festival of lights are more compelling as a tradition than as a fiduciary or culinary…
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The Couple That Served Their Wedding Meal To Hurricane Harvey Victims Have Fairy-tale Ceremony
Remember the ridiculously photogenic Houston couple who, with the help of Aishel House co-director Rochel Lazaroff, served the food intended for their wedding welcome meal to victims of Hurricane Harvey? Well, they finally got married this weekend. And no natural disasters intervened. When a hurricane spread destruction across Houston, Josh Tillis and Dayna Skolkin (now…
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You Must Watch Mayim Bialik Compete In This Rap Battle
TBS has developed a celebrity rap battle show called “Drop the Mic,” based on a segment from James Corden’s “Late Late Show” — because taste cannot be allowed to get in the way of civilization enjoying its final, fossil-fueled years of discord and chaos. The show, which bravely creates a platform for white celebrities to…
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Here Are Sketches Of Meghan Markle’s Wedding Dress. Or Are They?
Speculation over who will design Meghan Markle’s wedding dress became even more frenetic when sketches for the gown made by Israeli bridal designer, Inbal Dror, were leaked this morning. Despite the claim that Dror was a viable option, there are conflicting reports about its veracity. TMZ said that Dror “confirmed Monday she was contacted by…
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College Dude Wearing A ‘Bacon Suit’ To Game Accused Of Anti-Semitism By CNN Pundit
When is a cigar just a cigar? Furthermore, when is a bacon costume just a bacon costume? And also, what constitutes anti-Semitism? Two peas in a pod. #HoyaFans pic.twitter.com/SzJJiKwHYl — Georgetown Hoyas (@GeorgetownHoyas) December 9, 2017 These are the questions college basketball fans are left asking after CNN commentator Hilary Rosen called a Georgetown fan’s…
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Yes, Eminem Sampled Bette Midler’s ‘The Rose’ On His New Album
Some say “Love? It is a river.” And if those people are correct, then Eminem’s love for Bette Midler is the Amazon. The rapper, whose ninth studio album “Revival” was released on Friday, is packed with star power, from Beyoncé to Ed Sheeran to our very own member of the tribe P!nk. But the 45…
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Down With Matt Damon And All Other Men Like Him
Matt Damon spoke on ABC News last week about the allegations against Harvey Weinstein, who produced Damon’s breakout film “Goodwill Hunting,” Louis CK, who he calls himself a “fan” of, and the recently resigned senator Al Franken. This interview should be the beginning of the end of Damon’s career. In a conversation with Peter Travers,…
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9 Best Jewish Rage Tweets — Starting With Roy Moore’s ‘Jewish Attorney’
Biblically, Christianity is a religion of forgiveness and selfless love. Judaism? Less so. According to our oldest sacred texts we have an angry God and we are an angry people. We strike death blows on Egyptians. We gouge out the eyes of our enemies. We kill 200 Philistines and take their foreskins as spoils. Today…
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Seth Rogen Isn’t An Imprisoned Terrorist In Cahoots With Miley Cyrus — Whatever The Internet Says
Seth Rogen isn’t a terrorist who has long planned a presidential assassination along with Miley Cyrus and James Franco. If he was working with Miley Cyrus we would know — his movies would have more women in them! (I’m going for a tone of light humor that nevertheless seethes with feminist rage here. How’m I…
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‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi,’ The Year’s Best Journalism And More To Read, Watch And Do This Weekend
Happy Hanukkah! To those who feel the best present possible would be a new, apparently very good “Star Wars” film: Mazel tov. To those who are less keen on the Force: You’ve got plenty of other options with which to celebrate. Read on for the best things to read, watch and do this weekend in…
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‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ Is Back For A 10th Season
When we last saw Larry David, who with Gal Gadot and Ruth Bader Ginsberg makes up the holy trinity for Jews, he was running from an assassin. The end of the long-awaited 9th season of “Curb Your Enthusiasm” found our hero breaking with Lin Manuel Miranda over creative choices and being pursued by a would-be…
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