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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What Controversy? Scarlett Johansson’s Future Looks Grand.
Depending on where you get your news, Scarlett Johansson is either the top of the A-list or a pathetically out-of-touch has-been. Which one is it? Considered by many to be one of the most beautiful women in the world, Johansson has been celebrated for stirring turns in movies by the Coen Brothers, Woody Allen and…
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Who The Hell Is Kristen Wiig’s Hot Jewish Fiance, Avi Rothman?
Kristen Wiig, very famous bridesmaid, will soon be a bride. Wiig is engaged to one Avi Rothman, per multiple news reports on Friday. At the Forward, Dr. Brown’s Cel-Ray soda streamed out our ears, and the magen david chains tightened around our neck. For, nu — Avi Rothman is Jewish. Queen of comedy, “Saturday Night…
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The ‘Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’ Season 3 Trailer Is Here, And It’s Raunchy
“In 1960 an unmarried woman will take the pill so she can have as much sex as she wants!” our Mrs. Maisel tells a delighted crowd during a standup set in the teaser for the third season of Amazon Prime’s “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.” “As much sex as she wants” is a pretty clear thesis…
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Did The Producers Of ‘Angry Birds 2’ Have Dirt On Every Comedian In Hollywood?
There is a time in a reporter’s life when she has to stand up and tell the truth. Even if the truth is unpopular. Even if it’s weird, and upsetting, and makes people say, “Didn’t this newspaper used to be about socialism?” That time is now and the truth is this: The “Angry Birds Movie…
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An L.A. ‘Mrs. Maisel’ Cheap Gas Promotion Had To Be Shut Down By Police
Determined to buy Emmy-attention at any cost, Amazon Studios on Thursday turned Los Angeles into an homage to “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” the period piece show about the spunky absentee mom dipping a pedicured-toe into comedy. Ahead of September’s Emmy Awards — “Maisel” received 20 nominations — Amazon offered city-wide promotions of costly goods at…
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John Legend, Mayim Bialik And More Condemn Israel’s Ban Of Omar And Tlaib
Israel is in the news every day. Less common are days when every American in Congress, many major world leaders and R&B star John Legend publicly criticize the country. On Thursday morning, the Israeli Interior Ministry announced its decision to ban Minnesota Representative Ilhan Omar and Michigan Representative Rashida Tlaib from entering the country. The…
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Today’s The Jewish Holiday Where You’re Meant To Get Wine-Drunk For Feminism
Editor’s note: This article was originally published on Tu B’av in 2018. Thursday night, a Jewish holiday begins. And if you’re not stomping grapes, chugging rosé, and falling in love dressed all in white while frolicking under the full moon and celebrating the right of women to own and inherit property, you’re doing it wrong!…
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Watch Bernie Sanders And Cardi B Debate Policy In A Nail Salon
This week, he ate a corn dog at the Iowa State Fair. She traveled on a private jet (though she often flies Delta.) He used to volunteer on an Israeli kibbutz. She’s a former stripper, who joked on Monday that she got breast implants because she can’t swim, and they help her float. Both are…
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I Demand Justice For Jane Averbukh, Jewish ‘Bachelor In Paradise’ Contestant
In the ABC reality TV show “The Bachelor” and its twin “The Bachelorette,” dozens of beautiful people try to simultaneously date one slightly befuddled person. Those shows, where a horde of contestants of a single gender live together in an eerie mansion, waiting to be selected for “fantasy suite” nights of sex with a Bachelor…
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Kate McKinnon Attend ‘Fiddler On The Roof’ In Yiddish
The rabbi, learned and wise, is the most important member of any shtetl. That is, unless Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and “Saturday Night Live” star Kate McKinnon show up. That’s just what happened on Tuesday night at Stage 42, the Off-Broadway theater where the Folksbiene’s celebrated Yiddish-language revival of “Fiddler on the Roof”…
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Amazon Would Still Like You To Buy ‘Tisha B’Av Jewish Rabbi Yoga Pants’
Time to go to the gym! Grab your sneakers, your water bottle, your headphones or earbuds or air pods. And don’t forget to slip on your Tisha B’Av Jewish Rabbi Yoga Pants Gym Leggings. That bizarro word salad represents, apparently, a product sold by the e-commerce giant Amazon. Tisha B’av, known as the saddest day…
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