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Jews About Town: Shahs of Shabbat, YidLife Crisis, Mardi Gras, and More
Jews About Town is a new weekly column that will feature the hottest Jewish social events, parties, and networking opportunities for young professionals. To suggest a future event or write about one of these events, email us . Follow us on Twitter at @JewAboutTown. The Week Ahead: February 27 – Sunday March 5 Monday Los…
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Natalie Portman At The Oscars, And More To Read, Watch, And Do This Weekend
It’s the last weekend of February, and the countdown until spring will pass faster with the aid of great culture. Start with some excellent recent reads. In longform, have your breath taken away by Kathryn Schulz’s exploration of loss in The New Yorker; in Harper’s, follow self-proclaimed “queer, Jewish, anti-Putin” journalist Masha Gessen through the…
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5 Jews To Watch Out For At The Oscars
Fill out your Oscars ballot and get the snacks ready. The Academy Awards airs Sunday at 5:30PM PST/8:30PM EST, and it’s sure to be jam-packed with droolworthy outfits, emotional acceptance speeches and (perhaps more so now than ever) heated political commentary. From Natalie Portman’s take on Jackie Kennedy to a documentary short about a Holocaust…
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Gen. McMaster Gave A Shout-Out To George Costanza — And Jason Alexander Responded
Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster, President Trump’s pick for national security adviser, once paid an unexpected homage to George Costanza. Jake Tapper unearthed a clip of McMaster making a Seinfeld reference while discussing military strategy back in 2015. “The time that Lt Gen McMaster compared Rapid Decisive Operations to George Costanza leaving on a high note,”…
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Bill Maher Takes Credit For Downfall Of ‘Emotionally Needy’ Milo Yiannopoulos
Bill Maher wants to take a little bit of the credit for Milo Yiannopoulos’s recent career spiral. Shortly after Yiannopoulos appeared on Maher’s political talk show, “Real Time,” interview footage surfaced of the controversial Breitbart writer seemingly condoning pedophilia. In the 48 hours that followed, Yiannopoulos was dropped as a speaker at the Conservative Political…
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‘The West Wing’ Creator Aaron Sorkin Slams Trump, Defends ‘Out of Touch’ Elites
Aaron Sorkin had politics on his mind during Sunday’s Writers Guild of America Awards. The “The West Wing” creator took to the stage to accept the Paddy Chayefsky Laurel Award for Television Writing Achievement, and had some choice words about the current administration. “We’ve been told that as coastal elites we’re something less than real…
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Paul Newman’s Lost Film, And More To Watch, Read, And Do This Weekend
With a long weekend ahead, you have even more time to take in the best cultural events in New York, Washington D.C., Chicago and Los Angeles. If you’re in New York, don’t miss the first public screening in over half a century of Paul Newman’s short film “On the Harmfulness of Tobacco.” Before you go,…
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WATCH: Trevor Noah Rips Apart Trump’s Response To Anti-Semitism
“We had a really nice show planned for you,” Trevor Noah began last night’s “The Daily Show.” “Very civil, very calm. And then, in the middle of the day, Hurricane Trump happened.” The “hurricane” in question took place at The White House press conference on Thursday, when the president had a particularly volatile response to…
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Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary Trolls Donald Trump After Press Conference
When President Trump called on a friend of the Trump Administration, Jake Turx of Ami Magazine, he didn’t expect it to create such a kerfuffle. After misinterpreting a question about rising anti-Semitism in the United States, Trump responded with indignation over being attacked as an anti-Semite. “Here’s the story folks, number one. I am the…
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Seth Rogen Has Been Privately Messaging Donald Trump Jr. On Twitter
Seth Rogen has been sliding into Donald Trump Jr.’s direct messages like a pro — and he’s taking us along for the ride. It all started when the comedian realized that Trump Jr. followed him on Twitter. “Yo! @DonaldJTrumpJr! I noticed you follow me on Twitter. Please ask your dad to resign before he destroys…
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Trevor Noah: Donald Trump May Have Found A Solution To Peace In The Middle East
President Trump’s solution to peace in the Middle East? The enemy of my enemy is my friend. At least, that is Trevor Noah’s theory. After watching Trump “bumble” his way through a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday, the host of “The Daily Show” floated the possibility that the President’s unique negotiating…
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