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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Chelsea Handler Reveals She Had Two Abortions at Age 16
Four days before the Supreme Court struck down a Texas law that threatened the state’s abortion clinics, Chelsea Handler penned an essay for Playboy explaining just how important Roe v. Wade was for her. In a piece titled “My Choice,” the 41-year-old comedian revealed she had two abortions at the age of 16. “I was…
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Scarlett Johansson Just Became The Highest Grossing Actress of All Time
Scarlett Johansson is crushing records left and right. The “Avengers” star has just been dubbed the highest grossing female film actress of all time, coming in at number 10 in Box Office Mojo’s list of Hollywood’s highest grossing actors. View post on imgur.com Tipped over by the Marvel superhero blockbusters, Johansson, 31, has seen her…
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How Kanye West’s ‘Famous’ Video Perpetuates Rape Culture
Lena Dunham was right to situate Kanye West’s latest video — which features Taylor Swift’s likeness laying naked on a bed — in rape culture. I, not you, control who sees you naked, West seems to be telling Swift in “Famous.” Dunham lashed out at West on Monday in an emotional post on her Facebook…
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Cue the ‘Zohan’ Jokes, Melania Trump’s Hairstylist is Israeli!
Editor’s note: This post contains a gratuitous number of “Don’t Mess With the Zohan” GIFs. The author could not contain herself. We don’t want to get you too excited, but we have a real life Zohan situation on our hands! We just learned that Israeli hairstylist Mordechai Alvow counts Melania and Ivanka Trump as his…
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‘The Fundamentals of Caring’ Director on Working with Paul Rudd and Turning Drama into Comedy
For years, Rob Burnett made audiences laugh as one of the head writers on “The Late Show with David Letterman.” Now, he’s tackling something decidedly darker. “The Fundamentals of Caring,” a new Netflix dramedy written and directed by Burnett, stars Craig Roberts as a snarky young man with muscular dystrophy and Paul Rudd, his rookie…
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Orthodox Rabbinic Student Rocks ‘American Ninja Warrior’
( — On Monday night’s episode of “American Ninja Warrior,” Orthodox rabbinical student Akiva Neuman competed with his yarmulke, tzizit and a T-shirt that showed a muscular rabbi lifting a Torah over his head. “Usually ‘rabbi’ goes along with ‘pot belly,’ so I’m gonna try and change that,” Neuman, a resident of the Queens borough…
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Daniel Radcliffe: ‘Never Say Never’ to Harry Potter Return
Harry Potter fans, gird your wands. During an interview with Radio Times Daniel Radcliffe admitted he wouldn’t rule out the possibility of reprising his role as the iconic wizard. “It would depend on the script,” he said. “The circumstances would have to be pretty extraordinary. But then I am sure Harrison Ford said that with…
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WATCH: Every Celebrity Ever Has Cameo in ‘Difficult People’ Season 2 Trailer
Lin Manuel Miranda, Nathan Lane, Tina Fey and Julienne Moore are just some of the A-listers appearing in season two of “Difficult People.” But the real stars of the show are the two meanest people in New York. Difficult People Season 2 July 12th on @hulu! A video posted by Billy Eichner (@billyeichner) on Jun…
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9 Reasons We Love Mel Brooks on His 90th Birthday
We’re just going to come out and say it, Mel Brooks is an icon’s icon. He is also the Jewish comedian who has influenced American Jewish culture the most during his seven (plus) decades in show business. Brooks inspired entire generations of comedians by pushing society’s buttons the only way he knew how: with a…
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Miri Ben-Ari, Tal Brody Toast Ambassador Ido Aharoni at Soroka Medical Center Gala
Dan Abrams—emcee at the June 15th American Friends of Soroka Medical Center Gala—told the guests at the Mandarin Oriental that [in Israel] this state-of-the-art medical center has been nicknamed ‘The Iron Dome of Health’ for the one million residents [Bedouin tribes, [Jews] modern and orthodox]. We are here to help build a rehabilitation hospital where…
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Comedian Gets Out Nazi Balls To Prank Trump
As Donald Trump faces charges of not doing enough to rein in his white supremacist supporters — especially with regard to online anti-Semitism — British comedian Simon Brodkin was pranking him with Nazi swastika golf balls. Just as Trump was supposed to be speaking to a press conference at Trump Turnberry, a new luxury resort…
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