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Doing Coachella the Jewish Way
(JTA) — The second weekend of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts festival starts today. That means nearly 100,000 people will descend upon the Colorado Desert in Indio, California for what has become the world’s highest-grossing music festival. For most normal humans, the festivities double as an extreme endurance test. Temperatures regularly creep toward 100…
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What’s The Craziest Thing That’s Happened on ‘The Maury Show’?
Getty Images A lot of weird things came out of Maury Povich’s “Ask Me Anything” Q&A on Reddit. That’s not really surprising, given that “The Maury Show” host has built his talk show career around confirming paternity tests (“You are NOT the father!”). But what’s the weirdest thing over the 17 years the show’s been…
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Amy Schumer and Bibi Make Time 100 List
Ruth Bader, Diane von Furstenberg, Benjamin Netanyahu and Jill Soloway What do Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Benjamin Netanyahu, Jill Soloway and Ina Garten have in common? They’re all in Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People list. And they’re all Jewish. The tribe made quite a showing this year, with 16 spots in various categories. Our favorite…
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Behold, the Latest ‘Star Wars’ Trailer
Youtube Oh my Han Solo. The new “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” trailer has hit the internet. The highly anticipated teaser was released on Thrursday during a panel discussion with director J.J. Abrams and the cast at the Star Wars Celebration event in Anaheim, California. (What’s Jewish about “Star Wars”? Well, J.J Abrams, for one….
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Sarah Silverman Remembers Joan Rivers in Album Re-Release
Courtesy of Stand Up! Records April 18 is National Record Store Day. To celebrate, Stand Up! Records is rereleasing a rare and long out of print Joan Rivers album. “The Next to Last Joan Rivers Album” was recorded in 1968 during a New York City cabaret performance. The newly remixed and remastered album also comes…
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POEM: What I Remember
I am a member of the third generation, a term that is relatively new and refers to the children of the children of survivors. My mother’s father, Moshe Nemeth, is a Holocaust survivor, and, growing up, my grandfather was a very important part of my life. I was born in Bloomington, Indiana and my family…
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Abe Foxman’s Farewell Address to the Hidden Children
“We, the children of the Holocaust, are now the last survivors to commemorate a world that is no more,” ADL Hidden Child Foundation Vice President Rachelle Grossman told the 150 survivors — many who had been hidden children — at the April 15 Yom Hashoah commemoration held at ADL headquarters. “We rejoice and take great pride in…
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Kim Kardashian Blurred Out by Ultra-Orthodox
Where’s Kim? An ultra-Orthodox web site photoshopped out the image of the reality star eating dinner with her famous hubby Kanye West and Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat Just about every part of Kim Kardashian has probably been exposed to the world by now, between her infamous sex tape, reality television, and most recently, the photographs…
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Anton Yelchin on Playing Star Trek’s Chekhov
Anton Yelchin is on a roll. His film, “5 to 7,” opened April 3, and another, “Broken Horses,” opened April 10. The 26-year-old started acting when he was just 9 years old. He’s appeared in over 40 films plus assorted TV shows since then. But stardom — at least in the traditional sense — has…
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Lawrence Benenson Gets Rockefeller Award From Purchase College
When philanthropist extraordinaire Lawrence Benenson — an honoree at Purchase College State University of New York Nelson A. Rockefeller Award for Creativity Dinner-at the New York Historical Society — was invited to the dais he alluded to “Comedian Red Buttons, who used to talk about the people who never got a dinner. When the nice people at…
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Trevor Noah, Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld Take in the Mets
Trevor Noah countered recent accusations that he’s an anti-Semite by taking in a Mets game with Jewish comedy royalty. The man who will take over “The Daily Show” was seen cheering on the New York Mets with Jerry Seinfeld and Larry David during their home opener at at Citi Field. Looks like Larry David &…
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