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Jewish Anchor Confuses Samuel L. Jackson With Lawrence Fishburne
Sam Rubin needs to go back to sensitivity training. The Jewish KTLA anchor, who once called out Mel Gibson on his anti-Semitic remarks, committed a major faux-pas yesterday when he confused Samuel L. Jackson with Lawrence Fishburne on-air. It all started with Rubin asking Jackson, who stars in the upcoming “Robocop,” what the reaction to…
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Israeli Singer Proves Surprise Hit In Yemen
(Reuters) — An Israeli singer has become an unlikely star in Yemen, an Arab country where his hit songs blare from cafes and taxis. Zion Golan’s parents were born in Yemen, but like other Israelis, he is banned from traveling to the conservative Muslim nation, which has no diplomatic ties with the Jewish state. Known…
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Welcome To The A Capella Revolution
Listen to Pentatonix, and you’ll be sure that you hear instruments. In fact, it is an a cappella quintet of young singers — four men and one woman — who perform without any accompaniment, and manage to make a remarkable range of sounds in musical styles ranging from pop to electronica to R&B and dubstep….
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Stuart Eizenstat Honored By Leo Baeck Institute
“Memory! Memory! ” was the tattoo of Ambassador Stuart Eizenstat’s discourse at the 56th Leo Baeck Award Dinner and Lecture at the Center for Jewish History. He was presented with the Leo Baeck Medal by Michael Blumenthal a past Chief White House Domestic Policy Advisor (1977-1981) and (1993-2001) Deputy Secretary of the Treasury now CEO…
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Was Marius the Giraffe Kosher?
Getty Images It seems the lions at the Copenhagen Zoo enjoyed a little kosher treat this weekend. Yes folks, that’s right: Marius the giraffe was kosher. The 18-month-old giraffe was euthanized on Sunday because of a duty to avoid inbreeding. Reuters reported that Marius was given his favourite breakfast of rye bread and then shot….
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Israeli Art Star Opens Retrospective in Toronto
Standing naked on a Tel Aviv beach, Sigalit Landau spins a hula-hoop around her waist. But instead of plastic, the hoop is made of barbed wire — and lacerates Landau’s belly throughout the minute-long performance. The mesmerizing video piece, “Barbed Hula” (2000), is one of six video works in a new retrospective of Landau’s work…
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Adam Brody Thinks ‘Seth Cohen’ Would be Dead By Now
Youtube Well O.C. fans, here you were comforting yourself with the thought that Seth and Summer lived happily ever after, and Adam Brody had to rip your heart out, slice it up and feast on it. Brody, who played the Jewish and adorkable Seth Cohen, told Nylon that his character probably would have died in…
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POEM: ‘One Year Plan’
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Leonard Nimoy Has Lung Disease — Warns Smokers
Veteran actor Leonard Nimoy, best known as Spock in the 1960s television series “Star Trek” and a string of feature films that followed, said he was “doing OK” after being diagnosed with lung disease and urged fans on Thursday to quit smoking, by tweeting this message to his 810,000 followers: Smokers, please understand. If you…
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Embezzlement Drama Wins Israel’s Top Literary Prize
The biggest point of contention with this year’s Sapir Prize, Israel’s equivalent to the Booker, was who the judges were and how they came to their shortlist of five nominees. But controversy should not take away from the achievement of winner Noa Yedlin for her “Ba’alat Bayit” or “House Arrest,” her second novel. Yedlin works…
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L.A. Shop Displays Holocaust Mannequin
Spotted: A mannequin dressed as a Holocaust victim on display at L.A. Jock in West Hollywood, California. Oy. But there’s more to the striped uniform and yellow star than meets the eye. The display is meant as a symbol of protest ahead of a rally tomorrow against Russian president Vladimir Putin’s anti-gay policies, according to…
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