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Read Pittsburgh Jewish Newspapers From 1895
The Pittsburgh Jewish Newspaper Project is making it easier for genealogists and historians to do their research. Begun in 2004 and completed last year, the digital archive stores and makes accessible every edition of four different local Jewish publications dating from 1895 to 2010. Anyone with an Internet connection can access the archive, which contains…
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Sam Horowitz’s Big Fat Viral Bar Mitzvah
(JTA) — For most boys reaching bar mitzvah age, donning a prayer shawl is exciting enough. But Sam Horowitz of Dallas knew he wanted more. Horowitz, the star of a newly viral bar mitzvah video (the bar mitzvah actually happened last year), donned a sparkly white suit for the occasion and descended from the ceiling…
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Comics, Americans and the Holocaust
The latest collaboration between Holocaust educator Rafael Medoff and comics giant Neal Adams is their most moving — literally. “They Spoke Out: American Voices of Protest Against the Holocaust” uses “motion comics” — panels with scrolling text, voiceovers, and archival newsreel footage — to tell the stories of Americans “who raised their voices, marched in…
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Heidi Fleiss Busted for Growing 392 Pot Plants
Heidi Fleiss, nicknamed the “Hollywood Madam” in the 1990s after she was accused of running a high-priced Southern California call-girl ring, may face charges after 392 pot plants were found at her Nevada desert home, a county sheriff said on Tuesday. Deputies who went to Fleiss’ home in Pahrump, some 45 miles (70 km) west…
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Watch: Jerry Lewis’s Holocaust Movie
Footage from a never-released Jerry Lewis Holocaust film buried since the early 1970s was unearthed on YouTube on Saturday. The now-87-year-old Jewish comedic actor had promised that no one would ever see what he admitted was the “bad, bad, bad” film titled, “The Day the Clown Cried.” Seven minutes of footage from a 1972 Flemish…
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Jewish Comedian to Marry a (Real) Royal
Jewish comedy has its own set of monarchs, but one will soon be making the jump to the original high and mighty set (in the medieval sense of the word). Charlotte Casiraghi, daughter of Princess Caroline of Monaco and Grace Kelly’s granddaughter, is set to wed Morrocan-born French comedian Gad Elmaleh, the Daily Mail reported….
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Toronto Jeweler Gets ‘True Blood’ Breakout
A song he composed 17 years ago has come back to bite a Toronto jeweler — but in a good way. Sam Rosenbaum made pop history this weekend when his ditty “Why Did You Leave Me Now” made the soundtrack rotation on Sunday night’s episode of True Blood. Rosenbaum, 61, told the Toronto Star that…
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Jewish Girls Seek Boys in Epic Jewish Craiglist Ad
It seems you can find anything on Craigslist — even a nice Jewish boy. With pointed questions touching on important issues like summer camp, matzo ball soup, bar mitzvah themes and Seth Cohen, these ladies clearly know what they’re doing (and they make a mean brisket!). Gentlemen, the floor is yours. For the original ad,…
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The ‘Rabbi of Rumba’ Still Playing at 98
What do Michael Feinstein, Mayor Bloomberg, Angela Lansbury, Rudy Giuliani, Donald Trump, and Barbara Walters, have in common? They were among the roster of [mailed-in] well-wishers joining the crush of notables and friends helping celebrate songwriter-pianist Irving Fields’s 98th birthday on August 1 at Nino’s Tuscany Steakhouse on West 58th Street where, for the past…
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Lea Michele’s Tearful Tribute to Cory
During her first major public appearance since the death of boyfriend Cory Monteith, Lea Michele used her acceptance speech at the Teen Choice Awards to thank fans for being so supportive of her in this difficult time. Wearing a necklace that spelled out the actor’s name, Michele fought back tears as she accepted the award…
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What Soccer Gave the Jews
Does Your Rabbi Know You’re Here?: The Story of English Football’s Forgotten Tribe By Anthony Clavane Quercus Publishing, 304 Pages Anthony Clavane’s accomplished and engaging work “Does Your Rabbi Know You’re Here?” now out in paperback, is not about what Jews have given to English soccer, so much as what soccer has given to English…
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