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No Iverson, But Israeli Hoops Galore
When rumors linked Maccabi Haifa with former Philadelphia 76ers star Allen Iverson last week ahead of the Israeli Super League club’s preseason U.S. tour, it made a certain amount of sense. As it turns out, the 2001 NBA MVP won’t be suiting up for Haifa when the club faces the NBA’s Golden State Warriors on…
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Books Author Blog: Salmon and the Jews
Earlier this week, Rae and Noah Bernamoff wrote about some of their upcoming events and how they went from slinging smoked meat to writing a cookbook. Their blog posts are featured on The Arty Semite courtesy of the Jewish Book Council and My Jewish Learning’s Author Blog Series. For more information on the series, please…
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Friday Shmooze Celebrity Roundup
Finally, there is some news this week about Lena Dunham that does *not * involve her $3.7 million book deal. This time, it’s using Twitter to endorse President Obama for re-election and promote marriage equality. Speaking of the election, Sarah Silverman is one busy lady. We’ve barely gotten over her shtick in the “Let My…
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Holocaust Story Inspiring, Short on Substance
The latest incarnation of “War of the Buttons” is likely to find favor with Jewish audiences, even though its execution fails to live up to its ambitions. A placard at the beginning suggests the film was “inspired” by real events, but it actually is based on Louis Pergaud’s classic 1912 anti-military novel, “La Guerre des…
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Yenta App Finds You a (Jewish) Match
In case you didn’t have enough grandparents, neighbors, and rabbis trying to make sure you don’t remain single and Jewish for long, your iPhone is getting in on the matchmaking game. Today, the New York Post reported that Yenta is a new app to solve your romantic and semitic woes. In a similar model to…
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Polish Jewish Editor Wins Prize for Novel
The editor of a Polish Jewish monthly was awarded a European Union Prize for Literature for a novel that deals with Holocaust memory. Piotr Pazinski, the editor of the Warsaw-based Midrasz, won the award for his novel “Pensjonat” (“Boarding House”), which was published in Poland in 2010. The awards, announced Tuesday at the Frankfurt Book…
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Books Author Blog: The Future of Jewish Food
Yesterday, Rae and Noah Bernamoff wrote about how they went from slinging smoked meat to writing a cookbook. Today, Noah writes about an upcoming some of their upcoming events, plus shares some great challah recipes. Their blog posts are featured on The Arty Semite courtesy of the Jewish Book Council and My Jewish Learning’s Author…
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Thursday’s Shmooze Celebrity Roundup
Yesterday, all eyes were on the newly blond Natalie Portman. More precisely, they were on her exposed midriff and super-toned abs. Just about every gossip outlet was carrying photos of Portman dressed in a short jeans skirt and stomach-baring pink top on the Austin, Texas set of the new Terrence Malick movie in which she…
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A Swedish Tale of Self-Discovery
There’s a reason “Simon and the Oaks” runs a very long 122 minutes. Although it is an intimate coming-of-age story, it is also an epic drama deserving the necessary time to unfold. Moreover, the 2011 Swedish Holocaust film, based on the internationally bestselling novel by the late Marianne Fredriksson and opening in New York October…
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David Siegel Threatens Layoffs if Obama Re-elected
David Siegel has done it again. When last we met him, the time-share tycoon co-starred in “The Queen of Versailles,” the documentary about his building the largest house in America. The plan was interrupted by the economic downturn, which almost cost him the company he founded, Westgate Resorts. But he retrenched, sold off a time-share…
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Wednesday’s Shmooze Celebrity Roundup
Can’t get enough of that “New Girl” quirkiness? Well, check out “The Jew Girl” on the Funny of Die website. The video’s co-writer, Jenn Schatz, nails her performance as “Bess,” a Jewish parody of Zooey Deschanel’s offbeat character, Jess. And while we’re on the topic of “New Girl,” Max Greenfield shared with David Letterman his…
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