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Sarah Silverman On Kavanaugh: ‘Whatever You Think Of Him, You Gotta Admit — The Guy Is Funny’
Sarah Silverman, the hoodie-donning, perfectly-ponytailed human keeping this nation from the brink of civil war, shared her take on the Bret Kavanaugh rape-attempt accusation on Wednesday night. Ahead of her Hulu talkshow “I Love You America” — a critical hit that blends Silverman’s trademark wit with her ocean-sized heart to help Americans create ties in…
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Danny Devito On The Time He Sucked Snake Venom Out Of Michael Douglas’ Hand
And now, for the story of the harrowing time when actor Danny DeVito saves actor Michael Douglas from certain death after a Mexican snake bite. Happy, happy Friday. Promoting his new animated movie “Smallfoot,” on The Talk, the 73-year-old DeVito recalled cheerfully the time he performed what the Talmud calls the greatest mitzvah — saving…
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Ivanka Trump Dressed Like An Orthodox Jackie O For Yom Kippur
It’s no secret that we at the Schmooze are not fans of Ivanka Trump’s choice to work for an administration that traffics in discrimination, snatches children from their screaming parents, and works to dismantle the very notion of truth. But to quote from the Yom Kippur vidui prayer, we are not so brazen-faced and stiff-necked…
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Maroon 5 Will Be The Most Jewish Superbowl Halftime Show Ever
Alright Jews, huddle. Now listen up: I’m only gonna say this once. We’re fixing to have the single most Jewish Superbowl halftime show ever. Ever. Our boy Adam Levine and his band Maroon 5 were tapped to perform at Superbowl LIII, and that’s big. It means we have to rally. We have to stand by…
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Jordan Peele Will Reboot ‘The Twilight Zone’ in 2019
If Rod Serling, the Jewish narrator and creator of “The Twilight Zone,” were alive to witness his hit sci-fi TV show come back to life, he’d be over the moon. For those who did not have the pleasure of watching the otherworldly horror show when it aired in the 50’s, or in reruns as a…
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There’s An AirBnB For Sukkahs
Gone are the days when Jews would scurry through their neighborhood and their local pizza store as if they were wandering the desert in search of a sukkah. Now, like most things, there’s a digital tool for that. Open Sukkah, founded by Toronto born and Tel Aviv-based Aaron Taylor, has one goal in mind: To…
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5 Times Zac Braff’s Movie Got Judaism Just So, So Wrong
In spite of his name, Aidan Bloom, Zach Braff’s Jewish character in “Wish I Was Here”, hardly seems Jewish. Braff’s 2014 comedy film is a recent addition to Netflix’s streaming service, and it centers on Aidan as an out-of-work actor struggling to pay his children’s Yeshivah tuition. As Aidan goes from one doomed audition to…
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No, Kathy Griffin Did NOT Call Orthodoxy A Cult
Don’t feed the trolls…even if they claim to like Jews. In a textbook example of how fake news authors prey on readers’ fears, Pizzagate conspiracy-supporter Jack Posobiec birthed the untruth that comic Kathy Griffin targeted an Orthodox Jew with “anti-Semitic hate speech” by calling him a “cult member.” In a Twitter interaction on Thursday, Griffin…
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WATCH: Timothée Chalamet And Steve Carell Film Looks Like ‘Notebook’-Level Tearjerker
“Titanic,” “The Notebook,” anything by “This Is Us” creator Dan Fogelman… now Timothée Chalamet and Steve Carell’s upcoming movie looks primed to top the list of movies that best clear our tear ducts. “Beautiful Boy” will open October 12, and the new, full-length trailer for the movie is already blasting open the Oscar race. Based…
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg Inspired Kesha’s New Pop Song, ‘Here Comes The Change’
The shofar may be away for the season, but musician and feminist advocate Kesha has sounded a new call to action, in the form of her song “Here Comes The Change,” written for the anticipated Ruth Bader Ginsburg biopic. Scoff if you want, but the woman who made a name for herself for waking up…
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Ben Platt Wrote A Yom Kippur Song And It’s Kind Of A Bop
Are we on a pre-fast-electrolyte-binge-Gatorade-high, or is Ben Platt’s Yom Kippur jam the song of the summer? The “Dear Evan Hansen” star and Ramah summer camp princeling joined together with rising magen-david Molly Gordon for a stirring new edition to the Yom Kippur liturgy: a brief, a capella Yom Kippur jingle. Come for the tortured-looking…
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