The Schmooze lies at the intersection of high and low culture. Here, the latest developments and trends in Jewish art, books, dance, film, music, media, television and theater are all assimilated into one handy pop culture blog.
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5 Honey-Based Beauty Products To Ring In The Jewish New Year
The Jewish New Year brings with it many things — things like fall, and crunchy leaves and crisp air that provides a welcome, cooling respite from summer heat. But it also brings something particularly sweet and heavenly to mind, something that in many ways is a defining factor of the holy day. We’re talking about,…
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Levi Strauss CEO Announces Company’s Mission to End Gun Violence
Levi Strauss & Co. president and CEO Chip Bergh is making denim-colored waves after penning a piece for Fortune.com calling on other major business leaders to take action against gun violence. Bergh isn’t new to the issue — since the beginning of his tenure at the $5 billion dollar jean brand (founded by Jewish fashion…
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Trevor Noah Is Not Impressed With Nike Boycotters’ ‘Burning’ Passion
Boycotting is all the rage these days, much to the delight of Trevor Noah. But not all boycotts are created equal. When the public is heated over a societal issue, they tend to act with hot-headed impulsivity in order to combat their feelings of helplessness. The latest set of histrionics to flood the headlines occurred…
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Millennials Are Deleting Facebook, Research Finds
Can you blame us for being over Mark Zuckerberg? The Pew Research Center has released an updated study on Facebook users after the havoc that ensued from the Cambridge Analytica scandal. It reveals that young professionals (a sleek term for your run-of-the-mill millennials) have become wary of the social media app. Surprise, surprise. Facebook faced…
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Israeli Defense Minister Lifts Muslim Woman’s Skirt To ‘Fight Terrorists’ In Apparent Parody
In what seems to be an attempted parody of a scene from Sacha Baron Cohen’s “Who Is America,” Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman partners with krav maga instructor Matan Gavish to “fight terroristim” with techniques including lifting women’s burqas to take pictures. In what Israel’s Association of Rape Crisis Centres director has called a depiction…
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Gwyneth Paltrow’s Goop Will Pay $145K After Claiming Benefits of Vaginal Eggs
The great war over whether or not women should shove egg-shaped items into their vaginas for health benefits rages on, with Gwyneth Paltrow’s lifestyle company Goop retreating from battle after losing a lawsuit that said Goop made scientifically unsubstantiated claims about the vagina eggs, as well as a tincture of essential oils. Goop settled for…
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Kanye Extends An Olive Branch To Drake Over Kim Kardashian Rumors — Just In Time for the High Holidays
The bell of Elul tolls for all of us, and rap gods are no exception. Just days before Rosh Hashanah, rap mogul Kanye West has reached out to musical peer Drake to bury the hatchet over conspiracy theories that, among other things, Drake had an affair with Kanye’s spouse Kim Kardashian. Kim herself came forward…
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Celebs Are Getting A Rosh Hashanah Service At The Toronto International Film Festival
Will Spielberg say shacharis? Will Scarlett hear the shofar? It could happen at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival, which opens Thursday. For the first time, the world’s biggest cinema expo – and a celebrity magnet – will feature a pop-up synagogue to accommodate Jewish festivalgoers on Rosh Hashanah. The first-ever “official High Holiday Services…
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Kim Kardashian Is Not Amused By Drake Romance Rumors
PSA: Kim Kardashian has never been romantically entangled with Drake and she wants everyone to know it. Hushed gossip of the glamorous kind flooded the Twitterverse over the weekend, with fans determined to uncover the truth behind the impish hints that Drake has slung at Kim Kardashian. He’s woven innuendo throughout his rap lyrics about…
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Genesis, Schmenesis: Natalie Portman Lives Her Best Life As Genesis Distributes Prize Money
In the beginning, there was nothing. And then God said: let there be an elfin beauty gliding through the streets of Venice in a black cape-dress. And it was Natalie Portman. And God saw that it was good. Some people handle breakups by posting pictures of themselves on Instagram. Some people head to the gym…
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Was Ivanka Texting At John McCain’s Funeral On Shabbat?
Footage of Ivanka Trump at John McCain’s memorial service shows the first daughter and presidential advisor focusing on something in her lap during several eulogies, including those given by former senator Joe Lieberman and bereaved daughter Meghan McCain. Now Nancy Jew — girl detective and halakhah sleuth — must solve several mysteries: Was Ivanka Trump…
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