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Titanic Victim’s Hebrew Pocket Watch Hits Auction Block For $20K
Every few years since the Titanic sank in 1912, a new bundle of artifacts resurface. Just recently, a Hebrew inscribed timepiece, that belonged to Sinai Kantor — a Russian immigrant who perished along with 1503 other passengers aboard the doomed ship — was put up for auction. This coming Saturday, the century-old watch, will sell…
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Sacha Baron Cohen Serves Up Some Ethically-Sourced Human Meat
In some cultures, cannibalism is a way of life. From the Korowai, a group of Indonesian natives who still eat their fellow tribesmen, to the trend of gourmet cannibalism that once spread across China, the idea of consuming human flesh is something that inspires a strong reaction in most people. And while the consumption of…
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Ben & Jerry’s is Releasing Cookie Dough Chunks
I am in a committed, loving relationship with two men and I have been for years. Ben and Jerry — they’re highly available and extremely comforting. I’ll gladly consume one of their pints over Haagen Dazs under any circumstance…bonus points to Ben & Jerry’s for their Jewish co-founders, Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield! And at…
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Michael Cohen Dines In Ritzy UES Restaurant Hours After Pleading Guilty
Michael Cohen, Trump’s former lawyer and confidant, has transformed into our country’s unexpected saving grace and he knows it. He can do no wrong in our eyes after executing the ultimate betrayal: pleading guilty to assisting a certain “candidate” in the 2016 election by illegally paying hush money to women that he allegedly slept with…
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Tiffany Haddish Dissed Fifth Harmony at the MTV Awards
Tiffany Haddish has been in the news lately with a repertoire of upcoming films. But, with more exposure in the spotlight comes more room for Hollywood tangles. At the MTV Video Music Awards Monday night, the 38-year-old comedian came after girl group Fifth Harmony – -or rather, Fourth Harmony, since Camila Cabello’s departure in 2016….
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‘The Big Bang Theory’ Will End After Season 12
From distinct periods of the universe’s existence to TV’s longest-running multi-camera series, all good things must end. “The Big Bang Theory,” the CBS sitcom that first aired in 2007 and stars Schmooze perennial favorite Mayim Bialik, will end in May of 2019, producers announced on August 22. Currently filming its 12th and final season, the…
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Natalie Portman To Play Twin Sister Advice Columnists — And She’ll Direct The Movie, Too
Crown Princess of the World and Jew of Extraordinary Fame Natalie Portman will play the twin sisters and advice columnists who went by the names “Dear Abby” and “Ann Landers” in a movie that she will direct herself. Good grief. Setting aside our bitterness that Portman will likely achieve this daunting feat while remaining ludicrously…
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Ignoring BDS Pressure, Lana Del Rey Gets It Right On Israel — And Adds Visit To Palestinian Territories
Lana Del Rey — a pop singer whose enigmatic persona masks an eerie history of self-branding — is modeling a new look: Integrity. The 33-year-old performer recently found herself caught in the crosshairs that fix on all global musical acts at some point or another, when she received major criticism for agreeing to perform in…
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Museum Visitor Injured After Falling Into Anish Kapoor Mock Abyss Art Installation
Sometimes, you get contemporary art. And sometimes, contemporary art gets you. Such a visitor to the Serralves Museum in Portugal learned last week after falling into an instillation by Jewish artist Anish Kapoor. “Descent Into Limbo,” Kapoor’s 1992 work, features a circle in the ground painted pitch black. Despite signs and guards warning guests not…
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Drake Exchanged Autographs With A Little Girl Waiting For A Heart Transplant
Sometimes, Aubrey Drake Graham makes it so easy to love him. On Monday, the record-breaking Jewish rapper surprised 11-year-old Sofia Sanchez at Chicago’s Lurie Children’s Hospital after a video of Sanchez and her (adorable) cousin doing the popular “In My Feelings” challenge caught the singer’s attention online, BuzzFeedNews reports. Sanchez, who just underwent heart surgery…
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Jon Stewart Rescued The 2 Goats Wandering On New York Subway Tracks
Behold! He who protecteth Israel will neither slumber nor sleep. — Psalm 121:4 High on a (moral) hill lived a lonely goatherd, and that goatherd’s name was John Stewart. When two escaped goats were found roaming the tracks of the N train in Brooklyn (between the Fort Hamilton Parkway stop and the 8th Avenue stop,…
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