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Everyone seems to be divided over Gaza — One Direction has all but lost its identity over the issue. And the media is no exception. In a segment on The Colbert Report devoted to the conflict, Stephen Colbert lamented the current state of affairs. “This conflict in Israel has been going on for — What is…
Stephen Colbert was left blushing after a visit from Regina Spektor, the Russian-born beauty who was promoting her new album, “What We Saw From The Cheap Seats.” The two spoke about immigration, Soviet spies and Spektor’s upcoming visit to Russia for the first time in 23 years. The singer even had some kind words to…
“Where the Wild Things Are” writer Maurice Sendak turns out to be the cranky Jewish grandfather fans of “The Colbert Report” wish they had. The 83-year-old author has been featured the past two nights on the Comedy Central series, in an interview producers apparently liked so much they stretched it across multiple episodes. Shot at…
First it was lox, now it’s … cigarettes? Tobacco sticks are the latest unassuming product to face kashrut questions, after a Dutch study found that pig hemoglobin was being used in some cigarette filters. The issue hasn’t captured the attention of the rabbinic authorities just yet, and it might not now that actor and rabbi-in-disguise…
Allison Silverman, the sharply funny Jewish woman behind comically Catholic blowhard Stephen Colbert, is stepping down after a long run with the show as co-head writer and, later, as executive producer. She’s been there from the show’s conception, through numerous awards and accolades to its continuing status as must-see TV at the intersection of humor…
Oh, to be young, Jewish, and the State Department’s tutor on how to tweet. Jared Cohen, 27, roughed it in Iranian speakeasies drinking bootleg moonshine, and scarfed hamburgers with friendly members of Hezbollah in the name of reporting on Middle Eastern youth culture. After two books worth of these antics plus sneaking across borders and…
