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'The Corenswet family is well known and loved' in New Orleans, said Daniel Sherman, rabbi of the city’s historic Temple Sinai synagogue
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Willow Zimmerman is a 16-year-old activist. When she isn’t in school or holding up a picket sign, she can be found batch-baking rugelach or splitting a Reuben with a stray Great Dane she named Lebowitz (after Fran). But Willow has a secret set of extracurriculars. She helps run an illegal poker game for one of…
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The Schmooze Jewish, Asian, Trans, Deaf Actor Chella Man Will Star As DC Action Hero
Yes, Chella Man’s full identity is complicated — he even says so himself. “There is an extreme lack of representation for young, Deaf, queer, Jewish, Asian, transgender artists — sorry, that is a mouthful!” he told Teen Vogue in October 2018. “I decided to be my own representation.” And so he has. The 20-year-old actor,…
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The Schmooze Ava DuVernay To Helm Superhero Movie Based On Comic By Jewish ‘Captain America’ Creator
I don’t know much about superhero movies, but I do know that if the brilliant director Ava DuVernay is going to direct a DC movie based on comics by Jack Kirby, the Jewish artist who created Captain America, that means we’re all going to see a superhero movie. Fresh off directing the major undertaking “A…
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The Schmooze 12 Things You May Not Know About Jewish Superheroes
It’s National Superhero Day! Many of our favorite superheroes were created by Jews. Here are 12 things you may not know about Jews and superheroes: 1) In 1933, two high school students in Cleveland, Ohio, Joe Shuster and Jerry Siegel, created Superman. In 1938, the two young chaps sold the rights to Superman to DC…
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Breaking News ‘Superman’ Creator’s Heirs Lose Suit to Comics Giant
The heirs of Superman co-creator Joe Shuster do not have the right to reclaim copyrights to the popular character, a federal judge ruled. Wednesday’s ruling gives DC Comics, owned by Warner Bros., all rights to Superman for books, movies, television and other medium. In response to a DC Comics lawsuit filed in 2010 seeking a…
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The Schmooze The World’s Mightiest Mortal Gets a New Lease on Life
We Jews like to pride ourselves on the many things we’ve invented: the ballpoint pen, blue jeans, and the atomic bomb, to name a few. (How about the theory of relativity — does that count?) We’ve also had a strong hand in shaping the world of modern entertainment, helping to build Hollywood, create the modern…
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