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The Schmooze Did You Catch The Woman Rabbi Cameo On Saturday Night Live?
Did you catch the song “Holes” on Saturday Night Live this weekend, hosted by Adam Sandler? The musical sketch focused on the fact that clothing has holes in it (arm holes, leg holes, etcetera,) and is a pretty good cautionary tale about when people of one gender and race combination, who represent a tiny segment…
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The Schmooze Cynthia Nixon Calls Out ‘Sex And The City’ Failings: Race, Feminism and Money
Cynthia Nixon is being — yeah, we’ll say it — such a Miranda. In a candid conversation with Indiewire before the Tribecca Film Festival premiere of “Stray Dolls,” her new movie about human trafficking, Nixon put forth a pop culture graduate thesis. Apparently off the cuff, Nixon argued that the failures of HBO smash hit…
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The Schmooze Natalie Portman To Critics: Vegans Aren’t Annoying, You’re Annoying.
Vegans are so annoying, right? Sorry insecure carnivores, longtime vegan Natalie Portman has the perfect counter for you: “Lots of people make fun of anybody who cares about anything deeply, right?” Portman asked a group of 16,000 high school students in California. “I’m here to say, it is always a great thing to care…to have…
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The Schmooze ‘Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’ Creators Are Developing A New Jewish Feminist Show For Amazon
The Palladinos are at it once again! Amy Sherman-Palladino and her husband Daniel Palladino (you may know them as the creators of a few little shows called “Gilmore Girls” and “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”) are developing their next project for Amazon, the Hollywood Reporter announced. Titled “Ninth Street Women,” the series is based on the…
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The Schmooze Did You Know That Nail Polish Titan OPI Is The Brainchild Of A Jewish Mom?
If you’ve ever held a pleasantly rotund little bottle of OPI nail lacquer in your hand and felt your mood lift, you can thank Suzi Weiss-Fischmann. Weiss-Fischmann is the 62-year-old Jewish woman who created the massively successful nail art brand. She’s a Hungarian immigrant, a Jewish mother, the child of Holocaust survivors, and a super…
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The Schmooze 7 Hysterical Orthodox Women Comedians You Should Know
Every day this week we’ll be highlighting classic and cutting-edge Jewish comedy, from the best Jewish comedians in the Trump era to the best jokes told by non-Jews about Jews. L’chaim! Oh, so you thought Orthodox women doing stand-up comedy wasn’t a thing? Sit down, quiet down, and get ready to laugh. And maybe to…
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The Schmooze Women Are Mocking The New Seth Rogen Movie’s Portrayal Of Female Pleasure
You know how it is — when you’re with Seth Rogen, all it takes is 90 seconds to experience total bliss. via GIPHY No shade to Rogen, a sex symbol and comedy icon in anyone’s book, but sex therapists agree that between foreplay and penetrative sex women typically take 10-20 minutes to climax, and that…
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The Schmooze ‘Captain Marvel’ Is First Major Superhero Movie Directed By A Jewish Woman
How great are your female directors, O superhero movies, your filmmakers, O Israel! Scroll through the list of people who have directed superhero movies (it’s long, believe us) and you’ll see plenty of Jewish names. Richard Donner (who changed his last name from Schwartzberg,) did the classic “Superman” films. Richard Lester (full name “Richard Lester…
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