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The Schmooze Julian Assange: New Revelations Will Rock Israel
After keeping a relatively low profile in recent months, Julian Assange has re-emerged with a lengthy interview in this weekend’s edition of Israeli newspaper Yediot Aharonot. Speaking from the English estate where he’s under house arrest, the Wikileaks founder denied recent accusations of anti-Semitism, and promised more embarrassing revelations on his controversial Web site —…
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The Schmooze ‘Everybody Loves Raymond’ Headed to Israeli TV
Hollywood has been borrowing from the Israeli TV industry for a while now, but today’s entertainment news is about a show heading in the opposite direction. Deadline Hollywood and Israel’s YNet news Web site are reporting that a deal is being inked to adapt “Everybody Loves Raymond” for Israel’s small screen. Depending on which source…
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The Schmooze Israelis Shoot for the Moon
A trio of Israelis is literally shooting for the moon, aiming to land a small spacecraft there by the end of next year. Should they do so, Yariv Bash, Kfir Damari and Yonatan Winetraub would make Israel just the third nation to manage the feat, after the United States and Russia. The threesome are planning…
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Food Shabbat Meals: Chicken Marbella Revisited
Growing up in New York City I had no shortage of Jewish friends, and yet it wasn’t until I moved to Israel seven months ago that I went to my first Shabbat dinner. Besides occasionally lighting candles and saying a prayer over a loaf of challah with my in-laws, Friday was just another day in…
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The Schmooze Gaga May Go Back to Israel!
It sounds more like a wish list than something to plan on, but Lady Gaga and some other major stars could be on their way to Israel this summer. Today’s Yediot Aharonot reports that the “Born This Way” singer is being courted by “operatives in the American and Canadian Jewish communities” about a concert that…
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Life ‘What Not To Wear’ — In Case of a Rocket Attack
Like many close girlfriends, my best pal Faye and I check in with each other every day and, even in the age of Facebook, we do it the old-fashioned way, on the phone. Our morning call usually takes place car-to-car, while she is commuting to work from the southern suburb of Meitar to her job…
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Food Shabbat Meals: A Recipe Travels From Tunisia to Israel by Way of Paris
The delicious cuisine that normally graces my husband’s family’s Shabbat table can be described as classic Ashkenazi Jewish with French sophistication. My mother-in-law Helene Sommer can produce a heavenly French fruit tart and a mean kosher version of Alsatian choucroute. Little of the Middle East has made it into the Sommer family repertoire, despite the…
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The Schmooze Helen Thomas Talks Israel, Jews to Playboy!
Nearly a year after the scandal that ended her epic run as a White House correspondent, Helen Thomas has re-emerged to share more thoughts about Israel and Jews – specifically, that they’re “wonderful,” but also that they wield too much money and power. “[They are] using their power, and they have power in every direction……
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