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The Schmooze ‘Srugim’: Now on a Small Screen Near You
Forget Jersey Shore. The hottest TV show of recent weeks – among a certain set, anyway – is “Srugim,” the Israeli program about a group of young, modern-Orthodox Jerusalemite singles. The religious version of Friends, if you will, or maybe even Sex and the City. Minus most the sex, of course. Thanks to The Jewish…
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Life Open to Samurai
What’s the likelihood of “cool” Jews being cool for a whole year? You might think about the same as the likelihood of a bunch of New Yorkers swinging around fake medieval Japanese swords for fun and fitness. Both, strangely, continue to be proved possible and on Sunday are being employed to encourage people to go…
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Life Office Romance Is Kosher (at Least at the JCC)
In an article titled “Boss’s Memo: Go Ahead, Date (With My Blessing),” The New York Times reports that workplace romance, once frowned upon, is increasingly accepted. “That some people believe they can openly date co-workers without endangering their job reflects what those who study the workplace and several surveys suggest: the conventional wisdom about dating…
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Life Everyone’s a Critic (and a Therapist)
On Tuesday, as part of its spin on the Tikkun Leil Shavuot — the all-night study session traditionally observed on Shavuot eve — the JCC in Manhattan screened a number of episodes of the hit Israeli television series “Bitipul,” or “In Treatment.” (The JCC defines “study” broadly.) The series was presented by psychologists Jill Salberg…
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