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Opinion The Lost and the Land: 2 Modern Holidays
San Diego native Marla Bennett died in a school cafeteria in Jerusalem. She was killed in 2002 at 24, in a terrorist bombing by Hamas at Hebrew University, where she was pursuing an advanced degree in Judaic Studies. Nine people died, including 5 Americans. Nearly 100 were injured. “The year that followed was one of…
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The Schmooze Nothing Says 4/20 Like a ‘Broad City’ Weed Supercut
Happy 4/20! If you’re looking for a distraction between blunts, spend some time with Jewish stoner buddies Ilana Glazer and Abbi Jacobson. “Broad City” may only have been around for two seasons, but its lovely ladies have already provided viewers with enough smoke-filled scenes to justify a four-minute and 20-second-long . So, sit down, relax,…
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Opinion Men Refusing To Sit by Women? That’s the Symptom. Here’s the Sickness.
When I saw the front page of the New York Times last week with the headline a sense of dread perforated my stomach. The article was an examination of the phenomenon of ultra-Orthodox Jewish men who, when faced with being seated next to a woman, demand that the woman be extracted and moved to another…
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The Schmooze Amy Schumer Talks Hollywood, Feminism and Teases Upcoming Season
Amy Schumer stands among a group of scantily-dressed women on exercise bikes—clad head to toe in 1980s work out gear. “Why am I dressed like this?” she asks the camera. “Because it’s season three and I can do whatever the f—ck I want.” And so begins the next life cycle of “Inside Amy Schumer,” the…
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Culture HomeLands: Nesting in Nashville
In this inaugural feature, the Forward interviewed Rabbi Aaron Finkelstein, 31, and his wife, Julie Sugar, 30, at their home in Nashville, Tennessee. They moved there from New York so that Aaron could work at Congregation Sherith Israel and the Akiva School. Julie is a scriptwriter for an educational online program called YiddishPOP and also…
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Culture 10 Things About (Jewish) Arizona
1) 106,300 Jews live in Arizona. 2) Arizona’s first known Jewish resident was Dr. Herman Bendell who, in 1870, was nominated to be the state’s first Superintendent of Indian Affairs. 3) Since there were few women in the Arizona territory, early Jewish settlers traveled elsewhere to find wives. In 1884, 21 of these brides founded…
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The Schmooze What’s The Craziest Thing That’s Happened on ‘The Maury Show’?
Getty Images A lot of weird things came out of Maury Povich’s “Ask Me Anything” Q&A on Reddit. That’s not really surprising, given that “The Maury Show” host has built his talk show career around confirming paternity tests (“You are NOT the father!”). But what’s the weirdest thing over the 17 years the show’s been…
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Opinion England’s Green Party Has an Anti-Semitism Problem
Getty Images At a forum with voters in February, Green Party leader Natalie Bennett was asked what she would do to ensure that Jews feel safe in Britain. Bennett rambled on vaguely about funding inter-communal dialogue without even mentioning Jews, indicating that the problem of anti-Semitism was one she had never thought about before. The…
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