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The Schmooze Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Amy Schumer and Bibi Make Time 100 List
Ruth Bader, Diane von Furstenberg, Benjamin Netanyahu and Jill Soloway What do Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Benjamin Netanyahu, Jill Soloway and Ina Garten have in common? They’re all in Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People list. And they’re all Jewish. The tribe made quite a showing this year, with 16 spots in various categories. Our favorite…
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The Schmooze Behold, the Latest ‘Star Wars’ Trailer
Youtube Oh my Han Solo. The new “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” trailer has hit the internet. The highly anticipated teaser was released on Thrursday during a panel discussion with director J.J. Abrams and the cast at the Star Wars Celebration event in Anaheim, California. (What’s Jewish about “Star Wars”? Well, J.J Abrams, for one….
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The Schmooze Sarah Silverman Remembers Joan Rivers in Album Re-Release
Courtesy of Stand Up! Records April 18 is National Record Store Day. To celebrate, Stand Up! Records is rereleasing a rare and long out of print Joan Rivers album. “The Next to Last Joan Rivers Album” was recorded in 1968 during a New York City cabaret performance. The newly remixed and remastered album also comes…
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Breaking News Stanford Student Senate Candidate Asked How Jewish Faith Would Inform Decisions
A candidate for the student Senate at Stanford University filed a complaint after she was asked how her Jewish faith would inform her decisions. Molly Horwitz, a junior, filed the complaint with the student elections commissioner shortly after the March 13 endorsement interview with an umbrella group on campus, the Stanford Review student newspaper reported…
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The Schmooze Trevor Noah, Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld Take in the Mets
Trevor Noah countered recent accusations that he’s an anti-Semite by taking in a Mets game with Jewish comedy royalty. The man who will take over “The Daily Show” was seen cheering on the New York Mets with Jerry Seinfeld and Larry David during their home opener at at Citi Field. Looks like Larry David &…
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Life A Dialogue on Mad Men’s Rachel Menken
AMC Is Rachel Menken the ‘One Who Got Away’? Tara Metal “Mad Men” is a show about reinvention and regret. Our hero, Don Draper, pulls himself out of an abusive, impoverished childhood and becomes a successful ad man on Madison Avenue. He has it all, yet he always wants more. Season 7 (Part 2) of “Mad…
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News The Jewish Senior Homes That Aren’t (Anymore)
The gold marquee extending over the entrance of the 14-story apartment building says “B’nai B’rith Apartments.” But beyond that, a colored cardboard Star of David on the sliding glass doors is pretty much the only reminder that this building is a senior housing facility built by the Jewish community. Inside the building, dusty plastic Christmas…
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The Schmooze Wale’s Seinfeld-Inspired LP Debuts at No. 1
Mazel tov to Wale and co-conspirator comedian Jerry Seinfeld! The rapper’s newest record, “The Album About Nothing,” inspired by the canonical sitcom of the ‘80s and ‘90s featuring Seinfeld himself, debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart this week. Between physical copy purchases and digital sales and streams, The Album About Nothing totaled…
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