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Fast Forward Jewish Veterans Oppose Sectarian Prayer in Military
Two Jewish veterans testified in Congress against allowing chaplains to engage in sectarian prayer in nondenominational settings. Mikey Weinstein, the founder of the Military Religious Freedom Association and a former U.S. Air Force judge advocate general, and Rabbi Bruce Kahn, a retired Navy chaplain, were among five witnesses to appear Tuesday before the subcommittee on…
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The Schmooze That French Dude Who Climbed Brooklyn Bridge? He’s Jewish.
“The dog ate my homework.” “I didn’t know he/she was married.” “I called, but you didn’t pick up.” All these are better excuses than: “Sorry officer, there was no sign in French saying I couldn’t climb the Brooklyn Bridge.” And yet, that’s what French tourist Yonathan Souid is trying to claim. The 23-year-old was caught…
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The Schmooze Theodore Bikel Turns 90, Parties With Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Moment Magazine’s Nadine Epstein, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Theodore Bikel // Credit: Lloyd Wolf Theodore Bikel, who played Tevye and Captain Von Trapp on Broadway before they got all too cool for school in Hollywood, celebrated his 90th birthday on Sunday. Over 250 guests attended the party hosted by Moment Magazine at…
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Fast Forward Yehuda Glick Says Palestinian Gunman Apologized Before Shooting Him
Temple Mount activist Yehuda Glick said the Palestinian gunman who shot him apologized before firing. “He told me, ‘I’m very sorry, you are the enemy of Al-Aksa,’ ” Glick told Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi David Lau, who was visiting Glick in his hospital room on Monday, Israeli media reported. The gunman was referring to the mosque…
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The Schmooze Mandy Patinkin Loves Model Trains
Mandy Patinkin’s beard (and its owner, I guess) was the star of last night’s 60 Minutes profile with Bob Simon. The best part? When Mandy — sporting a pretty rockin’ purple bandana — showed off his massive toy train collection (Skip to 9:20). Shenanigans ensued, and apparently the production team ended up playing choo-choo well into…
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News Jack the Ripper, One of Us? No, Thanks.
Was Jack the Ripper, one of the most notorious murderers of all time, and the subject of more than 125 years of ongoing investigations into his identity, Jewish? This allegation, as old as the crimes themselves, was given new life with the publication in September of Russell Edwards’s book “Naming Jack the Ripper,” the latest…
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News 5 Women Killed by Jack the Ripper
The names of Jack the Ripper’s victims would have certainly been long forgotten had they not been murdered by the same hand. Mary Ann Nichols The mother of five was an alcoholic whose husband had left her seven years before her death in her early 30s. Nichols walked the streets the last night of her…
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Fast Forward Mervyn Smith, South African Jewish Leader, Dies at 77
Mervyn Smith, president of the South African Jewish Congress and a major anti-apartheid activist in the Jewish community, has died. Smith died Saturday after a long illness. He was 77. “If there was a Jewish organization, I belonged to it – with my heart and soul,” Smith said frequently, according to the South African Jewish…
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