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The Schmooze Donald Sterling On Magic Johnson: ‘He Should Be Ashamed of Himself’
Donald Sterling just doesn’t know when to quit. As if the Los Angeles Clippers owner’s racist remarks weren’t bad enough, he had to go and comment on Magic Johnson having AIDS (For the record, he doesn’t. He has HIV). “He acts so holy. I mean, he made love to every girl in every city in…
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Fast Forward Roman Jews Show Support for Nigerian Schoolgirls, Persecuted Christians
The lights illuminating the Colosseum in Rome will be switched off as a show of support for persecuted Christians around the world and the kidnapped schoolgirls in Nigeria. The initiative on Thursday is being co-sponsored by the Rome Jewish community and the Community of Sant’ Egidio, a Roman Catholic association that fosters interfaith dialogue, with…
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Fast Forward Israeli Man Charged in U.S. With Selling Arms to Iran Arrested
An Israeli man charged in the United States with selling arms to Iran was arrested at Israel’s Ben Gurion International Airport. The man was arrested Monday at the request of the United States and reportedly was attempting to flee the country. He is expected to be extradited to the U.S., where he will be charged…
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The Schmooze 34 Things Justin Timberlake Can’t Live Without on His Trip to Israel
If you’re heading to Israel this summer (or already live there), you’re in for quite a concert lineup. The Rolling Stones, The Back Street Boys and Justin Timberlake have all announced tour dates in the Holy Land over the coming months. But before the first note is played, some demands must be met. Ynet has…
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Opinion Counting the Omer and Nigeria’s Kidnapped Girls
Nigerian women call for the freedom of Chibok’s kidnapped girls / Getty Images Last month, an Islamist armed group called Boko Haram abducted 276 girls from a school in Chibok, Nigeria. Presumably, these girls will be killed or sold into slavery and child marriages. Even though I sit here in Los Angeles, this crisis affects…
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Books A Whole Day (And Book) to Celebrate Your Jewish Mom
Rachel Ament with her mom // Courtesy of Rachel Ament Mayim Bialik’s mom thinks you’re jealous of her. If Barbra Streisand could be so famous and amazing and wonderful with her nose, why should mine be any problem Actually, the way my mother told it, I was indeed a fantastic, gorgeous person and I am…
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Fast Forward World’s Oldest Man Alexander Imich Takes Star Turn at 111
(Reuters) — The world’s oldest living man is a 111-year-old scholar of the occult who calls New York City his home. Alexander Imich, who was born in Poland in 1903 and survived a Soviet Gulag, emigrated to the United States in the 1950s. He turned 111 in February and assumed the “oldest living” title last…
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News Literary Bomb Shelter in Tel Aviv
On my first day of teaching at Bar Ilan University, during a tour of the palm-tree-lined campus near Tel Aviv, the program administrator informed me apologetically that I’d been assigned a basement classroom in a building some distance from the English department. I wasn’t concerned — over the years I’ve taught in basement classrooms, in…
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