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The Schmooze That Time Ginnifer Goodwin Got Her Ketubah Stolen
‘Oh Honey, remember that time our ketubah was stolen from our wedding planner’s car on the morning of the ceremony?’ That’s an anecdote that Ginnifer Goodwin, the cheerful star from “Once Upon a Time,” will probably be sharing with husband and co-star Josh Dallas for many Shabbat dinners to come. The actress shared the whole…
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The Schmooze Meet the Israeli Voices of ‘Frozen’
‘Frozen’ has hit the place where it (almost) never freezes: Israel. The Disney hit, which has grossed $1.13 billion worldwide — and counting, translates to “Lishbor Et Ha’Kerach” in Hebrew, which means “Breaking the Ice”. “Let It Go” becomes ‘La’azov’ in Hebrew, and it means “To Let Go / To Leave.” Ice Queen Elsa is…
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Fast Forward Wounded Ukraine Jewish Mayor Stable in Israel After Assassination Try
The mayor of eastern Ukraine’s biggest city was in a stable condition on Tuesday in a hospital in Israel, where he was flown after being wounded in the highest-profile assassination attempt in the standoff between Kiev and Moscow. Gennady Kernes, one of Ukraine’s most prominent Jewish politicians, was shot in the back on Monday in…
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Fast Forward John Kerry Sorry for Israel ‘Apartheid’ Warning
John Kerry defended his Israel record, but also agreed that his use of the word “apartheid” to describe the dangers of a failed peace process was not appropriate in a U.S. context. “I have been around long enough to also know the power of words to create a misimpression, even when unintentional, and if I…
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Fast Forward 10,000 Young Jews Mark Holocaust Remembrance Day at Auschwitz
Some 10,000 young Jews from around the world participated in the 23rd March of the Living at Auschwitz. The march took place on Monday, Holocaust Remembrance Day, at the former German Nazi concentration and extermination camp. A large group of Polish youth also marched from the gate bearing the “Arbeit macht frei” sign — meaning…
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Life The Women Who Warned Their Families
Getty Images At one point in the documentary “No Place on Earth,” Saul Stermer, now 93, who, with his family, spent 511 days hiding in two Ukrainian caves and escaped the Holocaust, smiles and says, “What a mother!” No wonder. His mother, Esther Stermer, who was 75 years old in 1942 when the Nazis came…
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The Schmooze Mengele: Handsome Psychopath in ‘The German Doctor’
In documentaries and live testimonials, survivors of Dr. Joseph Mengele’s “Right [life]-Left [death]” selection at Auschwitz, remember him as exceptionally handsome. And so is Spanish actor Alex Brendemuhl, who eerily and seductively portrays the toxic physician in Lucia Puenzo’s film “The German Doctor.” An uncanny Mengele Dopplelganger, Brendemuhl — a Spanish actor working in Germany…
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The Schmooze Are Liev Schreiber an Naomi Watts Ready to Tie the Knot?
After nine years and two kids, Naomi Watts and Liev Schrieber may be getting ready to say “I do.” “While Naomi and Liev have had their ups and downs, including a cancelled New Year’s Eve wedding right before 2008, they’ve finally worked out their differences and are rethinking marriage,” a friend of the couple reportedly…
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