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The Schmooze Muppets and Bar Refaeli Too Racy for Israeli TV
(JTA) — A risqué ad featuring Bar Refaeli in bed with a purple, mustachioed Muppet has been banned from running before 10 p.m. in the holy land, Walla!, Israel news website reports. Per a governmental council called The Second Authority for Television and Radio, the ad for local fashion brand Hoodies has “too many sexual insinuations”…
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The Schmooze The JDate Haggadah
Do you want your Seder to be “the talk of the town through the end of 5774?” Of course you do. And JDate has your back (though you may have to cling to the thought that “all publicity is good publicity”). For the second year in a row, the online answer to all Jewish mothers’…
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Life Remembering Rivka Haut
Courtesy of Phyllis Chesler // Phyllis Chesler and Rivka Haut, right Yesterday, a fearless and legendary leader of Jewish women, Rivka Haut, was memorialized, mourned and buried. The funeral took place at the Hebrew Institute of Riverdale on March 31. Rabbi Avi Weiss compared Rivka to black fire and white fire — the black fire…
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Fast Forward Jews Blame Apathy for Gains of Right Wing French National Front
Jewish groups in France and Europe blamed voters’ indifference for the success of the country’s far-right National Front party in local elections. National Front candidates were elected mayors in 11 municipalities in Sunday’s elections — a dramatic increase over the party’s previous record of four mayors in 1997, the news site europe1.fr reported. “The message…
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The Schmooze Pat Robertson Says Jews Don’t Mow Lawns
Pat Robertson has succeeded where thousands of years of Elders of Zion-style conspiracy theorists have failed. He’s figured out why Jews are all so darn successful. It’s simple, the televangelist explained in a recent discussion with Rabbi Daniel Lapin, head of the American Alliance of Jews and Christians — Jews don’t tinker with their cars…
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Opinion POLL: How Would You Spend Jewish Billions?
How should Jewish donor dollars get spent? Today, the largest share of Jewish donor dollars goes to Israel-related charities, as the Forward reported last week in the first part of our series on Jewish charity finances. (Part two of the series, published today, is here.) Are we spending too much on Israel? Or maybe too…
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The Schmooze Sorry Guys, No Amy Winehouse Hologram Tour
(JTA) — If you thought rumors of a concert tour featuring a hologram version of the late Amy Winehouse seemed too good to be true — or perhaps creepy — you would be correct. Last week, the UK newspaper The Sun reported that billionaire Alki David was planning to use 3-D computer technology plus an orchestra…
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Israel News Jewish Republicans Focus on Israel at ‘Sheldon Adelson Primary’ in Las Vegas
The GOP Jewish faithful descended in force on Sin City, turning out in record numbers and striking a feisty, combative tone at the Republican Jewish Coalition’s annual conference. According to organizers, some 400 people attended the gathering, where they were feted with poker and golf tournaments, and wooed by presidential hopefuls. “In Jewish crowds, I’m…
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