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The Schmooze This Is What Joan Rivers’ Bedroom Looks Like
Joan Rivers is the Queen of Mean. And we love her for it. But for all of her “Fashion Police” style dos and don’ts, the snarky diva made one heck of a decor faux-pas when she designed this particular room. Picture courtesy of Christie’s Images, Ltd. 2014. Yikes. On the off-chance that frothy pink upholstery…
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Fast Forward Jewish Groups Resume Dialogue With Churches After 2012 Israel Aid Letter Spat
Leaders of national Jewish groups resumed a dialogue with mainline Christian churches ruptured by a call in 2012 by some Christian leaders to consider cutting U.S. assistance to Israel. “We affirm a strong commitment to continue working together on domestic and international issues of common concern,” said the joint statement issued by the groups Thursday…
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News Jews in Ukraine and Russia Are Divided as Nations Confront One Another
Jews in Russia and Ukraine are divided as the two nations teeter on the brink of war. That’s according to the director general of the Kiev-based Ukrainian Jewish Committee, Eduard Dolinsky, who was in New York to drum up support from American Jewish leaders. Dolinsky said that Ukrainian Jews were dismayed recently to see Russia’s…
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Fast Forward James Schlesinger, Who Served 3 U.S. Presidents, Dies at 85
James Schlesinger, who served three U.S. presidents, Republican and Democrat alike, in the top posts at the Central Intelligence Agency, Pentagon and Energy Department in the 1970s, died on Thursday at age 85. A serious thinker on national security and an executive determined to get things done, Schlesinger headed the CIA and the Defense Department…
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Fast Forward Former Ehud Olmert Bureau Chief Will Testify Against Him in Graft Case
Ehud Olmert’s former bureau chief Shula Zaken agreed to testify against her ex-boss in the Holyland graft case. Zaken, who has been convicted of graft in another scandal involving the former prime minister, signed a plea agreement Thursday with the state prosecutor’s office, which then asked the court to postpone the verdict in the Holyland…
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Life My Most Important Friendships
Thinkstock Female friendships are difficult to understand. The bonds that women forge — the really close friendships — are almost invincible. Although I hesitate at stereotyping female friendships, I nevertheless believe some of the stereotypes to be true. Maybe it’s because I have recently realized that my daughter is treating her friendships differently than my…
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Fast Forward King’s College London Students Vote To Endorse BDS Against Israel
The King’s College London Student Union voted to endorse the boycott, sanctions and divestment movement against Israel. The 15-point motion passed Tuesday night at the students general meeting by a vote of 348-252. Following the vote, the college’s administration distanced itself from the measure, the Israeli daily Haaretz reported. The motion calls for researching the…
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Opinion Jewish Brides Make British Gay Marriage History
Tania Ward and Nicola Pettit / Courtesy of Nicola Pettit (Haaretz) — Tania Ward and Nicola Pettit will make history this Saturday when they become one of the first same-sex couples to legally marry in Britain. More than that, their marriage will be among the first to receive a Jewish blessing, as Liberal and Reform…
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