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The Schmooze Seth Rogen Testifies on Alzheimer’s Before Empty Senate
Seth Rogen took a trip down to Capitol Hill on Wednesday to testify at a Senate Appropriations subcommittee hearing titled “The Rising Cost of Alzheimer’s in America.” The actor spoke about how the disease has impacted his own family. (WATCH the livestream here.) The actor and director is a celebrity spokesman and fundraiser for the…
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News Ukraine’s Unfinished Revolution Sparks Hope for Jews — Not Fear
A loudspeaker blares protest calls and a steady crowd buzzes in the background as a young Ukrainian Jewish girl talks into the camera, live from Kiev’s Independence Square. “I want to let you know that lots of people who study Hebrew together with me are going to Euromaidan after classes every single day,” she said,…
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Fast Forward John Judis Fires Back at Critics of Book on Harry Truman and Israel
John Judis, author of the provocative book, Genesis: Truman, American Jews, and the Origins of the Arab-Israeli Conflict, says he generally believes any publicity is good publicity. Now he is to be questioning that credo. In an article published in The New Republic, where Judis works as a senior editor, he fires back against critics…
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Fast Forward U.S. Jewish Groups Facing ‘More Agressive Effort’ From Hackers, Alert Says
U.S. Jewish groups face “a more concerted and aggressive effort” from Internet hackers, the national community’s security arm said in an alert. “It is imperative that all IT departments understand how to mitigate the threat and are up-to-date on the necessary technologies and processes to use in order to be proactive and prevent these incidents,”…
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The Schmooze Lena Dunham to Host SNL
Mark your calendars for March 8th! Variety reports that Lena Dunham will be hosting Saturday Night Live. The writer and creator of “Girls” will appear alongside musical guests The National, also making their debut on the iconic show. (FYI: as Jewcy points out, Aaron Dessner once studied Jewish history at Columbia.) The band’s most recent…
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Life BRCA1 Women Told To Remove Ovaries
We’ve long known that the BRCA1 and BRCA2 gene mutations commonly found in Ashkenazic Jewish women are linked to higher rates of breast and ovarian cancer. A new report published online in the Journal of Clinical Oncology provides more details about ovarian cancer risk. The report notes that women who have the BRCA1 or BRCA2…
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The Schmooze Jimmy Fallon’s Got Nothing On Paul Rudd’s Lip Sync Skills
Jimmy Fallon hosted his first lip sync battle on “The Tonight Show” on Tuesday. If you haven’t seen it, drop everything. Paul Rudd, Jewish Mr. Nice Guy extraordinaire, gives us a glimpse of his true gift: not acting, but lip syncing — performing Tina Turner’s “Better Be Good To Me,” and Queen’s “Don’t Stop Me Now.”…
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News Disabled Needs Grow Even as Jewish Groups Focus on Issue
(JTA) — In the coming months, six young Jews with disabilities will start paid internships at major Jewish federations through a pilot program. If successful, the program will expand to communities throughout North America. In the fall, Manhattan’s first Jewish day school for children with special needs will open. Meanwhile, the Foundation for Jewish Camp…
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