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The Schmooze JDaters, Are You Ready to ‘Get Chosen’?
Are you ready to “Get Chosen?” That’s what JDate is asking in its new ad campaign, which made its grand debut in New York City’s Times Square on Thursday. The ads come to you courtesy of Terri & Sandy Solution, a New York-based advertising firm, who created the campaign based on Jewish humor and culture….
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Life Satmar Rebbe Blames Cancer on Makeup
Ladies, there is a cure for breast cancer! No more pink Octobers, Angelina Jolie op-eds on mastectomies and suffering the world over. Last Tuesday evening, February 4, in a roomful of learned men, the Satmar Rov of Williamsburg, Mendele Teitelbaum, announced that Sephora eye shadow in all colors and MAC lipsticks, the regular and long-lasting…
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The Schmooze Zach Braff’s Purim Message to Y.U.
Wait, is it Purim already? Not quite yet, but Zach Braff has decided to start spieling early. The “Scrubs” and “Garden State” actor is launching the season of fun with a parody of an ad promoting Yeshiva University. Braff seems to be turning to his Jewish roots for inspiration lately. His next film, “Wish I…
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The Schmooze Sarah Silverman Is Dating Michael Sheen
Jewish single men, read it and weep: Sarah Silverman is off the market. Jesus must have given Sarah a good pep talk during their recent hangout sesh (he appeared in Sarah’s kitchen to give her the truth about women’s reproductive rights — and stayed for a CSI marathon); Us Weekly reports that the Jewish comedian…
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Life A Man in an Apron Is Neither Sexy Nor Unsexy
There was a whole article about how the more equal a marriage is the more sexless it is by Lori Gottlieb in the New York Times and it didn’t quote one woman in her late 20s or early 30s — the generation for whom equal marriage is most institutionalized. So, Gottlieb, here is what one…
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Culture Is Valentine’s Day Kosher?
(Haaretz) — The Jewish religion views participation in non-Jewish religious practices very seriously. In fact, the first three of the Ten Commandments all essentially revolve around the same issue – idolatry is forbidden. Furthermore, the Mishnah and the Talmud devote a full tractate to idolatry – Avodah Zara – going over the intricate details of what…
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Life Throwback Thursday: The Jewish Wonkette of Harlem
Welcome to Throwback Thursday, a weekly photo feature in which we sift 116 years of Forward history to find snapshots of women’s lives. Born in Jewish Harlem on 120th Street and Mt. Morris Park South to an Orthodox family, Pearl Bernstein was immersed in the traditional values of community service. Her father, a Ger Hasid,…
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The Schmooze RIP Sid Caesar: Jewish Comedians Hail the Chief
Veteran Jewish comedian Sid Caesar, who died in Beverly Hills on Wednesday at the age of 91, was one of the greats. Jewish comedians took to Twitter to pay their respects and hail their departed chief: Sid Caesar was a giant-maybe the best comedian who ever practiced the trade & I was privileged to be…
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