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Fast Forward Does God Already Know Who’s Winning the Super Bowl?
(JTA) — Rabbi Daniel Alter expects some added fervency during daily prayer services at the Denver Academy of Torah in the days leading up to the Super Bowl. Alter, the academy’s head of school, recalls that when the Colorado Rockies faced the Boston Red Sox in the 2007 World Series, his students were more focused…
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Life Those Limelight-Seeking Orthodox Feminists
It’s probably because I’m female — and Orthodox to boot — that, much as I try, I find it hard to relate to Jewish men who feel religiously unfulfilled unless they keep the center stage to themselves, and the women out of their club. Rabbi Avi Shafran, the high-profile Haredi spokesman for Agudath Israel, implies…
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News Reform Judaism With Latin Flavor Takes Root in Miami
(JTA) — When Alejandra Schatzky-Cohen and her husband decided to enroll their children in a Reform Jewish day school in North Miami Beach five years ago, they had more on their minds than the average prospective day school parent. The family was living in Caracas at the time and the situation for Jews in Venezuela…
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The Schmooze Amar’e Stoudemire’s Off-Season Hobby
Getty Images Amar’e Stoudemire may have spent a little too much time around Israeli kibbutzim. The New York Post reports that the New York Knicks player has bought a 190-acre farm in Hyde Park, Dutchess County. According the Post, Stoudemire talkes about his new farm on a new MSG show, “In the Kitchen With,” which…
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The Schmooze Watch Alison Brie Read Craigslist ‘Missed Connections’
How do you make Craigslist less creepy? Call in Alison Brie. The Jewish “Community” and “Mad Men” actress was on Jimmy Kimmel, where the comedian had her read a series of “Missed Connections” entries out loud. They seemed almost romantic. For those of you who have a life, Missed Connections, as described by Kimmel, are…
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Food $6 For a Knish? Welcome to the Super Bowl
If you have tickets for the Super Bowl at the MetLife Stadium this Sunday, and you’re planning to munch on some kosher snacks while watching the battle between the Seattle Seahawks and the Denver Broncos, you’d better bring some extra cash: This stuff’s not cheap. As the Forward reported, this year’s event is likely to…
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The Schmooze Jerry Seinfeld Confirms ‘Seinfeld’ Reunion — Sort Of
Stop what your’re doing right now and start watching “Seinfeld” re-reruns. The rumors are true — well sort of. Jerry Seinfeld has confirmed that the “secret project” he alluded to during a Reddit AMA earlier this month is in fact a reunion of your favorite show, Variety reports. In an appearance on the “Boomer &…
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Fast Forward Obama Administration to Present Framework for Middle East Peace
The Obama administration will soon present a framework for an Israeli-Palestinian agreement that the sides may accept with reservations as a basis for a final deal by year’s end, the top U.S. negotiator told Jewish leaders. Martin Indyk, the State Department’s lead envoy to the Israeli-Palestinian negotiations, told Jewish leaders on Thursday that the framework…
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