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The Schmooze You Won’t Believe What Ayelet Ben-Shahar Was Shoplifting
Move over Winona! Ayelet Ben-Shahar, who played a high end jewelry dealer on Showtime’s “House of Lies,” was busted for allegedly stealing $400 worth of groceries from a Gelson’s Market in Studio City, California. Yes, groceries. According to TMZ, the 27-year-old was placed under citizens arrest. The Israeli-born actress grew up in Rehovot, Israel and…
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Opinion Putting Aside That Old Jewish Pessimism
It is still surprising — funny, even — that a people that has survived and thrived through millennia filled with cataclysms can still find itself debilitated by anxiety about its future, and especially by such concerns as banal as, say, the impending retirement of the generation of baby boomer CEOs running Jewish organizations. This past…
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Fast Forward Setting Jewish Girl’s Hair on Fire Not Anti-Semitic, Canada Judge Rules
A classmate setting a Jewish girl’s hair on fire was not an act of anti-Semitism, a Canadian court ruled. In a Jan. 2 decision, the judge in Winnipeg agreed with prosecutors that the assailant had been a “jerk and bully” but said the “totally vulgar and inappropriate” incident in November 2011 was impulsive, unplanned and…
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News Who Will Head The Major Jewish Federations of America?
Jewish federations are hiring. Does anyone want the job? A wave of vacancies in top executive spots of North America’s largest Jewish federations is raising concerns about the Jewish community’s ability to replace a generation of federation CEOs on the brink of retirement. Top executives at federations in New York, Philadelphia, New Jersey, and Dallas…
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Life ‘Lean In,’ Orthodox Style
Editor’s note: This post is the third in a three part series answering the question, “How should Jewish feminism change in 2014 to be more effective?” Read the first post here and the second post here. It’s no secret that women have a hard time supporting one another. Sure, we’ll bring each other lasagnas and…
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Fast Forward Plane Registered to Jewish Owner Makes Emergency Landing on New York Highway
A small plane owned by a Jewish man made an emergency landing on a New York City expressway on Saturday, resulting in minor injuries to the three onboard and backing up a traffic on the major thoroughfare, emergency officials said. The single-engine plane landed on the Major Deegan Expressway in the borough of the Bronx…
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Life Jen Selter, Jewish Queen of Butt-Selfies
The New York Post ran a story about an unusual Jewish internet sensation — Jen Selter, the Jewish girl from Long Island who has leveraged carefully curated images of her rear end in yoga pants to become a star with a massive following. Her tale is a perfect example of the good, the silly and…
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Life Israeli Government To Subsidize Abortion but Not Birth Control
As conservative politicians continue to chip away abortion access around the United States, the Israeli government has decided to foot the bill. According to Haaretz, in 2014 Israel will begin to pay for abortions for women between the ages of 20 and 33 under any circumstance and they hope to pay for all abortions in…
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