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The Schmooze Lea Michele’s ‘Glee’ Heartbreak Over Cory Monteith
On the eve of “Glee“‘s tribute to Finn Hudson, played by the late Cory Monteith, girlfriend Lea Michele has opened up in her first interview since his death. “I feel like, for me personally, I’ve lost two people: Cory and Finn,” she told TV WEEK Australia. “I really woke up every single day feeling like…
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Food Recipe: Israeli Shakshuka with Feta Cheese
Keren Shahar-Karbe’s Israeli Shakshuka with Feta Cheese: Ingredients (Serves 2): 6 tablespoons vegetable oil (not olive oil) 1 diced red paprika 4 grounded garlic cloves 5 very ripe diced tomatoes 1 tablespoon of tomato paste 120 ml water 1 teaspoon of sweet paprika 1-2 chopped hot dry chilisea salt ¼ teaspoon of turmeric powder 80…
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Food Mixing Israeli Food and Spirit in Berlin
It could be just another store renovation in Berlin’s thriving Mitte-district. But Keren Shahar-Karbe is beaming as she walks through the empty rooms of a former art gallery. Some walls have holes and cables stick out of them. “So much has already changed,” Shahar-Karbe said, visibly excited. In September, the 34-year-old Israeli started renovating the…
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Fast Forward Three Jews Share Nobel Prize for Work Using Computers for Chemistry
Three Jewish scientists won the Nobel Prize for chemistry on Wednesday for pioneering work on computer programs that simulate complex chemical processes and have accelerated progress in areas from drugs to solar energy. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, awarding the prize of 8 million crowns ($1.25 million) to Martin Karplus, Michael Levitt and Arieh…
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Opinion Janet Yellen Brings Jewish Side to Fed — Again
President Obama’s nomination of Janet Yellen to be the next chair of the Federal Reserve will, if confirmed by the Senate, make her the first woman to lead the bank since its creation nearly a century ago. But she’ll be far from the first Jew. Yellen, whose nomination to head America’s central bank was reported…
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News Trailblazing Reconstructionist Deborah Waxman Relishes Challenges of Judaism
Reconstructionist Judaism has a new leader. For the first time, she is a woman — and a lesbian. In fact, Rabbi Deborah Waxman, who will take the reins of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, the newly merged seminary and congregational apparatus of the Reconstructionist movement, is the first woman to ever head a Jewish congregational organization….
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Food High Plains Shabbat
In August, I left Brooklyn and moved to the North Dakota-Minnesota border where my boyfriend, Nick, is a fifth-generation farmer. I arrived just in time for harvest, so with Nick’s 14-hour tractor shifts, our Shabbat meals have been improvised, eaten out of Thermoses, and rustic. (“Rustic” is just my glorified way of saying that bits…
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The Schmooze Does This Spider Look Like Borat?
This is not a joke. An Indian software engineer snapped a picture of a spider that he swears looks exactly like Borant, the Kazakhstani character played Sacha Baron Cohen character, the Daily Mail reported. Anand Joshi, 24, reportedly found the mustachioed, mankini-legged lookalike outside his house in Bangalore. Check out the picture here. What do…
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