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Fast Forward Ryan Braun Blames Anti-Semite for Positive Drug Test
Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Ryan Braun during his appeal of a drug suspension in 2012 told players on opposing teams that the collector of his urine sample was an anti-Semite — and a Cubs fan to boot. Braun, the son of an Israeli-born Jewish father, was suspended in July for the remainder of this season for…
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The Schmooze Everything You Need to Know About 30-Year-Old Woody Allen
30-year-old Woody Allen’s typed resume has resurfaced from the depths of “the files of his former press agent.” Needless to say, it’s quite a gem. Written in the first person, the 1965 document details Allen’s achievements to date, including a successful week on the Johnny Carson Show, writing gigs for the Gary Moore Show and…
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News London JW3 Jewish Center Aims for Bit of American ‘Exuberance’
Finchley Road, which stretches across London’s northern suburbs, is one of the city’s busiest thoroughfares. Day and night, cars crawl along it, passing supermarkets, furniture stores, a popular multiplex and, lately, a vast construction site for a new project now nearing completion. What’s about to be unveiled here is broadcast loud and clear by the…
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Life Heels Versus Flats as a Married Woman
As a woman, being married is usually not enough to keep a man from looking at you; there’s no obvious sign that I carry around with me that signals my status as a taken woman. I wear a ring, of course, but that’s not noticeable, especially not from afar. I wear a hair covering —…
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Fast Forward Ryan Braun Plans To Admit Using Performance-Enhancing Drugs
Ryan Braun, the first Jewish baseball player to win the Most Valuable Player award in decades, reportedly plans to admit using performing enhancing drugs. The so-called Hebrew Hammer will also apologize to teammates and baseball officials for his long string of lies about doping, USA Today reported. Braun, the embattled Milwaukee Brewers left fielder, plans…
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News Does Haunting Photo Show Singin’ Jewish Twins?
I haven’t taken a survey on this, but I feel pretty confident that the secret shame of photo archivists is that drawer full of unidentified images — the “orphans,” in archive speak. Photos that stubbornly refuse to reveal any hint of who might be in them, where they may have been taken and, most important,…
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Fast Forward Anti-Defamation League Compares Russia’s Abuse of Gays to Soviet Treatment of Jews
The Anti-Defamation League called for a new version of the Jackson-Vanik amendment to pressure Russia to improve its treatment of gays. Jackson-Vanik was a provision of the 1974 Trade Act that denied favored status to nations that restricted emigration. The amendment was used to pressure the Soviet Union to loosen its restrictive emigration policies. “It…
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Fast Forward New York City Suspends Funding to Met Council Amid William Rapfogel Scandal
New York has reportedly suspended all funding to the Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty following the firing of its longtime CEO, William Rapfogel, over alleged financial misdeeds. “All pending awards have been put on hold until an investigation by the New York Department of Investigation is completed,” said mayoral spokesman Kamran Mumtaz, according to a…
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