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Culture Jewish Gangster Lured to Revenge Shooting at Restaurant on E. 14th Street
Forward Looking Back brings you the stories that were making news in the Forward’s Yiddish paper 100, 75, and 50 years ago. Check back each week for a new set of illuminating, edifying and sometimes wacky clippings from the Jewish past. 1913 •100 years ago Gangster Billy Lustig Shot New York City Police suspect that…
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Fast Forward Amar’e Stoudemire Wants Israeli Citizenship
NEW YORK — Amar’e Stoudemire, the New York Knicks star who claims Hebrew roots and is currently touring Israel, is seeking Israeli citizenship. Stoudemire’s agent, Happy Walters, told New York magazine that the Knicks’ power forward is in the process of becoming an Israeli. “He’s getting citizenship,” Walters said. ”He applied, and he’s there now.”…
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The Schmooze James Deen On Making It in Hollywood
Between James Deen’s mainstream debut alongside Lindsay Lohan in the indie-noir film “The Canyons” and the upcoming biopic “Lovelace” (based on “Deep Throat” star Linda Lovelace) it seems everyone’s talking about porn. Plenty of porn stars have tried to shed their taboo image for a more squeaky-clean Hollywood career. But in an interview with Vulture,…
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Fast Forward Ellen DeGeneres Replaces Seth MacFarlane at Oscars — After Anti-Semitism Debacle
LOS ANGELES – Comedian Ellen DeGeneres has been chosen to host the annual Oscars telecast in March, after last year’s host and “Family Guy” creator Seth MacFarlane got into hot water over jokes about Jews in Hollywood and provocative dance routines. This would be her second stint as master of ceremonies for the Oscars. DeGeneres,…
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The Schmooze Max Greenfield Does a Killer Vanilla Ice
If you’ve ever watched “New Girl,” the fact that Max Greenfield does a killer Vanilla Ice impression should come as no surprise. His lovable schlemiel character, Schmidt, would be proud. For reasons unknown to humanity, Greenfield and Paul Scheer (“The League”) decided to reenact a classic Vanilla Ice and Arsenio Hall interview for the “ArScheerio…
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The Schmooze Bethenny Frankel Feels Nothing For New Jersey ‘Housewife’
Former “Real Housewives of New York” star Bethenny Frankel feels no sympathy for her Jersey “Housewives” counterpart, Teresa Giudice, who along with her husband, was indicted on 39 counts, including bank and bankruptcy fraud on Monday. My first thought today was, ‘Oh, if they weren’t on reality TV, none of this would probably ever be…
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Fast Forward Pro-Palestinian Jerusalem Rally Banned in Toronto
Ontario’s legislature won praise from Jewish groups for its refusal to permit the annual Al-Quds Day protest, traditionally held on the grounds outside the legislature building in Toronto. The legislature’s sergeant-at-arms, Dennis Clark, informed B’nai Brith Canada and the Centre for Jewish and Israel Affairs that this year’s permit was refused for reasons of “public…
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Opinion Naomi Zeveloff Talks About Transgender Jews
Forward editor Naomi Zeveloff talks about the groundbreaking series on transgender Jews in an interview with Sirius satellite radio. Click to listen.
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