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The Schmooze The World Agrees: Mila Kunis Is Hot
The jury is in, the people have spoken, and once again, Mila Kunis has come out on top. After stealing top spot as FHM’s “Sexiest Woman in the World”, Esquire’s “Sexiest Woman Alive” and Details’ “Most F*ckable Celebrity,” Kunis now ranks #1 on Reddit’s list of “100 Sexiest Women Alive.” One Reddit user decided to…
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Israel News Amusement Park Discrimination May Be Tip of Iceberg in Israel
Politicians have voiced outrage following revelations that an amusement park in central Israel segregated students from Jewish and Arab schools by having them attend on separate days. But civil rights activists say this discrimination is more common than many realize. After learning that, for years, Superland in Rishon Lezion has been keeping schools from different…
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Israel News South Africa’s Muslims and Jews, Once United Against Apartheid, Are Now Split
Partnership between Jews and Muslims in South Africa flourished when both communities joined forces in the struggle to end the apartheid regime. But as the common cause uniting them was resolved in the early 1990s, Jews and Muslims, both minorities in South Africa, grew apart and allowed the Israeli-Palestinian conflict to become a wedge issue…
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Food A Taste of the Tenements
If you’re an American Jew, there’s a pretty good chance that somewhere, somehow, someone in your family made dinner on the Lower East Side. Though the area has been home to a countless nationalities and ethnic groups, it holds a special place in the hearts of American Jews, many of whom can trace their first…
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Culture Haman of Ellis Island Resigns
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 and edifying clippings from the Jewish past. 100 years ago 1913 Finally, the Haman of Ellis Island has met his end. Now that…
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News Cory Booker, Eying N.J. Senate Run, Banks on Long and Deep Jewish Ties
While some Jews struggle to make it through one Passover Seder each year, Cory Booker, Newark, N.J.’s African-American mayor, traditionally attends at least two. It’s a holiday he equates with Thanksgiving, cherishing the time spent telling stories and teaching lessons. The only tradition he doesn’t approve of is the cuisine. “The bread of affliction is…
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The Schmooze Jonah Hill Is No Fun
After a Best Supporting Actor Oscar nod for his role in “Moneyball” in 2012, and a cameo in Quentin Tarantino’s “Django Unchained,” Jonah Hill has decided that he is above having fun. No, the 29-year-old is now a “serious actor.” In an interview with Rolling Stone called “The Doobie Brothers: Lighting Up With The Stars…
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News John Kerry Stumps for Mideast Peace; Cory Booker’s Philosemitism
In this week’s Reporters Roundtable podcast, host Josh Nathan-Kazis is joined by Forward Washington correspondent Nathan Guttman to talk about John Kerry’s trip to the Middle East and the prospects for a peace deal. Then, Forward fellow Seth Berkman drops by to discuss his recent profile of Cory Booker, the Newark mayor who loves Jews….
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