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Fast Forward BBC Yanks Documentary Claiming Story of Jewish Exile From Palestine Is ‘Myth’
An Israeli-born filmmaker is slamming the British Broadcasting Corp. for pulling his documentary on the Jewish exodus from Jerusalem in 70 A.D. Ilan Ziv said in a blog post on April 27 that the BBC exhibited “a mixture of incompetence, political naivete, conscious or subconscious political pressure and ultimately, I believe, a lack of courage…
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The Schmooze James Franco’s Naughty Birthday Cake
James Franco turned 35 on April 19, but the actor saved his birthday bash for a trip to Miami, where he received the HBO Latin America Ally Award for his “unwavering support for the LGBT community” at the Miami Gay and Lesbian Film Festival. Sitting poolside on Tuesday, the actor tweeted a picture of his…
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News Anti-Defamation League Adapts to Challenges as It Turns 100
As it enters its second century, the organization identified more than any other with fighting anti-Semitism finds levels of anti-Jewish bigotry in America lower than ever. By the admission of the Anti-Defamation League’s own national director, doors once closed to Jews are now almost uniformly open, up to and including the nation’s elite corporate suites,…
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Life Did Adam and Eve Get Alone Time?
Part of the idea of marriage is to bind together with another human being; the word marry actually means “to combine,” and the idea of marriage in Jewish tradition, beginning with Adam and Eve, is to be “united…and become one flesh.” It’s all very romantic and wonderful sounding, until you remember somewhere down the line…
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News Jews Flock to Hip Portland Seeking Culture and Laid-Back Lifestyle
Jessica Bettleheim, a business ethics lecturer at Portland State University and a young Jewish mother, has little time to spare on weekends. Like other professionals her age, she’s busy bonding with her husband and 4-year-old daughter, meeting friends at one of Portland’s many fine restaurants or gardening, a favorite pastime in this verdant metropolis known…
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The Schmooze Tal R Honored at Tel Aviv Museum Gala
Though the directive was “cocktail attire,” it was follow your own fashion muse at the April 25 American Friends of Tel Aviv Museum of Art Spring Gala at The Pierre. From the black baseball cap and white shirt worn by honoree Danish artist Tal R to the chiffon, silk and sparkly creations by some of…
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Opinion Sid Schwarz and Others Discuss What’s Trending
Sid Schwarz’s new book has a rather ambitious title, but then, this rabbi/entrepreneur is a rather ambitious man. In “Jewish Megatrends”, he aspires to do nothing less than, as the subtitle says, chart the course of the American Jewish future. He’s not doing it alone, of course. That’s where I came in. Schwarz asked me…
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The Schmooze Lena Dunham Eyes $4.5M Williamsburg Penthouse
Lena Dunham is moving up — literally. The writer/actress/director/voice-of-her-generation has apparently been eyeing a $4.45 million penthouse apartment in Williamsburg’s Gretsch Building, a far cry from her character’s Greenpoint apartment on “Girls.” The three-bedroom pad has twin walk-in closets, a 1,900 squre-foot-terrace with views of the Manhattan skyline and the Williamsburg Bridge, and a cavernous…
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