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The Schmooze Counting the Omar
A Tumblr blog has devised an original take on the traditional counting of the 49 days between Passover and Shavuot — Omar style. “Counting The Omar 2013” counts out every day of the Omer period with a meaningful saying by Omar Little from “The Wire,” the drug-dealer-robbing thief played by Michael K. Williams. The counting…
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The Schmooze 16 Jewish Celebs on Instagram
Ah, Instagram. A place where everything glows with the soft light of filters and even your non-Hollywood-celebrity-life can look put together and artsy. So just imagine what it can do for those whose lives are already more glitz-filled than yours. Kat Dennings looks quirky, Mark Zuckerberg shows off his dog, Amanda Bynes self-destructs, and Bar…
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Fast Forward Obscure German Holocaust Archive Has Trove of ‘Lists’ of Jewish Victims of Nazis
George Jaunzemis was three and a half years old when, in the chaotic weeks at the end of World War Two, he was separated from his mother as she fled with him from Germany to Belgium. He grew up in New Zealand with no memory of his early years, unaware the Latvian woman who had…
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Fast Forward Amsterdam Tried to Tax Concentration Camp Jews
The City of Amsterdam fined hundreds of Jewish Holocaust survivors for failing to pay taxes while they were in hiding or in concentration camps. The affair was exposed in an article in Het Parool, a local daily, on March 30. Many of the houses in question were confiscated and used by members of the NSB…
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Opinion ‘Jewish’ County and the Texas Prosecutor Murders
The sprawling Texas county where two prosecutors have been shot in recent weeks has the unlikeliest of Jewish roots. Kaufman County, a 780-square-mile jurisdiction just 20 miles southeast of Dallas, is named for David Spangler Kaufman. He holds a place in history books as a lawmaker in the Republic of Texas and was the only…
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The Schmooze A Viral Video, Courtesy of Drake
Ever wondered what Toronto at 5 a.m. looks like? The answer is: nothing. The bars are closed, doors are shut, and the city is pretty much deserted. But Drake, being Drake, decided to give you the grand tour anyway, in what he decided is a viral video. That might be like my first viral video….
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Fast Forward Jewish Women in New York Lose Virginity Later Than Others: Poll
Apparently, New York isn’t the den of sin it’s cracked up to be. At least, not for Jewish women. One in 8 Jewish women in New York over 18 years old is still a virgin, according to an unscientific study conducted by an online dating web site. That’s a markedly higher proportion than the approximately…
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Fast Forward David Miliband Quits Soccer Team Board After It Hired ‘Fascist’ Italian Manager
The former British foreign secretary has resigned from the board of a soccer team after it hired an Italian manager who boasted of his fascist sympathies — and once made a Nazi salute during a match. David Miliband stepped down from Sunderland’s board because of remarks that Paolo Di Canio made to Italian news agency…
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Fast Forward A Wider Bridge, a pro-Israel advocate in LGBTQ spaces, is shutting down
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Yiddish פֿאַר וואָס הערט מען ניט וועגן דעם גלעצנדיקן וווּקס פֿון דער ישׂראל־בערזע? Why aren’t we hearing about the dramatic growth of the Israeli stock market?
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Fast Forward Federal attorneys leave Trump’s University of California antisemitism investigation en masse, alleging ‘sham’ process
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