Jon Stewart is right about how to fight antisemitism — and should maybe be our ‘spokesjew’
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Culture Jon Stewart’s new show is not very funny — it is a mitzvah
The title of Jon Stewart’s new show might have had a double-meaning for almost anyone else. “The Problem with Jon Stewart” sounds like the beginning of a rant by your conservative uncle, or maybe a gripe from a pedantic comedy critic. In its current usage, there is little publicly problematic about the diminutive host, beloved…
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Film & TV How Jewish and Irish humor intermarried on ‘Conan’
Nearly 28 years ago Conan O’Brien filmed himself walking to his first day of work. Along the way, his doorman, hopscotching children and a horse and buggy driver, reminded him he was under “a lot of pressure” and threatened that “he better be good.” O’Brien, an accomplished writer for “SNL” and the “The Simpsons,” but…
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The Schmooze Here Are The Resurfaced Tweets Where Trump Used Jewish Dog Whistles On Jon Stewart
It’s no secret that President Donald Trump once criticized comedian Jon Stewart using language that seemed to invoke Stewart’s Judaism. He did it on Twitter, in 2013. That tweet resurfaced this week, when shared derisively by the account for “The Daily Show With Trevor Noah,” then later by celebrities including the singer Pink. Let’s revisit…
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Fast Forward WATCH: Jon Stewart Fires Back At Mitch McConnell Over 9/11 Bill
Former “Daily Show” host Jon Stewart fired back at Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell in a surprise appearance on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” on Monday, escalating their public feud over a bill to permanently endow the 9/11 Victims Compensation Fund. The tiff began when Stewart, a longtime supporter of 9/11 first responders, testified…
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The Schmooze After Shaming By Jon Stewart, House Judiciary Votes To Renew 9/11 Funding Through 2090
An abashed House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday unanimously passed a bill that will renew a fund for 9/11 survivors, which was set to expire in 2020. The vote came just hours after comedian Jon Stewart publicly reamed members for not showing up to a hearing where ailing first responders and survivors who make use of…
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The Schmooze ‘You Should Be Ashamed: Jon Stewart Rebukes Congress For Half-Empty 9/11 Survivor Hearing
“Behind me, a filled room of 9/11 first responders and in front of me, a nearly empty Congress,” comedian and commentator Jon Stewart berated a small, furtive group of congress members at a House Judiciary Committee meeting on Tuesday. On Tuesday morning Stewart, who has mostly stepped away from public life since his departure from…
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The Schmooze Jon Stewart Pointed Out Joe Biden’s ‘Gratuitous Handsiness’ With Women Years Ago
Taking a break from our regular light topics of refugees, anti-Semitism and gun violence, the country turns to another relaxing conversation: Is Joe Biden America’s fun uncle, or our creepy uncle? As the former vice president is rumored to be launching a 2020 presidential campaign any day now, footage has resurfaced of the longtime politician…
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