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Fast Forward Jewish UCLA Fraternity Sued Over Sexual Assault
(JTA) — A female student at the University of California, Los Angeles has sued the Zeta Beta Tau fraternity there and one of the fraternity’s former members, accusing him of sexual assault. The accuser, who is remaining anonymous in the lawsuit, says that Blake Lobato, a ZBT brother, forcibly penetrated her while she was drunk…
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The Schmooze Leonard Bernstein’s Centenary, ‘Memoir Of War’ And More To Read, Watch And Do This Weekend
On August 25, 1918, as World War I barreled further into its final phase and a play called “Lightnin’” prepared for the next-day open of what would be a Broadway run of record-breaking length, a baby was born in Lawrence, Massachusetts with the name of Leonard Bernstein. Over the rest of the 20th century, Bernstein’s…
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Culture In The Face Of Circus Politics, We Need Better Stories
I recently returned from a Trump fast. It was actually a news fast, but since the news these days is pretty much all Trump all the time, a Trump detox is what it turned out to be. It was in the high desert, in another country, at a place with mercifully lousy cell service, blissfully…
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The Schmooze ‘Crazy Rich Asians,’ ‘The Cut Out Girl’ And More To Read, Watch And Do This Weekend
Aretha Franklin was the heartbeat of American music, an unmatchable talent with an unmatchable presence. Thursday’s news of her death from pancreatic cancer at age 76 was met by testaments to her greatness from everyone from Barack and Michelle Obama to Barbra Streisand. For the Forward, Benjamin Ivry wrote a meditation on Franklin’s lasting Jewish…
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The Schmooze ‘BlacKkKlansman,’ Randy Newman In L.A. And More To Read, Watch And Do This Weekend
I spent last Saturday at a truly raucous wedding, so my plans for the forthcoming weekend are heavy on sleep and light on, well, everything else. If you, unlike me, are planning to be out and about this weekend, read on for the best weekend events in New York City, Washington D.C., Chicago and Los…
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Fast Forward Author Of ‘Sapiens’ Won’t Participate In LA Event Put On By Israeli Consulate
(JTA) — Israeli historian Yuval Noah Harari, author of the best-selling book “Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind,” is refusing to participate in an event in Los Angeles sponsored by the Israeli Consulate in protest of several recently passed laws in Israel, including the nation-state and surrogacy laws. Harari is scheduled to participate in a Live…
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Culture Life, Death And Wrestling With Delacroix’s Angel In Paris
‘You must see the garden,” said the guard, in French, pointing to a door in the Delacroix Museum that my daughter and I hadn’t noticed. It led outside and down two sets of stairs to an exquisite courtyard, a silent oasis below the studio where Eugène Delacroix lived while he struggled to finish his last…
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The Schmooze All-Yiddish ‘Fiddler,’ Comedy In D.C. And More To Read, Watch And Do This Weekend
Oy, readers. It has been such a week; the only thing to say is oy, and the only thing to do is make plans for the weekend for the sake of distraction. Read on for the best weekend events in New York City, Washington D.C., Chicago and Los Angeles, as well as the best weekend…
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