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The Schmooze Model Emily Ratajkowski accuses fashion photographer of sexual assault
Jewish model and actress Emily Ratajkowski accused fashion photographer Jonathan Leder of sexual assault in an searing essay for The Cut. Ratajkowski wrote that in 2012, she traveled to the photographer’s Catskills home as an unknown 20-year-old model to participate in a photoshoot for which “exposure,” not money, would be the compensation. After plying her…
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Fast Forward Former Nanny Found Guilty Of Sexually Abusing Chabad Rabbi As Child
(JTA) — A jury in Utah has convicted the former nanny of a Chabad emissary in Salt Lake City of sexually abusing him for about 10 years beginning at age 8. Alavina Florreich, 70, on Friday was found guilty of five counts of aggravated sexual abuse of a child and two counts of forcible sex…
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The Schmooze What Happened At The Comedy Show Harvey Weinstein Attended?
“In a place where there are no humans,” 1st century Jewish sage Hillel said, “Strive to be human.” At a comedy showcase attended by Harvey Weinstein on Wednesday night in New York City, three people confronted the movie producer, who has been accused of sexual assault by over 80 women. Weinstein, who is currently out…
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Culture You’re So Vain, You Probably Think This Dating Column’s About You
“F—k you, c—t,” a man emailed me in response to an article I wrote about dating. “I hope you get over 30 very soon, lose your mediocre looks, and end up a childless feminist cat lady cause you don’t deserve to replicate and Am Yisrael and all humanity will be better off without your kind.”…
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Culture Woody Allen’s ‘Rainy Day’ To Open French Festival
Almost two years after wrapping principle photography, Woody Allen’s “A Rainy Day In New York” will play its first festival — about four-thousand miles away from New York. Allen’s film, starring Elle Fanning, Timothée Chalamet and Jude Law, was selected to open the Deauville American Film Festival in Deauville, France on September 9, Deadline reports….
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The Schmooze 100 Models Blast Victoria’s Secret For Role In Jeffrey Epstein Abuse
“It is deeply disturbing that these men appear to have leveraged their working relationship with Victoria’s Secret to lure and abuse vulnerable girls.” That’s the message from over one hundred models in a public letter released on Tuesday, addressed to John Mehas, CEO of popular lingerie company Victoria’s Secret. The once-omnipresent underwear company, which has…
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Opinion Jewish Education Must Include Sexual Ethics
The Jewish Theological Seminary, one of the academic and spiritual centers of Conservative Judaism, recently dismissed a Title IX sexual assault complaint on the grounds that the student’s misconduct happened before he was a student there. It may be that the Title IX process does not cover the sexual assault in this case. But JTS’s…
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The Schmooze Victoria’s Biggest Secret? Deciding Whether To Do A Fashion Show In The Shadow Of Sexual Abuse
Ratings have plummeted. Marketing chief Ed Razek drew outcry last year when he said that fat and transgender people have no place on a fashion runway. And the news that L Brands Corp. CEO Les Wexner has counted child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein as a close business associate might just be its end — the…
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