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The Schmooze Anton Yelchin’s Last Film, Ira Glass At RadioLoveFest And More To Read, Watch And Do This Weekend
Astonishingly, it’s nearly spring; Daylight Saving Time kicks in on Sunday, and it’s almost possible to imagine what it might be like to no longer be cold all the time. (Yes, it’s true that last year winter extended practically through May in New York. Nonetheless, sunshine is nigh!) If you aren’t quite ready to embrace the…
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The Schmooze I Attended Three Of NYC’s Biggest Purim Parties In One Night
The story of Purim opens with a 180-day party capped off by a seven-day mega-party. It ends with the instruction that the holiday should be celebrated by Jews “as days of feasting and merrymaking,” which should be taken as “an obligation.” And so, on Wednesday night I set off into the night with the goal…
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Community What Do Jews Owe Crown Heights?
In 2012, Hannah Roodman endeavored to show Crown Heights, Brooklyn through the eyes of its Chabad and West Indian residents. In the years since she directed Project 2×1, she’s had time to reflect on the changing neighborhood and our responsibilities as young Jews. “My hope was that the Crown Heights Jewish community would acknowledge that…
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Fast Forward Eliot Spitzer Threatened To Stab Man In Crotch After Taunts
Eliot Spitzer, the disgraced ex-governor of New York, threatened to stab a man in the penis at a Greek restaurant in Manhattan on January 2, the New York Post reported. According to the man and one other witness, Spitzer’s threat came after the diner, Jamie Antolini, goaded Spitzer by loudly praising the man who brought…
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The Schmooze How Popular Are Jewish Baby Names In New York City?
What’s in a name? Well, if you’re a baby who was born in New York City in 2016, chances are the answer is “a lot of biblical significance.” The New York City Department of Health has released the top ten most popular baby names of that year, and the list is fascinating. Of the top…
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Fast Forward New York Subway Bomb Suspect Blamed Attack On Israeli Actions In Gaza
(JTA) — The suspect in a pipe bomb attack on New York’s Port Authority Bus Terminal said he was motivated by Israeli actions in Gaza, CNN reported. Akayed Ullah spoke with authorities at Bellevue Hospital, where he was taken after the bomb went off prematurely. He was the sole casualty in the attack when his homemade…
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Community When I Was Ten Years Old, I Saved A Rabbi’s Life
The day began as so many days in early December do, pretending to still be fall in the bright light of morning but descending into the grey and cold that only the earliest days of winter feel like by afternoon. I was 10 years old, in the 5th grade and hated going to school. My…
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Community Is It Anti-Semitic For Non-Jews To Associate Jews With Money?
Jews and money, money and Jews. How long have we been associated with money? Probably as long as our history. Money has enabled us to survive, to run quickly when the anti-Semites attack and to maintain ourselves in the face of prejudice and ostracism. Yet the association of Jews with money has been a constant…
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