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The Schmooze Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones on a Break
More than a decade after they walked down the aisle, Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones have announced that they are taking a break. “Catherine and Michael are taking some time apart to evaluate and work on their marriage,” the couple’s rep told Us Weekly. The family has had their share of stressful times: Three years…
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The Schmooze Anthony Weiner Aide Slams Former Intern
Shocker: Things are not going well for Anthony Weiner. A week after the mayoral hopeful’s campaign started to implode when it was revealed that he had in fact continued his Internet sexcapades after his resignation from Congress, Weiner’s reputation continues to tank. The latest debacle involves remarks made by a Weiner spokeswoman, Barbara Morgan, regarding…
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The Schmooze Madonna’s Son Rocco Bar-Mitvahed
Can you picture Madonna and Guy Ritchie dancing the hora? This is what one can only hope happened after their son Rocco was bar-mitzvahed on July 13 at the Kabbalah Center in New York. Madonna celebrated her boy’s transition to manhood by posting a picture on Instagram. “We finish the last letter of the Torah…
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The Schmooze Jean Shafiroff Feted at JBFCS Benefit
It was wall-to-wall photo-op smiles as Jean Shafiroff, stunning in an azure blue strapless above the knee silk dress, and New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg faced the Red Carpet photo blitz at the Jewish Board of Family and Children’s Services 2013 Spring Benefit on April 24. Proceeding from The Plaza’s Palm Court, past its “Great…
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Fast Forward Man Sentenced to Five Years in Prison for Plotting To Bomb New York Synagogues
A man was sentenced on Friday to five years in prison for plotting to blow up synagogues in New York City, only the third conviction under a state terror statute passed in the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001 World Trade Center attacks. Mohamed Mamdouh, 22, a Moroccan-born U.S. citizen, appeared in a state court…
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News Jayson Littman, ‘Mayor’ of Gay Jewish Party Scene, Was Once Yeshiva Boy
“You’re now a gay American Jew? Are you a Jewish American gay? Are you an American gay Jew?” Jayson Littman pondered his multiple identities. Is it possible to be all three simultaneously? For Littman, it’s a rhetorical question. The 35-year-old financial consultant hosts parties in New York City, where the scene is decidedly gay and…
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Life Jewish St. Patrick’s Day
St. Patrick’s Day was yesterday, but I feel like it’s been here for weeks. Perhaps because there’s a commercial void between Valentine’s Day and Easter, this Irish Catholic feast day has permeated America so thoroughly that you’d think it was a national holiday. The muffins and bagels at the supermarket have been dyed green since…
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Opinion Shhh: NY Times Reports on Orthodox GOP Vote
Some news, apparently, is fit to print, but not too boldly. Take, for example, the demure self-censorship on display Saturday in the New York Times’ eye-opening report, headlined “On Island, Largely Blue, an Exception: Trump Tower,” on the handful of New York City neighborhoods that voted for Mitt Romney over President Obama. Overall, the city…
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