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Opinion News Quiz: Bloomberg’s Prize, Jewish Strippers and More!
Impressionists, Islamists and Jewish strippers — you KNOW there’s only one place to find them all: your weekly Jewish news quiz. Also making appearances this week: Mayor Bloomberg, disco and Eggnog. Yup. Eggnog.
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Opinion News Quiz: Bageling, Polyamorous Jews and More!
Polyamorous Jews? They’re in quiz this week — and maybe even in your shul. If you’re ever bored, well, now you can look around for something besides who’s wearing the most sports-obsessed kippah. (And, by the way, why is that even kosher? What would Rashi say about a skullcap emblazoned “METS!”?) Also here: A bit…
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Culture Sensation Rocks the Leo Frank Murder Trial
Forward Looking Back brings you the stories that were making news in the Forward’s Yiddish paper 100, 75, and 50 years ago. Check back each week for a new set of illuminating and edifying clippings from the Jewish past. 1913 •100 years ago Sensation at the Frank Trial A man who hopes to be a…
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Opinion News Quiz: What To Call Hanukkah/Thanksgiving?
We’ve got Anne ‘n’ Andy in this week’s quiz — Anne Frank and Andy Samberg, that is, both busy, as well as a peek at what may or may not be a real show: “Downton Rebbe.” And somehow Mariano Rivera made it in, too!
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Opinion News Quiz: What Sarah Silverman Wore
Sarah Silverman can always figure out how to yank our chains — so what did she do on a recent talk show? For that matter, what did Bob Dylan just do (but not on a talk show)? And what does the new kosher cell phone do? Take the quiz to find out!
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Opinion News Quiz: Ari Emanuel’s Big Buy
So is “The Real Rebbetzins” real? How about exploding rugelach and a new holiday involving casseroles? And is it true what they say about Ari Emanuel? Take this week’s quiz and find out!
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News Father Arrested on Bigamy Charge
1913 •100 years ago Father Arrested on Bigamy Charge Isaac Tenenbaum, a resident of Vineland, N.J. who immigrated to the United States 19 years ago, has been happily married for 17 years and has four children. All was well and good until the wife he left 19 years ago, in Berditchev, in Eastern Europe, showed…
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Opinion News Quiz: Andy Samberg’s New Gig
As we enter the New Year with all its promise, we can’t help but ponder a few mysteries of life: What has King Solomon left for the ages? What is Andy Samberg doing this fall? And what job has a young Hasidic man snagged that is as surprising as gefilte fish at the Oyster Bar?…
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