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The Schmooze Sarah Silverman Donates Her Voice to Keshet
(JTA) — Attention all Bostonians looking for a good, old-fashioned, R-rated outgoing voicemail message: Sarah Silverman and Keshet, an organization that advocates for gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender Jews, might be able to help. Attendees of the Keshet Cabaret on March 27 will have the opportunity to bid on a personal voicemail from the raunchy…
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The Schmooze Sarah Silverman Is Dating Michael Sheen
Jewish single men, read it and weep: Sarah Silverman is off the market. Jesus must have given Sarah a good pep talk during their recent hangout sesh (he appeared in Sarah’s kitchen to give her the truth about women’s reproductive rights — and stayed for a CSI marathon); Us Weekly reports that the Jewish comedian…
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Life Sarah Silverman Ends ‘Are Women Funny?’ Debate
“Okay, last night I was visited by Jesus Christ, like the Jesus Christ. And he told me he was really bummed by all these people who use my name for intolerance and oppression.” And so begins Sarah Silverman’s latest viral video, in which Christ comes to Sarah’s living room to tell her that she has…
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The Schmooze Sarah Silverman Hangs With Jesus — And Talks Women’s Rights
Guess who Sarah Silverman hung out with last night? A nice Jewish boy named Jesus Christ. Yes, that Jesus. It seems that Jesus is a little upset about how his name is being used in the national discussion about women’s reproductive rights (or “intolerance and oppression,” as Silverman puts it), and wants Sarah to spread…
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Opinion Sarah Silverman Hailed As Prophetess in Israel
Comedian Sarah Silverman has been called many things, but never a prophetess. Until yesterday, when she was given prophetic credentials in the magazine section of the Israeli newspaper Yediot Achronot. The accolade comes from an interview with her sister, Jerusalem-based Reform rabbi (and one of the Forward 50 list of important Jews) Susan Silverman, which…
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The Schmooze What Did Jewish Celebrities Do For Christmas?
For Jews, Christmas is a time to switch off, relax, be first in line to see the Christmas blockbuster releases and eat Chinese food by the soft glow of the TV. And in this case, celebrities really are just like us — how did your favorite Jewish stars celebrate Christmas? Find out: Sarah Silverman sent…
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Opinion 13 Stories That Rattled the Shtetlsphere in 2013
We’ve got all the Jewish names that lit up 2013, for better or worse — and everything in between. There’s Titi Aynaw, the trailblazing first black Miss Israel who parlayed her pageant win into a “dream date” with President Barack Obama. You might not recognize Jake Davidson’s name but the day school kid from Los…
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Culture Deconstructing an Older Sarah Silverman
Around the middle of Sarah Silverman’s new HBO comedy special, “We Are Miracles,” the famously long-necked comedian tells a 39-member audience at Los Angeles’s Largo nightclub about a recent study done by the University of North Carolina, in which it was discovered that “9/11 widows give great hand jobs.” The audience laughs, and laughs again,…
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