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The Schmooze Sarah Silverman Launches New YouTube Channel
Comedian Sarah Silverman has launched a new YouTube channel called “JASH,” according to The Hollywood Reporter. The channel was launched March 10 at the South by Southwest festival and is a collaboration between Silverman and fellow comics Michael Cera, Tim Heidecker, Eric Wareheim and Reggie Watts. The name stands for “Just Attitude So Hey.” “Literally,…
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Fast Forward Women of Wall Support Protests Planned Today
Supporters of the Women Of The Wall will gather in New York on Tuesday, March 12, supporting women’s right to pray freely at the Western Wall, or Kotel, in Jerusalem. The New York event, expected to be the largest, is organized by New York’s Wake Up for Religious Tolerance!, and will take place at 9…
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News American Jews Launch Protests for Women’s Right To Pray at Western Wall
The struggle over the right of women to pray as they wish at the Western Wall has reached the U.S. as American Jews on Monday kicked a nationwide series of protests over the emotive issue. More than 100 protesters gathered Monday evening outside the Israeli embassy in Washington to show solidarity with the Women of…
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The Schmooze Sarah Silverman in Bed With Joan Rivers
“I’m Joan Rivers — let’s see who’s coming out of my closet tonight!” That’s the beginning of Joan Rivers’s new web series, “In Bed With Joan.” The answer, for the first episode, is Sarah Silverman, who craws right in for the “full mommy experience.” During the episode the two comedians talk about what Jews keep…
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Fast Forward Sarah Silverman’s Sister Says Western Wall ‘Hijacked’ by Orthodox Jews
The sister of American comedian Sarah Silverman, Reform Rabbi Susan Silverman, one of ten women detained on Monday for participating in prayers at the Western Wall in Jerusalem, has told Haaretz that the group prayer at the site was not a provocation, and that she is opposed to Haredi “hijacking” of the sacred site on…
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Fast Forward Sarah Silverman’s Sister Among 10 Women Arrested in Western Wall Protest
Israeli police detained 10 women at one of Judaism’s most sacred sites on Monday for wearing prayer shawls, which Orthodox tradition sees as solely for men, a spokesman said. The incident at the Western Wall in Jerusalem’s Old City highlighted the divisions between the more liberal streams of Judaism and politically powerful Orthodox groups that…
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Fast Forward Sarah Silverman Helps Israeli Company Bring Solar Power to the Galapagos
With the help of American comedian Sarah Silverman, an Israel-based developer of solar projects is using online crowd funding to bring solar energy to the Galapagos. Energiya Global has announced the launch of an Internet campaign to install 1,200 solar panels on the site of a former garbage dump in the Galápagos UNESCO World Heritage…
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Opinion Sarah and Sheldon and Mindy, Oh My!
Now that the serious stuff is out of the way, let’s list the best (or worst) Jewish viral videos of the 2012 election cycle. Silverman on Adelson Comedian Sarah Silverman offered sexual favors to billionaire Republican donor Sheldon Adelson in this video from the group behind 2008’s Great Schlep. Silverman’s deal: Donate to Democrats instead…
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