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Opinion Lingo of the Sarah Silverman Controversy
The Jewish Press set off a firestorm last week when it published An Open Letter to Sarah Silverman by Rabbi Yaakov Rosenblatt. The Orthodox author criticized the comedian’s politics, vulgar presentation style, and the fact that she remains childless. As a linguist, what I found most interesting about this article was the language. By looking…
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Opinion Silverman Boosts Obama (Not That One)
There’s a Silverman involved in the latest pro-Obama ad, but it’s not the one you’re thinking (or hoping) it is. Sarah Silverman’s sister, Rabbi Susan Silverman, who lives in Israel, co-produced “Israelis on Obama.” The piece features a number of Israeli talking heads (mainly defense officials, political scientists, and intellectuals) praising Obama’s financing of Israel’s…
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Film & TV Celebs Shtick it Up for Reproductive Rights
Sarah Silverman has been making humorous political videos for a while, but in her latest one she has some very A-list friends helping her out. Everyone with blue-leaning inclinations, it seemed, posted her “Great Schlep” video on their Facebook walls in 2008, spreading the word about her effort to get young Jews to convince their…
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The Schmooze Tuesday’s Shmooze Celebrity Roundup
Sunday’s Emmys were a font of Shmooze celebrity news. First off, Mayim Bialik made Jewish moms and dads everywhere kvell at the awards ceremony on Sunday night when she gave a shout out during a red carpet interview to popular parenting blog, Kveller.com. Did you notice that “Two Broke Girls” star Kat Dennings was slouching…
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Opinion Sarah’s Gonna Help You Vote
This year’s Great Schlep won’t just send young Jews to Florida — it’s gonna get them an ID, too. The group behind the 2008 effort to recruit young Jews to swing their Floridian grandparents to Obama has a new video out today calling on young Jews to make sure their grandparents have the identification they…
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The Schmooze Shmooze Celebrity Roundup
Pixie-coiffed Anne Hathaway accompanied her fiancé Adam Shulman to Rosh Hashanah services on Monday. The paparazzi documented a lot of PDA on the couple’s way to IKAR at the Westside JCC in Los Angeles. Hathaway and Shulman weren’t the only ones doing some New Year’s smooching. Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher were spotted locking lips…
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Opinion What Sarah Silverman Would Do for Obama
Sarah Silverman has an “indecent proposal” for Jewish billionaire Sheldon Adelson. If Adelson will switch his allegiance to Barack Obama from Mitt Romney, Silverman will… well, we don’t want to give away the punch line. Why don’t you just watch the video? Unless you’re at work, that is, or there are kids around. The video…
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Opinion Super PAC Ready To Schlep Again
Armed with a $200,000 donation from a son of George Soros, the pro-Obama Jewish group that behind The Great Schlep is posed to play a major role this election cycle. The group, called the Jewish Council for Education and Research, ran a high-profile campaign to send young Jews to lobby their grandparents to vote for…
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