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The Schmooze Does Don Draper Want to be Jewish?
Don Draper and Rachel Menken in “Mad Men“‘s first season // AMC (JTA) — Spoiler alert: The post below discusses the content of “Mad Men” Season 7, Episode 8 (“Severance”) In the weeks before the beginning of the final season of “Mad Men,” the show’s creator Matthew Weiner did rounds of interviews on his Jewish…
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News Why Did French TV Pinpoint Hideout of Kosher Market Terror Victims?
Prosecutors in Paris are examining whether a local television station broke the law when it broadcast live reports about the location of hostages who tried to flee the killer of four Jews in January at a kosher supermarket near the French capital. The investigation was launched this week following complaints by survivors of the Jan….
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The Schmooze ‘Salem’s Moral Compass Is a British Jew
No Jews were burned as witches in Salem witch trials. But with the second season of “Salem,” set to premiere April 5, that may soon change. WGN America’s first originally-scripted series is a supernatural drama which marries the history of Puritan America with sex, blood and witches. What’s not to love? The show focuses around…
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The Schmooze 6 Things You Should Watch to Get in the Passover Mood
Passover is now five days away. That means matzo, matzo, and more matzo — kind of a mood killer, I know. But if hours and hours of Seder, an inevitable family fight over which kid (ok, adult) found the Afikomen, and stuffing your face with coconut macaroons aren’t enough to get you excited for the holiday,…
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The Schmooze Andy Samberg Will Host the 2015 Emmys
Getty Images Andy Samberg, star of the comedy TV show “Brooklyn Nine-Nine,” and our second favorite Jewish funnyman (Jon Stewart comes first — obviously) will host the 2015 Primetime Emmy Awards, the highest honors in U.S. television, organizers of the show said on Thursday. The comedian, actor, writer and producer, whose breakthrough came on late-night sketch…
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Fast Forward Richard Glatzer, ‘Still Alice’ Creator, Dies at 63
(Reuters) — Indie auteur Richard Glatzer, who directed and wrote films including “Still Alice” with his husband Wash Westmoreland, died Tuesday in Los Angeles of complications from ALS. He was 63. Sony Pictures Classics released “Still Alice,” for which Julianne Moore won the best actress Oscar for her portrayal of a woman with Alzheimer’s disease. The…
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Culture ‘The Jewish Journey’ Eyes 350 Years of Migrations to America
(JTA) — “You survive, you honor us by living,” said Martin Greenfield, now a New York master tailor, recalling his father’s words after he was liberated from the Buchenwald concentration camp. The quote could easily be taken as the theme of “The Jewish Journey: America,” a PBS documentary tracking the migrations over 350 years of…
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Life Bulimia Comedy Conquers TV’s Last Taboo
Are eating disorders the last taboo on TV? Los Angeles-based filmmaker and comedian Jessie Kahnweiler thinks so and is setting out to change that with “The Skinny,” an episodic series based on her struggles with bulimia. “Every movie I see depicting eating disorders makes me want to barf,” writes Kahnweiler on the project’s Kickstarter page….
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