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The Schmooze Bible Experience Coming to New York
The History Channel’s highly-rated “The Bible” mini-series is coming to New York. Or at least, a part of it is. Rare biblical artifacts including fragments of the Dead Sea Scrolls (portions of the books of Daniel, Jonah and Jeremiah), a 14th-century Torah scroll and a 12th-century prayer book from Egypt in the Karaite Jewish tradition…
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The Schmooze How Evan Handler Became a Sex Symbol
Evan Handler is best known for his two “lighter” roles: Jewish divorce lawyer Harry Goldenblatt on “Sex and the City,” and Charlie Runkle, agent and friend to novelist Hank Moody (David Duchovny) on “Californication.” These are highlights of a remarkable career that almost never was. At age 24, Handler was diagnosed with cancer, which he…
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The Schmooze Actress Bonnie Franklin Dies at 69
Actress Bonnie Franklin, best known as a single working mother in the hit CBS comedy “One Day at a Time” in an era when U.S. television was redefining families in pop culture, died March 1 at age 69. She died at her Los Angeles home of complications from pancreatic cancer, surrounded by relatives and friends,…
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The Schmooze ADL Asks Joan Rivers to Apologize for Holocaust Joke
The Anti-Defamation League called on “Fashion Police” host Joan Rivers to apologize for a Holocaust reference she made on the show. Rivers on the E! Entertainment Television program of February 25, commenting on a dress worn by German-American supermodel Heidi Klum, said, “The last time a German looked this hot was when they were pushing…
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The Schmooze The Cantor Who Was Actually Jesus
It’s not giving anything away to say that Lifetime’s new movie “Twist of Faith” ends with its mismatched romantic leads back together, embracing on the threshold of her home. Nor does it reveal anything to note that Music and the Power of Song connect Toni Braxton’s Black Gospel singer with David Julian Hirsh’s doubting, erstwhile…
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The Schmooze Jewish ‘Downton Abbey’?
Fear not, those of you who were disappointed when it turned out that there was no yiddishkeit at Downton Abbey! It seems a kosher version of turn-of-the-20th-century upper crust British life is coming to the small screen in the near future. The U.K.’s Jewish Chronicle reports that Carnival Films, the production company behind the wildly…
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News Al Gore Says Stiff Competition Forced Sale of TV Network to Al Jazeera
Al Gore said on Tuesday that tough competition from major U.S. television networks forced him to sell Current TV, a struggling progressive cable channel, to Al Jazeera, and he praised the Arabic news broadcaster’s coverage of climate change. Gore, a former vice president who won a Nobel Peace Prize for raising awareness about the problems…
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Opinion Who’s Afraid of Al-Jazeera?
When Al-Jazeera announced in early January that it was edging its way more aggressively into the American market (through the purchase of Al Gore’s fairly moribund channel, Current TV, for $500 million), the news was met with a predictable dollop of fear and loathing. Bill O’Reilly jumped to call the Qatari-based channel “anti-American.” Groups like…
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