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The Schmooze 3.2 Gazillion ‘Nazi’ Jokes on Twitter for World Cup
As Germany hammered Brazil during the World Cup match yesterday 7-1, Twitter exploded in reaction tweets. With a record 36.6 million tweets were sent out during the match, the Germany-Brazil match became the most discussed sports event in Twitter history. Unsurprisingly a large fraction of those tweets were, well, Nazi jokes. Germany, relax! They’re not…
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Fast Forward Rio Uses Christ Statue as Symbol of World Cup
Rio’s iconic Christ statue will be lit up on the eve of Sunday’s World Cup final in the colors of each of the finalists’ flags with Twitter users to determine which is displayed the longest. Starting on Wednesday, Twitter Inc users around the world can participate by tweeting the hashtag #ArmsWideOpen followed by the abbreviation…
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Fast Forward MSNBC Host Toure Sorry For Tweet About Holocaust Survivors
MSNBC host Toure Neblett apologized for a tweet in which he suggested that Jewish survivors of the Holocaust succeeded because they are white. “Late last week, I foolishly got involved in a twitter exchange regarding an article about reparations,” Toure tweeted on Tuesday afternoon in a series of three tweets. “It was a dumb idea…
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News Twitter Is Platform of Choice for Anti-Semites as Hate Rises on Social Media
Twitter is the “weapon of choice” for bigots and racists, according to a new report on digital hate and intolerance released by the Simon Wiesenthal Center. The center surveyed hateful content on over 30,000 websites and found that online hatred rose more than 30% over the past year. The report also graded top social media…
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The Schmooze Celebrities, They’re Just Like Us: Passover Edition
For once, it doesn’t matter if you live in an L.A. mega-mansion or a tiny New York apartment – you’ve still got to clean out your hametz. A happy Passover from all your favorite Jewish celebrities. chag pesach kasher v’sameach israel! (happy passover to everyone in israel and those time zones) — Mayim Bialik (@missmayim)…
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Fast Forward Alan Gross Gets ‘Dignified’ Treatment on Hunger Strike, Cuba Says
A Jewish contractor who has launched a hunger strike while serving a long prison term in Cuba is receiving “dignified and decent treatment” in a hospital ward, where he is in normal and stable health, Cuba said on Wednesday. Cuba’s communist government said it was concerned by a statement from Alan Gross’s lawyer on Tuesday…
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Fast Forward ‘Cuban Twitter’ Used To Undermine Regime After Alan Gross Jailing
A U.S. agency created a “Cuban Twitter” to undermine Cuba’s communist government and get around its strict Internet prohibitions, using secret shell companies financed through foreign banks, The Associated Press reported on Thursday. The two-year project drew 40,000 users who did not know the communications network was devised by a U.S. agency and designed to…
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The Schmooze Jewish Comedy Mourns Harold Ramis
RIP Egon Spengler. Jewish actor, writer and director Harold Ramis, known for “Ghostbusters,” and “Stripes,” and “Groundhog Day,”has died. He was 69 years old. News of his death rattled Hollywood, with many colleagues, friends and admirers taking to Twitter to share their shock and grief, and pay tribute to his work. Deeply saddened to hear…
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Film & TV The new ‘Superman’ is being called anti-Israel, but does that make it pro-Palestine?
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Music ‘No matter what, I will always be a Jew.’ Billy Joel opens up about his family’s Holocaust history
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Fast Forward Cuomo says key factor in his primary loss was Mamdani’s support from young, Jewish, and pro-Palestinian voters
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Fast Forward Elon Musk wants your kids to use his chatbot. The same one that praised Hitler.
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Fast Forward Nation’s largest teachers union rejects move to cut ties with ADL
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Culture In this Holocaust story, there are few words, no swastikas, no yellow stars — just movement, passion and empathy
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