Abigail Jones
By Abigail Jones
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News ‘The Name of the Game’
Ask any woman what she wore to her prom, her wedding or any other memorable event, and she will describe it for you in excruciating detail. She may even pull the outfit from her closet and force you to admire it with her. Four-time Tony-nominated actress Tovah Feldshuh remembers her bat mitzvah dress: a white…
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The Schmooze Judd Apatow Debuts Star-Studded AJWS Video
Last night, Judd Apatow debuted his tribute video at a benefit for the American Jewish World Service at Jazz at Lincoln Center. First, a message flashes on screen: “A Public Service Announcement not approved by American Jewish World Service.” Then Don Johnson appears with perfectly coiffed hair and stubble, and says, “I’m Don Johnson, and…
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The Schmooze Jewish Funds for Justice Video: Embrace ‘Radical Empathy’
Jewish Funds for Justice’s new video “Al Tirah! Fear Not!” features “Sisterhood 50” selection Rabbi Sharon Brous and two irresistible monsters, “Fear” and “Empathy.” It’s the first video for the Al Tirah/Fear Not Movement, whose stated mission is to help people free themselves “from a nation of fear-based politics and embrace our radical empathy in…
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The Schmooze Halloween Costumes — for Dogs
As Halloween approaches, New York magazine rounded up the saddest looking pet dogs dressed in the craziest, weirdest costumes. Here’s our favorite.
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The Schmooze Synagogue Unearths 100-Year-Old Time Capsule
As the old saying goes, one person’s trash is another person’s treasure. That was certainly the case yesterday when deteriorating documents, newspapers and coins were unearthed at the Jewish History Museum in Tucson, which once served as Arizona’s first synagogue. The items were found in a time capsule buried inside a cornerstone of the building…
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The Schmooze JFNA Announces 20 Semifinalists for Jewish Community Hero
What do Jewish boxer Dmitriy Salita, ophthalmologist Stephen Kutner and Rabbi Celso Cukierkorn have in common? They are among 20 semifinalists in the second annual Jewish Community Heroes campaign. Organized by the Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA), the campaign celebrates men and women who selflessly and wholeheartedly devote their lives to helping others. Over…
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The Schmooze Erotic Paintings of Paris Life Find a Florida Home
When Claudine Faifer unwrapped the 165 oil paintings that arrived at her Miami Beach home last May, the first thing she thought was, “ohmygod ohmygod ohmygod!” There, among the vibrant scenes of clowns, carnivals and cafés, were 65 erotic images painted by her father, the late Jacques Faifer, a little-known artist whose colorful works capture…
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The Schmooze Botched Circumcisions Lead To Second Procedure
No one really likes to think about getting circumcised, but undergoing the procedure twice? No thank you. Yet some parents in the Haifa area are doing just that after news broke that a mohel botched hundreds of circumcisions and failed to comply with Jewish Law. When a group of senior rabbis from Haifa attended a…
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