Abigail Jones
By Abigail Jones
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The Schmooze Neo-Nazi Couple Embraces Jewish Roots
This is not your typical childhood romance. Ola and Pawel, both 33, met when they were 12 years old and were deeply entrenched in Poland’s neo-Nazi scene when they married six years later. Then Ola made a shocking discovery: She and Pawel had Jewish roots. “I didn’t expect to find out that I had a…
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The Schmooze Facebook’s Zuckerberg Donates $100 Million to Newark Schools
It’s doubtful that anyone will use Oprah’s couch as a trampoline this afternoon, but audience members may leap from their seats when Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg appears on the Oprah Winfrey show to formally announce his $100 million donation to the Newark public schools. The gift is part of Zuckerberg’s new foundation, Startup: Education, which…
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The Schmooze America’s Next Top Modern Orthodox Jew
It’s all fun and games until Tyra Banks asks you to give up orthodoxy. Okay, that’s not really what happened on the first episode of this season’s “America’s Next Top Model,” but what did happen had the blogoshphere abuzz over an 18-year-old Modern Orthodox Jew competing on a show known for sexy photo shoots. When…
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The Schmooze Initiative Gives Boston-Area Jewish Families Day School Tuition Aid
Boston-area Jewish day schools got a major boost this week — in the form of $2.1 million. For the next three years, Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Boston will use the funds to help Jewish families send their children to one of 10 local day schools, including the Maimonides School in Brookline and the MetroWest Jewish…
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The Schmooze An Arab-Jewish Duo Unites Over Sexy Synth-Pop
If Chromeo has proven anything, it’s that they’re “leg men.” The cover art of the Montreal-based electro-pop duo’s breakout album, “Fancy Footwork” (2007), reveals David “Dave 1” Macklovitch and Patrick “P-Thugg” Gemayel playing keyboards perched atop legs straight out of a Robert Palmer video. Their third and latest album, “Business Casual,” released last week, continues…
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The Schmooze A ‘Kvetchy’ Take on Jewish Cartoons
Imagine that the numbers on your watch have been replaced by a daunting list of words, including “obsess,” “worry,” “repress” and “panic.” Would you ever check the time again? I wouldn’t either, but cartoonist Ken Krimstein strikes at the heart of Jewish identity with this cartoon, which appears in his upcoming book, Kvetch as Kvetch…
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The Schmooze Museum of Tolerance Honors Clint Eastwood
In the movies, Clint Eastwood’s cowboys, inspectors and emotionally wounded tough guys made him a cultural icon of American manhood. In real life, the Oscar winner will soon be honored for another role: bringing justice and tolerance to the big screen. As “Dirty” Harry Callahan said, “Go ahead, make my day.” On November 14, Eastwood…
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The Schmooze Dr. Ruth’s New Sex-Free Endeavor
Dr. Ruth Westheimer has a new project — and it has nothing to do with the bedroom. The pint-sized 82-year-old sex expert is in Tel Aviv researching a PBS documentary on Israel’s Circassian Muslim community, the Associated Press reported on August 18. Those who know Westheimer for her tips on intimacy and sexual literacy may…
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