Avital Chizhik-Goldschmidt was the Life/Features editor at the Forward. Her work has appeared in the New York Times, Salon, and Tablet, among others.
Avital Chizhik-Goldschmidt
By Avital Chizhik-Goldschmidt
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The Schmooze CNN’s Sally Kohn: ‘Be Kind To The Trump Trolls’
Sally Kohn first started getting hate mail when she started appearing as a liberal commentator on Fox News. “That experience of being on the receiving end of hate, it hurt my sense of humanity,” she told MSNBC host Joy Reid at the 92nd Street Y last night. “How can there be people who do this?”…
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The Schmooze Jewish Entrepreneurial Events Are Just Like Kiddush Except With Better Alcohol
Jewish entrepreneurial events remind me of kiddush: Brooklyn accents; lots of people talking about how exactly they’re related to so-and-so, or how they made that seven-figure deal; reminders about the importance of tzedakah; all laced with some daytime drinking (in this case, a smooth white wine). At the ‘Scaling Chutzpah’ summit yesterday, held in Manhattan’s…
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Life 100 Years Of Jewish Men ‘Rebelling’ With Non-Jewish Women
Carey Purcell’s confessional essay in the Washington Post — about being a Gentile woman dating Jewish men, only to be broken up with for Jewish women — has touched a sore nerve, evidently. “Over almost seven years and two serious relationships with Jewish men who at first said religion didn’t matter — and then backtracked…
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The Schmooze Hillary Clinton Called Putin A ‘World-Class Misogynist’ At The Wing Last Night
Hillary Clinton addressed a crowd of women at the women’s-only co-working space The Wing in SoHo last night, in conversation with Audrey Gelman (co-founder of The Wing) and Aminatou Sow (co-founder of Tech LadyMafia). Clinton called Putin a “world-class misogynist”, People reported. “Angela Merkel came to visit him and he knew the intelligence and he…
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The Schmooze Harvey Weinstein Was So Impossible That Even His Crisis PR Firm Just Dropped Him
You know you’re in trouble when even your top-of-the-line, tough-as-nails crisis public relations firm drops you. Sitrick and Company, a PR firm based in New York City, will no longer represent disgraced film mogul Harvey Weinstein, The Hollywood Reporter reported. Sitrick and Company has been representing Weinstein since October, when the New York Times and…
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Fast Forward Israeli Dad-To-Be Beaten To Death In St. Petersburg
A 27-year old Israeli father-to-be died several days after being attacked on the street as he walked home to his St. Petersburg apartment, Russian outlet ‘Fontanka.ru’ reported. Mikhail Verevskoy was coming home from the grocery store late the night of March 29 when he was attacked and brutally beaten, resulting in severe brain trauma. According…
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The Schmooze Ricky Gervais, British ‘Office’ Creator, Applauds Denmark’s Ban On Kosher Slaughter
We’re only four days into Passover, and it’s already been bad for the Jews. Between a far-right German party calling for the removal of a Holocaust memorial, and a Washington Post confessional lambasting Jewish men (is that OK now?) — now British celebrity director Ricky Gervais (creator of the UK’s ‘Office’ and star of the…
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The Schmooze She Swears Off Dating Jewish Men — And The Fury Of Twitter Is Beautiful
By now, you’ve probably all read that explosive Washington Post essay entitled “I am tired of being a Jewish man’s rebellion” by Carey Purcell about the terrible struggles of being a female WASP dating Jewish guys who end up breaking your heart and settling down with a good Jewish girl. It’s tough to be a…
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