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Culture How Does Olympic Ice Dancer Charlie White Balance Gold Medal and Judaism?
At the recently completed Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, Americans Charlie White and Meryl Davis thrilled audiences with their gold medal victory in ice dancing. Jewish Americans, in particular, celebrated Charlie White as a new breed of Jewish sports hero, following in the footsteps — or, in his case, skate marks — of Benny Leonard,…
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Life Steve Almond Has Some Advice for Forward Readers
Steve Almond is the author the story collections “My Life in Heavy Metal” and “The Evil B.B. Chow,” the novel “Which Brings Me to You” (with Julianna Baggott), and the non-fiction books “Candyfreak” and “(Not That You Asked).” His most recent book, “Rock and Roll Will Save Your Life,” came out in Spring 2010. He…
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Life Ariel Levy Has Some Advice for Forward Readers
New Yorker staff writer Ariel Levy will be the Forward’s next guest Bintel Brief columnist. At The New Yorker, Levy has profiled the intersex South African runner Caster Semenya, the fashion designer Marc Jacobs, the director Nora Ephron, and Cindy McCain, wife of former Republican presidential hopeful Senator John McCain. Previously, Levy wrote for New…
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Life Comedy Writer Rob Kutner Has Some Advice for Forward Readers
Emmy-winning writer Rob Kutner, who has written for “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart,” and who — until very recently — wrote for “The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien,” will be answering readers’ questions during the month of February, as the Forward’s guest Bintel Brief advice columnist. Kutner is the author of “Apocalypse How: Turn…
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Life Joan Nathan Has Some Advice for Forward Readers
Food writer Joan Nathan will be the Forward’s guest Bintel Brief columnist during the month of November. Nathan is the author of numerous cookbooks, including “Jewish Cooking in America” (Knopf, 1994), “Joan Nathan’s Jewish Holiday Cookbook” (Schocken, 2004) and “The New American Cooking” (Knopf, 2005). She has won two James Beard awards and a Julia…
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Life Amy Sohn Has Some Advice for Forward Readers
Writer Amy Sohn will be the Forward’s next guest Bintel Brief advice columnist, answering readers’ questions during the month of October. Sohn is the author of, most recently, “Prospect Park West” (Simon & Schuster) — a novel about living, loving, hating and procreating in the leafy Brooklyn neighborhood of Park Slope. She is also the…
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Life Mayim Bialik Has Some Advice for Forward Readers
Mayim Hoya Bialik, who is best know for her lead role as Blossom Russo on the early-1990s NBC sitcom “Blossom,” will be answering readers’ questions as the Forward’s guest Bintel Brief advice columnist during the month of September. After “Blossom,” Bialik went on to study neuroscience and Hebrew and Jewish studies at UCLA, where she…
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Life ‘Free Range’ Mom Lenore Skenazy To Advise Forward Readers
Columnist and humorist Lenore Skenazy will be answering readers’ questions as the Forward’s next Bintel Brief advice columnist. Skenazy, a former New York Daily News and New York Sun columnist, now writes a syndicated column that appears in more than 100 newspapers. She also runs The Week magazine’s topical humor contest, “hat’s Next?” She is,…
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