Blair Thornburgh
By Blair Thornburgh
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The Schmooze On Lena Dunham’s Wacky New Yorker Video
Who better to herald the next lurching step in the death march of print media than Lena Dunham? The 25-year-old writer-slash-director-slash-star of “Girls” also wrote, directed and starred in a five-minute web video introduction to the publication’s “head-spinning” new portable portal, where a bizarro, slacks-clad version of herself named “Lanny Donhom” (?) takes to a…
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Life Talking ‘Trash’ With Romance Novel Queen
Blogger and self-proclaimed “man-titty media pundit” Sarah Wendell posts witty and wicked reviews of romance novels at Smart Bitches, Trashy Books, and has also written two books about the genre. The Sisterhood caught up with her to talk “trash,” sex and David Beckham in his underwear, plus what she really wants to know about “50…
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News Chicago’s Doomed Hero of Lake Michigan
Donald Liu, a prominent Chicago pediatric surgeon who drowned in Lake Michigan while trying to save two boys, was remembered as a remarkable man, unparalleled doctor and selfless hero. “If you were a baby’s mother, this is the doctor you would want to care for your child from beginning to end,” said John Alverdy, MD,…
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News Jewish Doctor Who Founded Paralympics
The Paralympics, the quadrennial competition for athletes with disabilities that follows the Olympics, will draw some 4,200 participants to London in late August to vie for medals before 1.5 million ticket-holders, 5,600 journalists, countless television viewers — and, for the first time, a bronze bust of the bespectacled physician and refugee from Nazi Germany who…
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Food Mixing Bowl: Mimi Sheraton’s NY; Kosher ‘Cue
Chef Tamar Adler shares her secrets for making “brighteners” out of simple ingredients to breathe life into leftovers and more. [[Food 52][1]] Kansas City goes kosher: the capital city of ‘cue is hosting its first-ever kosher BBQ Festival and Celebration with 16 teams set to compete for the inaugural honor. [[Kansas City Jewish Chronicle][2] Daniel…
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Food The World’s Largest Falafel
After careful planning and preparation, a team comes together for the ultimate test of their skills. Judges are watching, reputations are on the line, and the heat is palpable. A record is about to be broken — but not in London. Last Saturday, 10 Jordanian chefs achieved gastronomic glory when they fried up the world’s…
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The Schmooze Shimon Peres Meets Zuckerberg’s Little Sister
Arielle Zuckerberg (that’s Mark’s little sister) was all smiles today when she met with Israeli President Shimon Peres for a photo op. The younger Zuckerberg sister (big sis Randi is a reality TV show producer) was on a break from her job with a social media marketing firm for a trip with Taglit-Birthright. Peres, for…
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The Schmooze Roseanne Barr: Best Roast Ever
Comedy Central’s got a hell of a spitfire for its next roast-ee. Roseanne Barr, comedienne, erstwhile Green party presidential candidate and self-proclaimed “fat old Jew” is next on the docket for the merciless mockery-fest, which will air August 12. Grade-A roasters like Sharon Stone and the sharp-tongued Carrie Fisher will be on hand to rip…
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