Emily Siegel
By Emily Siegel
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Breaking News Ultra-Orthodox School That Refuses To Teach English Defies Brit Order To Close
British education watchdogs last month ordered an ultra-Orthodox Jewish school to close its doors for refusing to teach English, but it defiantly remains open. The Evening Standard reported Thursday that kids with backpacks continue to enter and leave Talmud Torah Tashbar in North London everyday. “I didn’t know it had been told to close, kids…
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News David Duke Thinks Comparing Donald Trump to Hitler Is Great — for Adolf
White supremacist leader David Duke believes that the comparisons being made between Donald Trump and Adolf Hitler could actually be great — for the Fuhrer. Politico reported that Duke said on his radio show, “They might be rehabilitating that fellow with the mustache back there in Germany.” Duke’s diatribe was inspired by a commercial he…
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The Schmooze Diane Von Furstenberg Pays $100K to Clone Her Jack Russell Terrier Shannon
Jewish-German designer Diane Von Furstenberg and her media mogul husband Barry Diller could not handle the death of their Jack Russell Terrier; Shannon, after all, was one-of-a-kind. She lived in a custom-made, neoclassical doghouse. To solve the tiny problem of death and the fleetingness of life, they decided to clone her. Odd, because Von Furstenberg’s…
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News Jewish Transgender Woman Named White House LGBT Liaison
President Obama has promoted the first openly transgender person to work in the West Wing to be the White House’s top liaison to the LGBT community. Raffi Freedman-Gurspan, who is Jewish, has been serving as the Outreach and Recruitment Director in the White House Office of Presidential Personnel since last year. Mara Keisling, executive director…
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Food Celebrate Pi(e) Day With 6 Mouthwatering Jewish Recipes
It’s March 14 so it’s time to pig out on pie in honor of Pi Day. It’s a day to celebrate the mathematical constant number Pi, which you all remember from 6th grade geometry. People celebrate Pi Day in many ways: MIT mails out its acceptance letters today, Princeton, New Jersey has a Pi celebration…
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The Schmooze Ruth Bader Ginsburg is Writing a Book – and Fulfilling Our Dreams
Simon & Schuster announced Thursday that it will publish Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s first book since becoming supreme court justice titled “My Own Words”. According to the publisher, the book will be a collection of writings and speeches on topics such as gender equality, the workings of the supreme court, lawyers in opera and Ginsburg’s own…
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The Schmooze James Deen’s Porn Company Fined $77K for Condom Violation
The Jewish porn star who was accused of sexual assault by three former girlfriends is facing a new allegation. California officials are accusing James Deen’s production company, Third Rock Enterprises, of not providing condoms and proper vaccines to their employees, exposing them to sexually transmitted diseases. The Guardianreports that the proposed penalty amounts to $77,875….
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The Schmooze SNL’s ‘Vote for Trump’ Ad Goes There
The Donald Trump campaign is creating some comedy gold and Saturday Night Live is reaping the benefits. Their phony “Vote for Trump” ad that ran on Saturday night answered the question of who is actually voting for Trump. According to them, it’s a bunch of racists and antisemites. Watch below.
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