Emily Siegel
By Emily Siegel
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Breaking News Park Slope Food Coop Just Made Things Much Harder for BDS
The Boycott Israel debate is once more dividing members of a food cooperative in Brooklyn — and this time the anti-BDS side instituted new rules to make it more difficult to boycott anyone. At a recent general meeting of the Park Slope Food Coop, members voted 294 to 192 to require a 75% super majority,…
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Breaking News Donald Trump’s Hollywood Star Defaced With Swastika
Donald Trump’s star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame (yes, he has a star), has been defaced with a swastika. A posted a photo of the defaced star on a thread on Friday. The star was clean by Saturday morning. The Wrap reports that an actor who dresses up as Batman on Hollywood Boulevard confirmed…
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The Schmooze 4 Jewish Things About the GLAAD Awards
The GLAAD Awards nominees are here and the Jews have a strong presence in the television and music categories. Here are four things you need to know about the 27th edition of the awards, which recognizes LGBT representations in the media. In the Outstanding Music Artist category, the multitalented Australian Troye Sivan is nominated. Sivan,…
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The Schmooze 5 Killer Airbnb Spots — Only Drawback Is They’re in West Bank Settlements
Want to stay in a possibly dangerous and unauthorized Israeli settlement? Even if you don’t, you might accidentally. Airbnb was by opponents of the Israeli occupation of the West Bank for listing homes there and not properly labeling them. It turns out that those looking for a quiet neighborhood right outside either Tel Aviv or…
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The Schmooze Daniel Radcliffe Talks of His Friendship With the Late Alan Rickman
The contentious relationship between Harry Potter and his often-terrifying potions teacher did not continue off-screen. Daniel Radcliffe, the Jewish actor who played your favorite boy wizard continues to speak openly about his sadness regarding the death of his former co-star Alan Rickman. Radcliffe spoke to at the world premiere of his new movie “Swiss Army…
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Opinion When Good Militia Men Go Jewish and Blow a Shofar — or Not
Mazel tov, you made it through another Yom Kippur! Um, wait, whoops. This video of two dudes blowing the shofar is not actually signaling the end of a Jewish synagogue service. It’s actually two far right-wing militia men in Burns, Oregon blowing into a quote-unquote “battle horn” during their occupation of a federal wildlife refuge….
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The Schmooze Now You Can Get Coffee in One of Seinfeld’s Cars
Three of Jerry Seinfeld’s Porsches are hitting the auction block – but not that wicked cool silver-blue 1963 Corvette he tooled around the White House in with President Obama. The comedian is selling a 1955 Porsche 550 Spyder, a 1958 Porsche 356 A 1500 GS/GT Carrera Speedster and a 1974 Porsche 911 Carrera 3.0 IROC…
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The Schmooze Debra Messing Confirms ‘Will & Grace’ Reunion
Debra Messing has confirmed the “Will & Grace” reunion. “Will & Grace” fans — Mark your calendars! Actress Debra Messing has confirmed that the cast of the popular sitcom, which was on the air for eight seasons until the final show in 2006, will reunite next month for an NBC special. “It’s true,” the red-haired…
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