Irene Katz Connelly is a staff writer at the Forward. You can contact her at [email protected]. Follow her on Twitter at @katz_conn.
Irene Katz Connelly
By Irene Katz Connelly
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The Schmooze Gal Gadot is pregnant with her third child
Didn’t have another Gal Gadot pregnancy on your 2021 bingo card? Well, just imagine it. Hours after taking the stage at the Golden Globes, the “Wonder Woman” star, 35, announced on Instagram that she’s expecting her third child. She posted a picture of herself cuddling in bed with daughters Alma, 9, and Maya, 3, while…
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The Schmooze Brisket for breakfast is coming to Einstein’s — but it’s not your bubbe’s recipe
Have you been longing for a taste of the Passover seder on your daily commute? Probably not. That would be super weird. But you now have the chance to assuage this non-existent craving thanks to Einstein Bros’ Bagels, which recently debuted a brisket-for-breakfast sandwich. Although Einstein’s aims to imitate your local appetizing store, this brisket…
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Culture Meet the Orthodox therapist who says watching ‘Bridgerton’ could improve your sex life
If you visit Dr. Bat Sheva Marcus’s Instagram, which you absolutely should, you will find many informative videos. Videos about the challenges of having sex while breastfeeding. Videos explaining the various causes of pain during intercourse. Videos about the items you should include in your “sex basket.” (Options, among others, include “a vibrator” and “a…
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The Schmooze Is Britney Spears the Esther of our time?
The year was 2004. I was nine years old, and my access to pop culture was, in a word, limited: I consumed only the most age-appropriate public television programs and labored under a delusion that car stereos were exclusively intended for playing the “1776” soundtrack. But when Britney Spears got hitched in a pair of…
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Culture In a virtual Purim spiel, a Yiddish revival and a surprising antidote to Zoom culture
One year after the onset of the pandemic, most American theaters are languishing in the dark. But performers are still competing for our eyeballs through ever-more-sophisticated slates of virtual entertainment. Polished, highly-produced events in the vein of “Saturday Night Seder” have attempted to reproduce the intimacy and immediacy of live theater, lulling us via special…
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Culture Why does this podcast stand out from all the others?
The phrase “good girl” is always popping up on “Appearances,” Sharon Mashihi’s new narrative podcast. Family members often use that phrase to describe Melanie Barzadeh, the show’s fictional protagonist, even though she’s not really a “good girl” — at least, not by the standards of the Iranian-Jewish enclave in which she grew up. Unmarried in…
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The Schmooze Hallmark is not making High Holiday rom-coms, and that’s fine by us
If you were holding your breath for a slate of High Holidays programming from the Hallmark Channel — well, just don’t. I’m here to deliver disappointment. (Or maybe, relief.) It’s not happening. At least, not this year. In an interview with the Hollywood Reporter, Wonya Lucas, Hallmark’s incoming chief executive, addressed the network’s spotty track…
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Culture There’s a modern-day golem at the heart of this frozen yogurt romance
In 2017, the Netflix film “To the Bone” provided an excellent primer in how not to talk about eating disorders. Before it even debuted, the film sparked criticism. Many argued the trailer romanticized anorexia with intense shots of its painfully thin protagonist (played by Lily Collins), who was presented not so much as a patient…
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