Juliana Kaplan
By Juliana Kaplan
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The Schmooze ‘Modern Family’ Creator Is ‘Disgusted’ By Association With Fox News
All’s not well in the family for “Modern Family” co-creator Steve Levitan. After conservative commentator Laura Ingraham called child detention centers “essentially summer camps” or “boarding schools” on Fox News, Levitan joined Seth MacFarlane in saying he was “disgusted to work at a company that has anything whatsoever to do with” Fox News. Let me…
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Fast Forward Ivanka Trump Calls Jared Kushner’s Parents ‘Mom’ and ‘Dad’
Ivanka Trump has thoroughly enmeshed herself in Jared Kushner’s family, even going so far as to call his parents “mom” and “dad,” Politico reported Sunday based on its examination of a new book on the Trump family. “Born Trump,” by Vanity Fair writer Emily Jane Fox, follows the children of President Trump from their childhoods…
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Fast Forward New Yorkers In Religious Garb Subjected To ‘Rampant’ Harassment
Residents of New York City who wear religious clothing faced “rampant” physical and verbal harassment before and after the 2016 election, BuzzFeed News reported Tuesday, citing a new study by the New York City Commission on Human Rights (NYCCHR). The survey, which examined incidents from July 2016 to late 2017, found that one in five…
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Fast Forward Sessions ‘Hate, Hate, Hates’ Kushner’s Prison Reform Plan, Pardon Push
Presidential advisor/son-in-law Jared Kushner’s continued push for prison reform is angering Attorney General Jeff Sessions, Vanity Fair reported Thursday. “He hate, hate, hates it,” a source close to Sessions told Vanity Fair about the attorney general’s view of Kushner’s partnership with CNN commentator and prison reform advocate Van Jones. Some sources said that Trump may…
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News Jewish Theological Seminary Appoints First Female Provost
For the first time in its 132-year history, the Jewish Theological Seminary of America will have a female provost. Dr. Shuly Rubin Schwartz will assume the position in July. She previously served for 25 years as the dean of the seminary’s Albert A. List College, the undergraduate dual-degree program with Barnard College and Columbia University,…
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Fast Forward Republican Rep. Steve King Retweeted A British Neo-Nazi
Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) has continued his affinity for espousing alt-right ideology, this time retweeting a prominent British white supremacist, HuffPost reported Tuesday. Mark Collett, a self-described “Nazi sympathizer,” originally tweeted out a Breitbart article about opposition to immigration in Italy. King chimed in, writing, “Europe is waking up…Will America…in time?” Europe is waking up…Will…
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The Schmooze Rachel Bloom Talks Neil Patrick Harris Drama And Final Season Of ‘Crazy Ex-Girlfriend’
After “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend” triple threat and Jewish icon Rachel Bloom addressed Neil Patrick Harris’s “I don’t know her” controversy in a GQ interview, Harris has offered an apology. “It wasn’t a joke,” Bloom told GQ. “Basically… I saw that tweet. And I was kind of devastated. I was actually going to tweet, ‘This makes me…
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Fast Forward Trump Tweets Praise For Virginia Senate Candidate Tied To ‘Alt-Right’
President Trump tweeted his congratulations on Wednesday to Republican Senate nominee Corey Stewart, who has several ties with the “alt-right.” “Congratulations to Corey Stewart for his great victory for Senator from Virginia,” Trump tweeted. “Now he runs against a total stiff, Tim Kaine, who is weak on crime and borders, and wants to raise your…
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