Lilit Marcus
By Lilit Marcus
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Life Aly Raisman’s Prom Dance Splash
Dancing with the Stars is no stranger to cheese, and this week the show laid it on thick its theme: Prom Week. Because of her age, Aly Raisman looked somewhat less ridiculous than, say, Wynonna Judd did in her poufy dress, but it was still kind of a cornball way to come up with a…
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Life Aly Raisman Survives First ‘DWTS’ Elimination
Good news, Aly Raisman fans: The Olympic gymnast is more than safe following the first elimination on “Dancing with the Stars.” Aly’s Quickstep (watch it below!) was fun and bouncy, but it also showed off her ballroom technique, and her scores put her in third place for the week. Though she’s not as flashy a…
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Life Aly Lets Loose on ‘Dancing With the Stars’
Aly Raisman, team captain of the Fierce Five gold-medal winning gymnastics team, made her debut on the new season of “Dancing with the Stars” last night. But it became clear quite quickly that the 18-year-old Olympian wants to brand herself as something more than just a gymnast. The first hint came when the show introduced…
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Life Israel-Palestine Politics Divide Gay Community
Author and activist Sarah Schulman is one of the most prominent voices in the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) world. She’s also a prominent voice in the Jewish world. Therefore, it makes sense that her new book, “Israel/Palestine & the Queer International,” would be embraced by both the Jewish and queer communities, right? Not…
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Life Aly Raisman on Dancing With the Stars?
Aly Raisman won the hearts of Jews and non-Jews around the world when she won a gold medal for the gymnastics floor exercise at the London Olympics last summer. But now the girl who did insane flips and twists to the tune of “Hava Nagila” might be trying to win another piece of hardware —…
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Life Playboy Israel Is Coming
Make sure you know how to pronounce shfanfanat. It means “Bunny,” and there are about to be a whole lot more bunnies in Israel. That’s right: Playboy is coming to the Holy Land. The famed U.S. lad mag, founded by Hugh Hefner in 1953, will be making its Middle East debut later this year. The…
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Life Israel Bans Skinny Models
Last week, Israel passed a long-debated bill that would ban extremely thin models from being used on runways and in photo shoots. The law states that models must have a body-mass index (BMI) of 18.5 or more — for example, a model who is five foot eight must weigh at least 119 pounds. For context,…
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Life ‘Shahs of Sunset’ Missing One Thing: Jewish Women
The hit Bravo series “Shahs of Sunset” follows some members of the tight-knit Persian community in L.A., aka “Tehrangeles.” The show’s stars play pretty traditional reality show staple roles, such as the brassy girl who starts fights and the snarky gay dude, but there’s also a focus on a less-popular reality show storyline: religion. Most…
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