Lior Zaltzman was the Forward’s Digital Fellow. Follow her on twitter @liorca.
Lior ZaltzmanDigital Fellow
By Lior Zaltzman
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The Schmooze Enjoy ‘Star Wars’ Mania With This Catchy Darth Vader Niggun
Happy Star Wars Shabbat! In case you’ve been living under a rock, the seventh movie in the celebrated franchise opened on Friday (we already have our tickets). For those of you about to brave the movie theater lines this weekend to get that prime middle or back row seat, here’s something to get you in…
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Opinion VIDEO: Extremists Incite Witch Hunt Against Israeli Human Rights Advocates
If this isn’t incitement, I don’t know what is. Im Tirtzu, the Israeli extreme right-wing organization that has ties to the Likud and Yisrael Beitenu parties, just posted a horrific video on social media, accusing four Israeli human rights activists of being “foreign operatives” who help facilitate Palestinian terror attacks. The video ad is meant…
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The Schmooze The Brooklyn Nets Just Had an Epic Hebrew Fail
Oy. The Brooklyn Nets may have had the best of intentions, but this is an epic #HebrewFail. The Nets wanted to print a shirt that says “Represent Brooklyn”, which even when spelled correctly, sounds weird when translated to Hebrew: ״מייצג את ברוקלין״ (Brooklyn, Meyatzeg). Any female fan would need a different shirt, since the third…
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The Schmooze ‘Serial’ is Back – and It’s a Hanukkah Miracle
Best. Hanukkah. Present. Ever. The long wait is over: “Serial” has returned, just in time for the 5th night of Hanukkah. And it had me dancing and spinning around like a dreidel. RELATED: Sarah Koenig Makes this Year’s Forward 50 Welcome back, long break room conversations, arguments with co-workers and grating week-long waits for the…
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News These 6 Photos Prove What a Mensch Wounded Soldier Jake Laznik Is
Nineteen-year-old Jake Laznik achieved one of the most prestigious and coveted post in the IDF, joining the “Golani” infantry brigade, a brigade popularized by, among other things, its great anthem originally sung by . But five days after first donning his IDF uniform, he was injured in a terrorist attack. Laznik was waiting at a…
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The Schmooze When Hanukkah Fails Happen It’s 8 Days of Oops
It’s that time of the year again: the Festival of Lights, feasts of fried food and the slew of well-intentioned (or, commercially intentioned at least) Hanukkah content that sometimes misses the mark. Take for example this Refinery29 video about DIY menorahs. It’s got mason jars, tree branches, coffee beans — you know, everything a hipster…
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The Schmooze Hanukkah, As Explained by Pop Culture GIFS
Want to know the story of Hanukkah? Only got, like maybe half a minute? You’re in luck. We’ve created an animated GIF that explains the whole thing, with a little help from Jon Stewart, “New Girl” and many other (Jewish) pop icons. View post on imgur.com Happy Hanukkah!
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The Schmooze 8 Hanukkah Gifts That Won’t Give You Christmas Envy
It’s Hanukkah! Rumor has it that here in America, the land of plenty, people like to give gifts on this special holiday. As an Israeli, all I ever got for Hanukkah was gelt and perhaps an envelope with some crisp 20 shekel bills. But when in America, one must do as Americans do! Luckily, there…
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