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 Ruth Bader Ginsburg to Participate in Venice Production of ‘Merchant of Venice’
Ruth Bader-Ginsburg may be more of an opera person, but our favorite Jewish Supreme Court Justice is about to participate in a very important Shakespearean production. She’ll be presiding over a mock trial for Shylock, the principal character of Merchant of Venice, in an event related to an upcoming production of the play this July…
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The Schmooze Ivanka Trump Gives Birth to a Healthy Baby Boy
Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner’s Jewish family is expanding! The couple just welcomed baby number three, who just last week was mentioned in his grandfather’s AIPAC speech: “My daughter, Ivanka, is about to have a beautiful Jewish baby,” Donald Trump told the crowd of the pro-Israel convention. Let’s face it, no matter how you feel…
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The Schmooze Garry Shandling’s Fellow Celebs Mourn His Sudden Death at Age 66
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Opinion What Brussels Taught This Israeli About Terror — and Tolerance
It was the end of the summer of 1994 when my family and I left Israel for the Zaventem airport in Brussels. Yitzhak Rabin was prime minister. Murmurs of peace still permeated the air, muddled with the tumult and rise of terror: Muslims praying at the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron had been murdered…
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Breaking News Fox News May Soon Have an Israeli News Channel
Is Israel getting its own “Fox News?” Israeli satellite company, Yes, has begun negotiations with Fox News over a possible 24-hour news channel, which would air completely in Hebrew. This is part of the fight between satellite and cable companies and commercial channels in Israel. The commercial channels, Channel 2’s Reshet and Keshet, who provided…
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The Schmooze Why Are Jews So Rude? And Other Google-Fueled Imponderables
Last night, after Trump’s Arizona win, I found myself trying to answer the question, “Why is Trump …?” It was more of an existential question, but in times of need, you go to your nearest source for answers. Google was there to sharpen my question. This is the most common search term connected to “Why…
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The Schmooze Rupaul’s Only Pop-Culture Hero is Judge Judy
RuPaul, the mastermind behind “RuPaul’s Drag Race”, the world’s most addictive and camp reality show, and a cultural icon in his own right, has admitted to Vulture he does not care for current pop culture. Unless, that is, you’re talking about the world’s premier female Jewish judge. No, we’re not talking about the Notorious Ruth…
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News Israeli Tech Firm Helping FBI Hack Into San Bernardino Shooter’s iPhone — Report
An Israeli tech company named “Cellebrite” is reportedly helping the FBI hack into the iPhone of San Bernadino mass killer Syed Rizwan Farook. Apple has refused to help the feds unlock an iPhone 5c belonging to Farook, who killed 14 people. IPhone data gets wiped after multiple failed logins. Apple contends that writing the program…
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