Lior Zaltzman was the Forward’s Digital Fellow. Follow her on twitter @liorca.
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By Lior Zaltzman
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The Schmooze Spike Lee Endorses ‘Brother’ Bernie Sanders
Film director Spike Lee has officially endorsed fellow Brooklyn native Bernie Sanders for President. In a radio ad riffing off his cult movie “Do The Right Thing,” Lee calls for South Carolinians to wake up and back Sanders for president, because “When Bernie is in the White House, he will do the right thing.” In…
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The Schmooze That Awesome Time Drake Crashed a Bat Mitzvah
B’not and b’nei mitzvah all over the continent, prepare for some major jealousy. Drake crashed a Manhattan Bat Mitzvah this Saturday, and we weren’t invited. Our hearts may never recover. Yes, one lucky girl had the Canadian actor and rapper rap and dance with her. That’s almost as good as having Paul Rudd as your…
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Opinion Israel Elected Golda Meir in 1969. What’s America’s Excuse on Hillary Clinton?
“Isn’t it time America elected its first female president? After all, Israel already had one, way back in the 1960s.” That’s a question I used to ask when I first moved to New York as an Israeli student. I usually delivered it with a cheeky smile and a glint of patriotism. I was proud of…
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The Schmooze Hipster-Curated, Bubbe-Approved: New Care Package Service Makes It Big on Kickstarter
Kickstarter’s popular projects this Thursday? There’s a revolutionary kitty litter box, an indie band raising money for their album and… A subscription box of Jewish goods? Yes, you heard that right, the Jews are trending on Kickstarter. “Hello Mazel,” is a quarterly Jewish subscription service that will bring a box of delicious and interesting Jewish…
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Breaking News BDS Leader Lashes Out Against Israel Junket in Oscars Swag Bag
Among goodies like a year’s worth of Audi rentals, a walking tour of Japan, a $250 vape, and a very strange cosmetic procedure called the “vampire breast lift”, one of the gifts in this year’s Oscar “Swag Bag” is a $55,000 VIP trip to Israel. Jennifer Lawrence, Sylvester Stallone, Kate Winslet, Christian Bale and Leonardo…
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News Meet the Campaign Trail’s Yarmulke Guy
When Marc Daniels sells you his campaign yarmulkes at $10 dollars a pop, it’s not just the religious headgear he wants you to take. What he’s selling, he tells me on the phone, is the Jewish principle of “tikkun olam.” The yarmulkes, which he recently sold at the Iowa caucuses, come in red or blue,…
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The Schmooze Bernie Sanders and Larry David Are Finally Meeting — on ‘SNL’
This is pretty, pretty, pretty exciting! Our two favorite Jewish grumps are finally getting together this Saturday, live from New York! Bernie Sanders’s Tad Devine, a senior adviser to Sanders, confirmed that Bernie will be expanding his acting resume, and appearing on “Saturday Night Live.” Which means this weekend, he will finally meet his SNL…
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The Schmooze One-Legged Woman Takes Inspirational Swim in the Israeli Snow
It was a nice, cool day at Israel’s Mount Hermon, the country’s only ski resort. The slopes were open, the ski lifts running and many Israelis were taking the opportunity to try the alpine sport. And yet this Wednesday, some skiers were greeted by quite an uncommon sight: a one-legged woman in a bathing suit,…
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