Nathan Burstein
By Nathan Burstein
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The Schmooze Jennifer Love Hewitt To Star in ‘Jewtopia’ Film
In the spirit of cheesy rhymes, maybe she’ll change her name to Jennifer Love Jewitt. Actress Jennifer Love Hewitt has signed on to play a Jewish woman looking for a Jewish husband in the big-screen version of “Jewtopia,” an onstage comedy billed as the “longest-running comedy in Off-Broadway history.” The “Party of Five” and “Ghost…
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The Schmooze Americans Save Israeli Soccer Team Beitar Jerusalem
One of Israel’s most storied — and racism-tarnished — sports teams has new owners, a pair of Americans who hope to change the atmosphere at games. Dan Adler, a former Hollywood talent agent and vice president at Walt Disney Imagineering, purchased the team with fellow US investor Adam Levine. The duo are taking on a…
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The Schmooze Michelle Bachmann’s ‘Chutzpah’ Gaffe
Michele Bachmann needs to work on her “chutzpah.” The GOP presidential candidate attempted to use the word on Fox News Wednesday night — but while the Christian Midwesterner’s embrace of Yiddish is striking, her pronunciation would have caused confusion in the shtetl. The Minnesota congresswoman, on a tear in Iowa polls but as gaffe-prone as…
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The Schmooze Starlet Quits Israeli ‘American Idol’ After Dad Admits To Skewing Vote
Following a voting scandal caused by her own father, a teenage singer has quit the Israeli version of “American Idol.” Seventeen-year-old Tamar Yahalomi announced today that she will not compete in the semi-finals of “Kochav Nolad” (“A Star Is Born”), the popular Israeli edition of the singing contest. The decision came several days after it…
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The Schmooze Glenn Beck Pledges Support in Address to Israeli Parliament
He and Fox News have gone their separate ways, but Glenn Beck still has fans in Israel’s parliament. The former TV host addressed the Knesset’s Committee on Immigration and Diaspora Affairs today, telling legislators that American media coverage of the Middle East is biased, and that the Arab-Israeli standoff boils down to an existential clash…
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The Schmooze David Duchovny’s Hot (Hebrew) Cable Commercial
David Duchovny doesn’t appear to know Hebrew, which is part of what’s amusing about the actor’s latest TV commercial. The “Californication” star is now appearing on Israeli television in ads for Hot, one of the country’s major cable providers. The commercial, which appears to have been filmed in Tel Aviv, begins with Duchovny missing an…
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The Schmooze Pay To Enter: Concentration Camp Memorial Imposes Fee
It’s hardly as bad as a proposed mall across the street from Auschwitz, but some are still upset about the new fee being charged at Sachsenhausen, the former concentration camp near Berlin. Earlier this month, officials at the camp began charging one euro for each member of organized tours of the site, where more than…
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The Schmooze Four-Legged Chicken: Kosher or Not?
Turkey? Kosher. Pig? Not kosher. Four-legged chicken? We’ll get back to you. That’s the discussion currently under way at a Jerusalem butchery, where experts in kashrut are gathering to decide the fate of a four-legged bird slated to make a nice schnitzel or roast. The chicken, raised in the ultra-Orthodox neighborhood of Mea Shearim, may…
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