Rachel X. Landes
By Rachel X. Landes
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Breaking News Jewish Couple Attacked on Upper East Side
A Jewish couple was attacked on the upper East Side of Manhattan by attackers spewing anti-Semitic hatred and flying Palestinian flags, police said. The thugs set upon the couple in their 20s on E. 63rd St. near Second Ave. around 8 pm on Monday. The assailants yelled anti-Semitic statements, said sources, and threw a water…
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The Schmooze Jews On TV: Who To Watch Out For at The Emmys
The 66th Primetime Emmy awards, held at the Nokia Theater L.A. Live will air this evening on NBC. Hosted by Seth Meyers (no, not Jewish), you can except lots of laughs, almost Oscar-worthy red carpet glamour and many tears shed over the expected Robin Williams tribute. Here are some of the Jewish nominees your should…
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The Schmooze Jewish Celebrities Take The Ice Bucket Challenge
By now you’ve probably heard of the Ice Bucket Challenge. The deal is, if you get nominated, you have to pour ice water over your head or donate $100 to ALS (Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) research. This disease, which eventually results in paralysis and death, affects approximately 30,000 Americans. Watch as our favorite Jewish celebrities take…
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Israel News Bulletproof Hasidic Feminists Rock Out
The bar adjacent to the concert venue on Manhattan’s Lower East Side was packed. Orange Christmas lights lined the wooden rafters on the ceiling of Arlene’s Grocery, casting the 70 or so people queuing up in a soft red glow. But all those waiting to see the rock band Bulletproof Stockings were women. As Hasidic…
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The Schmooze Robin Williams’ Most Jewish Moments
Robin Williams wasn’t Jewish. But he was close. Though raised Episcopalian in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan (his mother was a Christian Scientist), the comedian had an affinity for Jews which shaped and even defined many of the roles he took on. He used Yiddish, danced a mean hora and did a killer Barbra Streisand impression. With…
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The Schmooze Looking for the Next Philip Roth
Last July, the Jewish Literary Journal (JLJ) celebrated its first anniversary. A year ago, co-founders and now editors-in-chief, Aaron Berkowitz and Ariel Stein, graduates of Yeshiva University and the University of Pennsylvania, respectively, realized that there wasn’t an outlet specifically designed for Jewish writing, and so set out to create their own. “We saw one…
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Culture My ‘Birthright’ Trip to China
After a 20-minute wait, the cab finally arrived. My sister, Sarah, and I hustled into the car, grateful to be off our feet and away from the dimly lit, humid streets of Xi’an, a city in northwest China. It was nearly midnight, and the karaoke hall we had just exited had already blocked off the…
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The Schmooze Maggie Gyllenhaal Just Learned Her Real (Jewish) Name
Getty Images Meet Margalit Gyllenhaal. You probably know her as Maggie. The actress revealed in an interview with ABC that she didn’t learn her full name until she was 35. In case you were wondering, Margalit means ‘pearl’ in Hebrew. How does that happen? Well, after marrying to Peter Sarsgaard 2009, Gyllenhaal says she wanted…
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