Rachel X. Landes
By Rachel X. Landes
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Breaking News Kosher Grocery Store Fires Worker for Blasting Israel
A worker was fired from his job at a Long Island kosher grocery store after he angered a customer by denouncing Israel. The owner of Everfresh announced the worker’s abrupt firing after a customer complained about the views he expressed about the Jewish state on July 7. “We are embarrassed that it happened in our…
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The Schmooze Chelsea Clinton Holds Gluten-Free Baby Shower
Chelsea Clinton and mom Hillary hosted a baby shower up at Cabtree’s Kittle House Inn, in Chappaqua, New York, near the senior Clintons’ estate. Chelsea first announced her pregnancy with Jewish hubby, Marc Mezvinsky, back in April when she tweeted: “Marc and I are so thrilled to be expecting our first child in the fall!…
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The Schmooze Robert Downey Jr. Tops Forbes List of Highest Paid Actors
For the second year running, Robert Downey Jr. tops Forbes’ list of highest paid actors in Hollywood. Since June of last year, Iron Man has made $75 million — impressive even by Tony Stark standards. The tribe has done slightly better on Forbes list of highest paid actresses, with two fabulous Jewish ladies making the list….
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Culture 8 Things About Jews In Kansas
1) Approximately 17,775 Jews live in Kansas. 2) The nation’s only Kansas City Barbeque Society-sanctioned kosher barbecue festival takes place in Kansas City. 3) The Midwest Center for Holocaust Education was founded by Holocaust survivors, Isak Federman and Jack Mandelbaum, and is located in Overland Park, Kansas. 4) 2,000 Jews attend the University of Kansas….
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Breaking News Doctor Bounced From Flight Claims JetBlue Told Her ‘Jews Don’t Make Rules’
Dr. Lisa Rosenberg wants everyone to know that intolerance is alive and well in America — but insists she isn’t the one spewing hatred. The Queens gynecologist gained 15 minutes of internet infamy this month when she was booted off a JetBlue flight after a dispute with a Palestinian fellow passenger over the war in…
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The Schmooze The Middle East Crisis, According to Woody Allen
The situation in Gaza is ?a terrible, tragic thing. Innocent lives are lost left and right, and it?s a horrible situation that eventually has to right itself,? Woody Allen declared in an interview about his new movie, Magic in the Moonlight. Asked about the Israel-Palestine conflict, Allen explained, ?I feel that the Arabs were not…
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The Schmooze Adam Levine Gets Hitched, Jewish Girls Mourn
Women around the world are weeping as Adam Levine, Maroon 5 front man and coach on ?The Voice,? officially took himself off the market and exchanged vows with Victoria?s Secret model Behati Prinsloo. 4/5 IN SUITS AND ADAM LEVINE GOT MARRIED TODAY MY LIFE IS OVER -A<3? 1D Up dates (@1D_Updates_WW) July 21, 2014 Adam…
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News Israel Slammed by Media Watchdog for Attack on Gaza Journalists
A respected media watchdog group has slammed Israel for attacks in Gaza that injured three journalists — and called on the Jewish state to show more respect for the right of media outlets to cover the widening war. Israeli airstrikes hit buildings housing media outlets in Gaza, the Committee to Protect Journalists reported. At least three…
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