Renee Ghert-Zand
By Renee Ghert-Zand
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The Schmooze 18 Ways to Look at Jerusalem
What one person sees is not necessarily what another sees — even if they are both looking at the same thing. In the case of Israeli designer Tal Erez’s new “A Point of View” exhibition, that thing is Jerusalem. Erez’s work on this project has given him a new perspective on the city. Now, with…
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Life Should Halacha Take Precedence Over Women’s Health?
In a story from the operating theater of the absurd, Israel’s Channel 2 news reported on July 8 that a woman was denied a scheduled D&C for a missed abortion because of an arcane aspect of halacha. The report is in Hebrew, but there is a related English language blog post in 972 Magazine. According…
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Opinion Sheryl Sandberg’s Plane Crash Narrow Escape
Facebook COO and bestselling “Lean In” author Sheryl Sandberg and her family narrowly avoided having been on the Asiana Airlines flight that crash-landed at San Francisco International Airport on Saturday morning. Two people were killed and 49 seriously injured when Asiana Airlines Flight 214, a Boeing 777, slammed in to the ground just short of…
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Opinion Camp Tawonga and the Truth
Camp Tawonga’s leadership faced a difficult decision last week when 21-year-old art counselor Annaïs Rittenberg, was killed by a falling tree. They needed to decide what to tell the campers. The camp decided not to tell the children that Rittenberg had died — a decision that angers Rittenberg’s father. “It’s a tragedy,” Mark Rittenberg wrote…
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The Schmooze Lena Dunham’s White House Independence Day
Lena Dunham and boyfriend Jack Antonoff spent Independence Day with the Obamas…and a whole lot of other people invited to a holiday celebration on the White House lawn. It wasn’t all play and no work for Antonoff, who performed at the party with his band, Fun. Dunham, in blue shirt, red purse and white sunglasses,…
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Life Why I Love My Modest Bathing Suit
And now for a piece on dressing modestly that, at least at first, seems to have nothing to do with disrespect for women and the continuing war on women’s personal and civil rights and freedoms… I just bought my first swim dress. In other words, this summer I’ll be wearing a lovely dark purple bathing…
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Breaking News Knicks Star Amar’e Stoudemire Wants Slice of Israel Hoops Team
Amar’e Stoudemire is showing that he really owns his connection to Judaism. The Knicks player with Jewish roots announced on his Twitter account that he has joined a group that is trying to purchase the Hapoel Jerusalem basketball team. “Excited to join the partnership that is giving back to the city of Jerusalem by offering…
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The Schmooze Will Madonna Call Tel Aviv Home?
It looks like the Kabbalah-loving Madonna may be trading in a London flat for an apartment in the Holy Land. Madge was apparently seen toting a brochure for a high-end housing project in Tel Aviv. Israel’s Channel 10 reported on a photo circulating on Facebook showing her with sales material from the Meier on Rothschild…
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