Thea Glassman was an associate editor for the Forward. Follow her on twitter @theakglassman.
Thea Glassman
By Thea Glassman
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The Schmooze Jeffrey Katzenberg Hosts 700-Person Shabbat Dinner at Burning Man
If you thought Burning Man and Jewish tradition had nothing in common, think again. Jeffrey Katzenberg, chairman of DreamWorks Animation, and his son David, just hosted a Shabbat dinner at the annual festival—with a cool 700 people making it on the guest list. “Anyone and everyone is welcome,” Katzenberg told The Hollywood Reporter. “Everyone in…
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The Schmooze Jonah Hill Was Insulted During An Interview. Here’s Why That Shouldn’t Have Gone Viral.
Things got randomly weird and sexual during a French TV interview with Jonah Hill last week. The 32-year-old actor was appearing on Le Grand Journal to promote his new film “War Dogs,” when host Ornella Fleury decided to embark on a one-woman roast against him. She started out by saying she has a “sexual fantasy”…
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The Schmooze Meet Sarah Silverman’s Hilarious Tweeting Dad From Boca
Meet Donald Silverman, Sarah Silverman’s father. He tweets from an account called @RantsFromBoca (which has an impressive 18,400 followers.) pic.twitter.com/zakTzYuYSY — Donald Silverman (@RantsFromBoca) July 15, 2016 Donald is 79-years-old. He feels weird about that. Today I turn fucking 79. That’s fucking old. Same fucking heart beating day & night constantly for 79 fucking years….
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The Schmooze Richard Cohen and Nora Ephron: The Real-Life Harry and Sally
Former Washington Post columnist Richard Cohen insists that he was not the inspiration for Harry, the lovable neurotic in Nora Ephron’s rom-com “When Harry Met Sally.” The 75-year-old writer even has a whole chapter in his recently released Ephron biography, “She Made Me Laugh,” entitled “I am Not and Never Have Been Harry.” And yet,…
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The Schmooze Ivanka Trump Quotes Hillel the Elder — Credits Emma Watson by Mistake
We can all agree Emma Watson is pretty amazing. She’s a talented actress, a fierce advocate for women’s rights and will live on forever as our favorite brainy witch. And Ivanka Trump couldn’t be more Team Watson. So much so, that the business mogul attributed a quote to the 26-year-old actress today, that actually originally…
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The Schmooze Facebook Co-Founder Pledges $20M to Help Beat Donald Trump
Facebook co-founder Dustin Moskovitz is doing his part to ensure Donald Trump never enters the Oval Office. The 32-year-old entrepreneur pledged $20 million to a number of democratic organizations, including the Hillary Victory Fund, the League of Conservation Voters and For Our Future PAC. Once donated, Moskovitz will become the third highest donor in the…
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News WATCH: Dozens of New York Protestors Tossed During Tumultuous BDS Hearing
Protests erupted during a New York City Council hearing on an anti-BDS bill — so much so that City Councilwoman Helen Rosenthal called for the crowd to take a “deep yoga breath.” Dozens of people were forced out of the hearing on a resolution to condemn “all efforts to delegitimize the state of Israel and…
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The Schmooze Geraldo Rivera Regrets Defending Accused Sexual Harasser Roger Ailes
Geraldo Rivera said he is “filled with regret” over his support of Fox News chairman Roger Ailes, who resigned in July over sexual harassment allegations. Rivera, a long-time employee of Fox News, took to Facebook last night to pen a lengthy apology note. “The man we knew as the blustering genius who invented our mighty…
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