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 ‘Girls’ Star Alex Karpovsky on Directing, Stand-up Comedy and Working With Lena Dunham
Alex Karpovsky wears lovable neurosis well. On “Girls,” he plays Ray, the take-no-prisoners curmudgeon, with a penchant for social commentary and dry wit. In “Folk Hero & Funny Guy,” which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival this week, he’s a struggling stand-up comedian playing opening act and second fiddle to his famous musician friend. We…
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The Schmooze ‘The Daily Show’ Takes On Anti-Semitic Trump Supporters
“The Daily Show’s” Senior Jewish Correspondent Adam Lowitt took a crack at the recent flare ups of anti-Semitism from Donald Trump supporters with good humor and a uniquely positive perspective. That Trump supporter caught on tape “go to fucking Aushwitz”? Well, as Lowitt pointed out, the sound bite could very well have been taken out…
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Culture Meet The Man Behind @BernieThoughts
Scrolling through the parody twitter account @BernieThoughts is a little bit like having an intimate one-on-one exchange with Bernie Sanders. Only instead of him griping about the middle class and the 1%, he’s debating suspicious-looking vegetables, the uselessness of belts and the fact that Italy probably needs to stick to just three types of pasta….
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The Schmooze 5 Most Memorable Jewish Moments at the Oscars — Ever!
Remember when Adrian Brody laid a big smooch on Halle Berry after winning best actor for “The Pianist”? Or Barbra Streisand, clad in a black see-through number, looked lovingly down at her Oscar and said, “Hello gorgeous”? Well, we certainly do. We culled through many, many YouTube clips to track down the five most memorable…
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Opinion VIDEO: Noa Talks Israel, Anti-Semitism, Sexism and Songwriting
Misogyny in the music industry, anti-Semitism in Europe and the glory of Carole King were just a few of the topics that Israeli singer Noa and Forward editor-in-chief Jane Eisner covered during a February 16 conversation at New York City’s Temple Emanu-El. Noa took to the stage earlier that evening, performing an hour-long set packed…
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Culture Daughter of ‘British Schindler’ Recalls Dad’s Humanity
In 1939, Sir Nicholas Winton was a 29-year-old London stockbroker with a seemingly impossible plan. He was going to save hundreds of Czechoslovakian children from the Nazis — and he wasn’t going to get caught. Nine months later, more than 600 children had been transported to safety under the watch of the so-called “British Schindler.” It…
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The Schmooze 15 Reasons Schmidt From ‘New Girl’ Is the Ultimate Jewish Friend
Season 6 of “New Girl” (finally!) starts tonight and we’re celebrating by paying homage to the loft’s resident Jew, Schmidt. Apologies for playing favorites, but out of all of the crew, we would definitely most want to co-opt him as our roommate. Driving moccasins and all. He’ll give it to you straight. He has no…
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Culture Meet The Schlep Sisters, the Jewish Ladies of Burlesque
It’s early on a Saturday evening and I’m following Minnie Tonka and Darlinda Just Darlinda, hereafter known as the burlesque duo The Schlep Sisters, through the streets of downtown Brooklyn. We make our way to Mark Morris Dance Center, where Darlinda promptly plunks a blinged out menorah down onto the table. Gold stilettos are whipped…
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