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 Why Carrie Brownstein Refuses To Get Comfortable
Carrie Brownstein has officially entered quadruple threat territory: founder of the rock band Sleater-Kinney, creator/writer/star of the hit comedy series “Portlandia,” and, as of this month, New York Times best-selling author. The Forward’s Thea Glassman spoke with Brownstein about her new memoir, “Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl,” the pitfalls of celebrity entitlement and why…
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Culture Overcoming Group Hugs and Other Things I Learned on a Jewish Spiritual Retreat
I’m sitting in the dirt trying to talk to a tree. It’s day two of SoulQuest, a weekend Jewish spiritual retreat in upstate New York, and one of the group leaders, a soft-spoken woman with a wide smile, has instructed us — dared us — to have a conversation out loud with nature. She also…
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The Schmooze When Bernie Sanders Turned Table on Larry David
Bernie Sanders thinks Larry David’s impersonation of him on SNL this week was pretty, pretty good. The Vermont Senator took a brief pause from discussing campaign finance and college tuition on Jimmy Kimmel Live last night, to pay homage to Larry David’s classic Curb Your Enthusiasm . And he completely nailed it.
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Film & TV Why Billy Wilder Called Jerry Lewis a Shmuck And Other Showbiz Tales
“How are you, Marty?” Jerry Lewis asked, sizing up his former director Martin Scorsese. “You’re not as tall as I thought you were.” His last words were clipped by a roomful of laughter, and the 89-year-old comedian, on hand for the Museum of the Moving Image and Comedy Hall of Fame discussion series “Iconic Characters…
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Film & TV How Elizabeth Taylor and Marilyn Monroe Became Jews — Through Andy Warhol’s Eyes
On a spring day in 1956, Rabbi Robert E. Goldburg paid a visit to Marilyn Monroe’s New York City apartment. Before the 30-year-old actress tied the knot with playwright Arthur Miller that summer, she wanted to convert to Judaism. In a neatly typed letter set inside a display case at the Jewish Museum’s new exhibit…
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The Schmooze A Jew’s Guide to Repentance
On the latest episode of , a public radio show and podcast, host Krista Tippett and Jewish ethicist Louis Newman talk repentance, reflection and learning to confront our sins head on.
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News How Poetry, Prison and a Holocaust Book Are Changing Ex-Offenders’ Lives
“Listen closely. Can you hear the heels of the ruby red shoes clicking?” Dennis Francis, a formerly incarcerated inmate turned poet, asked a packed, silent classroom in the Long Island City neighborhood of Queens. “There’s no place like homeless shelters, there’s no place like homeless shelters.” It was a Wednesday afternoon at the The Fortune…
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The Schmooze ‘Difficult People’ Star Julie Klausner Explains Why Jews Are Funny
Julie Klausner greets me with a enthusiastic “Shabbat Shalom!” when she answers the phone. The 37-year-old comedian and creator of the new Hulu comedy series ‘Difficult People,’ is mid-way through a whirlwind press tour when we connect, and her sense of humor is firmly intact. When I begin by asking for her thoughts on being…
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