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  • The infamous Jewish secret agent Oy-Oy 7 has returned, and Andrew Silow-Carroll is celebrating.

  • In preparation for Thanksgiving, William Shatner warns about the dangers of exploding turkeys.

  • Nineteen-year-old Jewish rapper Mac Miller has reached #1 on the Billboard charts with his independently produced album, “Blue Slide Park.”

  • Take a gander at Leonard Cohen’s gun collection.

  • Women are getting all of one hour a week on Israeli ultra-Orthodox station Kol Barama.

  • Josh Lambert tackles the ticklish subject of Henry Miller and the Jews.

  • Noted ceramist and friend of Arthur Koestler Eva Zeisel has turned 105.

  • Dr. Who might be coming to Hollywood.

  • Canadian philanthropist James Temerty has donated $1.2 million to the cause of Ukrainian-Jewish relations at Lviv’s Ukrainian Catholic University.

  • Montreal Jewish schools have decided against merging.

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