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Opinion A 16-Couple Cuban Jewish Wedding, And 5 Other Happy News Stories From This Jewish Week
It’s been an immensely painful week in the world. The one-year anniversary of the mass murder of teens in Parkland, Florida arrived. The Jewish world was roiled by the controversy surrounding Representative Ilhan Omar’s tweets. The president declared a national emergency. But there was also mammoth generosity and giving this week. There was triumphant love….
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The Schmooze Quincy Jones Apologizes For Best Interview Of All Time — But Doesn’t Take Anything Back
It’s a sad day when an 85-year-old celebrity is forced by the handiwork of the Internet masses and his six daughters to apologize for saying that he once dated Ivanka Trump. And yet here we are. Quincy Jones issued a detailed and specific apology Thursday afternoon for the, let us say, highly unique interview he…
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Fast Forward Ivanka Trump Went On A Date With Quincy Jones?
Twelve years ago, Ivanka Trump asked a friend about setting up a date with Quincy Jones. Or so Jones claimed in a recent interview with Vulture’s David Marchese. According to Jones, Trump asked Tommy Hilfiger set the date up (Hilfiger was working with Jones’ daughter Kidada at the time). “I said, ‘No problem. She’s a…
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Culture Keep Your Eye on Nikki Yanofsky in 2014
Nikki Yanofsky seems preternaturally destined for global stardom. At the age of 12, she was spotted singing with her father’s garage band at a charity event for a Jewish geriatric center and was immediately invited to perform at the opening concert of the 2006 Montreal International Jazz Festival before a crowd of 125,000. Since then,…
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The Schmooze A ‘Criminal’ Emmy Omission
Adam Klugman is not pleased with what he sees as a “criminal” omission from last night’s Emmy ceremony. Sunday’s awards show failed to include his father, Jack Klugman, of “Odd Couple” and “Quincy” fame, in a special tribute planned for Cory Monteith, James Gandolfini, Jean Stapleton, Jonathan Winters and Gary David Goldberg. Klugman, who passed…
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Breaking News Jack Klugman, ‘Odd Couple’ Star, Dies at 90
Emmy-winning actor Jack Klugman, a versatile, raspy-voiced mainstay of U.S. television during the 1970s and early ’80s through his starring roles in “The Odd Couple” and “Quincy, M.E.,” died on Monday at the age of 90. Klugman, whose pairing with Tony Randall on “The Odd Couple” created one of television’s most memorable duos, died at…
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