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The Schmooze Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Amy Schumer and Bibi Make Time 100 List
Ruth Bader, Diane von Furstenberg, Benjamin Netanyahu and Jill Soloway What do Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Benjamin Netanyahu, Jill Soloway and Ina Garten have in common? They’re all in Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People list. And they’re all Jewish. The tribe made quite a showing this year, with 16 spots in various categories. Our favorite…
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The Schmooze Stand Up for Ruth Bader Ginsburg Ice Cream!
Full disclosure: I love Ruth Bader Ginsburg. I even wrote a list of 52 reasons why she is my favorite human. So, it is in total subjectivity that I ask you all to vote for her to get her very own Ben & Jerry ice cream flavor. Personal feelings aside — how could you say no…
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Life Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Problematic Passover Reading
Getty images In the Passover story, as in most of the Bible, men usually get the acclaim. So when Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Rabbi Lauren Holtzblatt recently published an article highlighting the role of Moses’s sister Miriam, Pharoah’s daughter Batya, and other women in the biblical narrative, it was hailed as a feminist perspective….
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Life Bring Ruth Bader Ginsburg to Your Seder
Getty Images Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg can now add Torah scholar to her resume (after fashion icon and weight-lifter). On Wednesday, the 82-year-old released a feminist reading of the Exodus story to be read at the Seder. The essay, created with Rabbi Lauren Holtzblatt of D.C.’s Adas Israel congregation, focuses on the women…
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The Schmooze 52 Reasons Ruth Bader Ginsburg Is My Favorite Human
Lior Zaltzman Today is Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s birthday. She is 82. She is my favorite. So I thought I’d take this opportunity to humbly pay tribute to her amazing and fantabulous life. Born into a Jewish family in Brooklyn in 1933, this woman has done it all: she broke down barriers, paved…
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The Schmooze Ruth Bader Ginsberg is So Cool, She Has Her Own Lego Figure
Maia Weinstock Forget Lego Friends — MIT news editor Maia Weinstock has created custom legos any mother would love to have her daughters (and sons!) play with. A real life (Lego) Justice League! In honor of International Women’s Day (Sunday, March 8), Weistock created a custom lego set of the four Supreme Court women justices. Including…
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Breaking News Ruth Bader Ginsburg Admits ‘Not 100% Sober’ for State of Union Nap
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg says there was a good reason she nodded off while attending President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address last month: “I wasn’t 100 percent sober.” Ginsburg, 81, could be seen falling asleep in her seat during Obama’s address to a joint session of Congress in the House of…
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The Schmooze Was Ruth Bader Ginsburg Tipsy for State of Union?
Getty Images If you were watching the State of the Union this year — or following on Twitter — you may have noticed Ruth Bader Ginsberg taking a little snooze during the presidential address. During a talk at The George Washington University this week, the Supreme Court Justice explained why dozed off — and no,…
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