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The Schmooze Here’s The Marriage Advice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Gave To Jennifer Lopez
Before Harry and Meagan, before Barack and Michelle, before even Amal and George — there was Ruth and Marty. Ruth Bader and Marty Ginsburg met as undergraduates at Cornell, and started one of the truest and most underrated high-profile romantic partnerships in history. They were obsessed with each other’s minds. He decided to study law…
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The Schmooze RBG Has Quietly Been Treated For Cancer
Associate Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has undergone radiation treatment for a cancerous tumor located on her pancreas, a representative for the Supreme Court said on Friday. The 86-year-old justice has previously survived colon, pancreatic and lung cancer. On August 5, she began three weeks of outpatient radiation treatment at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer…
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The Schmooze Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Kate McKinnon Attend ‘Fiddler On The Roof’ In Yiddish
The rabbi, learned and wise, is the most important member of any shtetl. That is, unless Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and “Saturday Night Live” star Kate McKinnon show up. That’s just what happened on Tuesday night at Stage 42, the Off-Broadway theater where the Folksbiene’s celebrated Yiddish-language revival of “Fiddler on the Roof”…
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The Schmooze RBG: The Senator Who Predicted My Death Died And I Don’t Even Remember His Name
In the beginning, nicknaming Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg “The Notorious RBG” was a clever joke — the allusion to street life and hardcore rap riffed on the tiny, quiet justice’s tendency to write fiery dissents for the court. Now, we appear to be seconds away from Justice Ginsburg dropping a diss track, with…
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Fast Forward RBG Donates To Bilingual Hebrew-Arabic Schools In Israel
(JTA) — Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said she is donating $9,000 to a network of bilingual Hebrew and Arabic schools in Israel. The grant to schools operated by Hand in Hand comes from prize money that Bader Ginsburg, who is Jewish, was awarded in winning the 2019 Gilel Storch Award from a Stockholm-based…
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Fast Forward RBG Reads Out Loud Her Dissent To Ruling Allowing 40-Foot Cross On Public Land
(JTA) — The Supreme Court will allow a 40-foot memorial cross to remain standing on public land in Maryland. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was not happy with the ruling Thursday and read her dissent out loud to emphasize her opinion. “By maintaining the Peace Cross on a public highway, the Commission elevates Christianity over other…
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The Schmooze Ruth Bader Ginsburg Wins An MTV Movie Award
The MTV Movie and TV Awards have become well-known for their unusual awards categories. See: “Best Kiss” and “Most Meme-able Moment.” But at this year’s ceremony, a brand new award was just given to the Jewish judicial superwoman who has become an American obsession. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg won “Best Real-Life Hero” award…
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Culture RBG Appears At Broadway Play About The Constitution, Drawing Tears And Cheers
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg attended a Saturday evening performance of Heidi Schreck’s “What The Constitution Means to Me” this weekend, prompting tears from the cast and a mid-show standing ovation from the audience. Ginsburg is perhaps known more for her love of opera than for plays, but the concern of Schreck’s Pulitzer-nominated work…
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