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The Schmooze Sarah Silverman And Piers Morgan Get Into An Ugly Twitter Feud
Sarah Silverman has called out British journalist Piers Morgan, for shouting at an anti-Trump protester in London in a video that “Good Morning Britain” later posted. Silverman tweeted: “Shouting your narrative at a guest [because] she has answers that don’t prove your point does not even resemble journalism. What if you listened to her instead?…
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The Schmooze Emmy Nominations 2018: Larry David, ‘Mrs. Maisel,’ and All Else Jewish
The 2018 Emmy nominations dropped late Thursday morning. The Television Academy award show nominates, by our humble calculus, approximately 900 million people each year. Nevertheless, we have worked tirelessly to determine which people are people of the book. Here are all the Jews and Jewish projects nominated in major categories: Lead Actress in a Comedy…
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The Schmooze Sarah Silverman Says She Won’t Apologize Just Because You’re Offended
Sarah Silverman, the woman who once wrote jokes about rape and AIDS, has taken to making television about love and extending radical empathy to bullies and bigots. But the famously offensive comedian, (who points out that, for what it’s worth, her most recent comedy special jokes about the etiquette of having sex with God,) still…
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The Schmooze The 10 Fiercest Celebrity Responses To Family Separation
There’s a Torah quote for every occasion. These days we’re taking a look at Leviticus 19. The Book of Leviticus is notorious for its humorless list of instructions from God, but every so often it says something wonderfully radical. Jewish celebrities have been taking the instructions of Leviticus 19: 33-34 to heart. Here are their…
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The Schmooze Sarah Silverman Feels Sorry For Louis C.K. And Others Called Out By #MeToo
In this troubling age of #MeToo, in the near-constant darkness of sexual abuse allegations, celebrities are struggling to find a way to reconcile their personal relationships with their fellow famous folk who have been accused of misbehavior. Sarah Silverman, a friend of Louis C.K. (who has been accused of masturbating in front of women without…
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The Schmooze Sarah Silverman Pays Homage To Mister Rogers In PBS Anniversary Special
What’s the cure for 2018 America? According to Sarah Silverman, it just might be Mister Rogers. Tuesday evening, PBS aired its Mister Rogers special, “It’s You I Like”, an hour-long 50th anniversary celebration of the beloved show’s first episode. The special featured a multitude of celebrity fans watching footage spanning the nearly 3 1/2 decades…
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Fast Forward Sarah Silverman Calls On Jews To Stand Up For Palestinian Ahed Tamimi
The arrest of Ahed Tamimi, a 17-years old Palestinian girl arrested after being filmed slapping an Israeli soldier near her West Bank home, has evolved into an international debate, pitting human rights groups against the government in Jerusalem and pro-Israel groups. Now, comedian Sarah Silverman is weighing in on Tamimi’s side and urging fellow Jews…
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The Schmooze Sweet Revenge: Sarah Silverman Has Been Eating M&Ms With Her Ex’s Face On Them
Chocolate and female friendship are scientifically proven to help women rise again after breakups, greater and more terrible than ever before, like Lord Voldemort. The ever-wise Sarah Silverman knows this well, though in her case the female friend is her ex-boyfriend Michael Sheen’s ex-girlfriend Kate Beckinsale. Also in this case, the chocolate is M&Ms Beckinsale…
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