The Jewish actors: Shari Lewis
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The Jewish actors: Steve Lawrence
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_Lavin Lavin played the title character in the television series “Alice.”
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Halloween in Spain isn’t like Halloween in the US. There’s a lot less candy and excitement. And maybe because I hadn’t eaten a pumpkin Reese’s Cup all month or feared missing out on some sort of hip, hidden Halloween thing in Barcelona, I started looking into what people do on Oct. 31 and the local
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International, Travel and FoodA reunion of cousins in Israel
By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — When I came to live in Israel fifty years ago, and even before that on my occasional visits to the country, my father equipped me with a typewritten list of names and addresses of relatives. I dutifully visited most of them, and so I got to know the numerous
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By Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California –This past week, I enjoyed watching some scary zombie movies on Hulu and Netflix; it’s a custom I have kept since I was a boy of seven or eight years old. Halloween was always a fun time for me as a child. Watching scary movies still remains
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Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, Travel and FoodIsraeli journalist resigns after second allegation of harassment
Tel Aviv (dpa) – Longtime Israeli journalist Ari Shavit resigned from Haaretz newspaper on Sunday after being accused by a second woman within a month of sexual harassment, according to Haaretz newspaper. Shavit, who also resigned from Channel 10 television, said he was “ashamed” of the mistakes he made “with regards to people in general
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Travel and FoodWhy Whoopi Goldberg designed a Hanukkah sweater
Actress releases line of cheeky clothing featuring a multicultural, multi-species cast of characters By Josefin Dolsten Whoopi Goldberg designed a collection of holiday-themed sweaters for Lord & Taylor. (Twitter) Although she isn’t a Member of the Tribe, Whoopi Goldberg may have been feeling inspired by her Jewish-sounding last name when she designed her holiday sweater
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Travel and Food, USAThe Jewish actors: Piper Laurie
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Travel and FoodVatican: Cremating the dead is OK, but scattering of ashes is not
Vatican City (dpa) – Catholics must not scatter the ashes of the dead or keep them at home, the Vatican reiterated in guidelines Tuesday, which confirmed that while cremations are not banned, traditional burials are preferable. The move comes as cremations become increasingly common in many majority Christian nations, representing a cheaper, and arguably more
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International, Travel and FoodChocolate the top treat for Trick-O-Treaters
SAN DIEGO. October 25, 2016– Americans love chocolate, especially on Halloween. In 2015, chocolate sales in the US grew by approximately 47.8% from the pervious year. image via flickr/Sean Freese According to the National Confectioners Association (NCA), U.S. consumption increased by approximately 47.8 percent versus 2014. image via wikimedia Who knew that something so elegantly
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Travel and Food, USAOn becoming ninety
By Natasha Josefowitz, Ph.D. LA JOLLA, California — I often still feel like a spring chicken, but I’m coming to realize I’m really just an old hen. So this column is to prepare all of my readers who, if they are lucky enough, also reach ninety. What is reassuring is that it is too late
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