Welcome to The Reel Schmooze with ToI film reviewer Jordan Hoffman and host Amanda Borschel-Dan, where we bring you all the entertainment news and film reviews a Jew can use.
The “Schmoovie” of the week is “Marty Supreme,” starring…
Category: 1. Israel
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The Reel Schmooze: ‘Marty Supreme’ and the art of chutzpa
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Victory for gun owners in California as federal court overturns open-carry ban
A US federal appeals court ruled Friday that California’s ban on openly carrying firearms in most parts of the state is unconstitutional, finding it violates the Second Amendment.In a 2-1 decision, the panel in San Francisco sided with gun…Continue Reading
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Trump intervention warning over Iran protests ‘reckless’ says foreign minister
Donald Trump’s warning that the US will intervene if peaceful protesters are killed was “reckless and dangerous”, Iran’s foreign minister has said.
Abbas Araghchi’s comments came after the US president said Washington “will come to their rescue”…
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Talking to the Israelis behind ‘The Department of Magic’
Talking to the Israelis behind ‘The Department of Magic’ | The Jerusalem PostJerusalem Post/Israel News/Israel Culture Amit Weiss, an acting and cinema student at Sapir Academic College near Sderot, and Talia Novich, a technical writer in…
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Here Settlers Show No Mercy to the Sheep, Not Even the Lambs
Two newborn lambs. They came into the world prematurely after their pregnant mother was attacked by settlers: They slit her neck and bashed her head with clubs. The ewe somehow survived but miscarried, and now the shepherd, Mahmoud Daramin, is…
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UN rights chief urges Israel to drop death penalty bill targeting Palestinians
GENEVA, January 3, 2026 (WAFA) – UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk on friday urged the Israeli authorities to drop plans to introduce new legislation that would impose mandatory death sentences exclusively on Palestinians under…
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The oldest complete biblical scroll ever found was originally split in 2, scholar finds
The Great Isaiah Scroll, the oldest nearly complete book from the Hebrew Bible, dating back to the second century BCE, was originally created as two separate scrolls, according to new research analyzing the differences between the first…
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Israel’s ‘palace’ of art and architecture in Ma’aleh Adumim
Israel’s ‘palace’ of art and architecture in Ma’aleh Adumim | The Jerusalem Post Continue Reading
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Tents supplied to displaced Palestinians ‘inadequate for Gaza winter’ | Gaza
Thousands of tents supplied by China, Egypt and Saudi Arabia to shelter displaced Palestinians in Gaza offer only limited protection against rain and wind, an assessment compiled by shelter specialists in the devastated territory has revealed.
The…
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How the politics of Mamdani’s parents, both longtime BDS supporters, shaped NYC’s new mayor
New York Jewish News via JTA — When he sat down for an interview in November with the Chronicle of Higher Education, Mahmood Mamdani offered one parameter: “Let’s not talk about the mayor thing.”
It was just two days after the…
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