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November 2013

November 03, 2013

Paula Abdul Is Going to Have a Bat Mitzvah in Israel

Did you know that Paula Abdul is Jewish? Paula is the former judge of American...

September 2013

September 20, 2013

Ashton and Mila Go to Kabbalah Rabbi’s Funeral in Israel

Rabbi Philip Berg, who founded the celebrity-beloved Kabbalah Centre in LA, died last weekend. A...

September 17, 2013

The New Romcom ‘Jewtopia’ Appears to Have One or Two Actual Jews In It

There's a new romantic comedy coming out called Jewtopia. As far as I can tell...

August 2013

August 17, 2013

Kathie Lee Gifford Wants to Be a Rabbi

Yesterday was Kathie Lee Gifford's sixtieth birthday, and she spent most of her hour of...

May 2013

May 09, 2013

Vampire Weekend’s New Single Asserts That Zion Doesn’t Love You

I think of Vampire Weekend as a disaffected art rock band, but do they have...

April 2013

April 03, 2013

When Judaism Met Omar from ‘The Wire’

The period between the Jewish holidays of Passover and Shavuot is known as the omer....

March 2013

March 15, 2013

This Picture from Mauricio Umansky’s Bar Mitzvah Is My Everything

Mauricio Umansky, real estate agent to the stars and husband of Kyle Richards, is one...

March 15, 2013

Drew Barrymore Is Removing Her Tattoos In the Name of Judaism

Rumors continue to abound that Drew Barrymore is converting to Judaism for her husband Will...

March 14, 2013

Hasidic Jews Are Not Happy About ‘Spider-Man’ Filming During Passover

Local leaders in the heavily Hasidic Jewish neighborhood of south Williamsburg, Brooklyn (full disclosure: I...

March 04, 2013

Joan Rivers Says She’s Allowed to Make Holocaust Jokes

Comedian/firebrand Joan Rivers (real name: Joan Rosenberg) recently made a joke that some Jews weren't...

February 2013

February 12, 2013

Sarah Silverman’s Sister Arrested at Religious Feminist Protest in Israel

If you haven't heard of the Women of the Wall, you should definitely look them...

January 2013

January 28, 2013

Drew Barrymore Calls Herself a Shiksa Who Will Be Raising a Jewish Daughter

Drew Barrymore had a big year in 2012 - she got married to art consultant...

December 2012

December 27, 2012

FGP Celebrity Quote of the Week: Mandy ‘Inigo Montoya’ Patinkin Talks Faith, Prayer, and Israel

If these musings from Mandy Patinkin, aka Saul from Homeland and Inigo Montoya from The...

December 13, 2012

Dear Brett Ratner, You Cannot Just Go Around Putting Mezzuzahs on Peoples’ Doors

Director and producer Brett Ratner, who has made movies like the Rush Hour franchise and...

December 11, 2012

‘Bachelorette’ Couple Ashley and JP Wed In Interfaith Ceremony

The Bachelor franchise just hit its third wedding. That's one couple from The Bachelor (Jason...

July 2012

July 10, 2012

Bravo’s ‘Miss Advised’ Gets Their Golems All Wrong

Bravo's reality show Miss Advised is about three women who give relationship advice for a...

June 2012

June 28, 2012

Real Housewife Heather Dubrow Throws Herself a Naming Party

This year, The Real Housewives of Orange County added a new housewife to their mix,...

June 21, 2012

Real Housewife Heather Thomson Is ‘Jewish By Injection’

The Real Housewives of New York recently premiered its new season, and the show added...

June 07, 2012

This Is a Picture of Joe Biden Doing the Hora

Vice President Joe Biden's daughter Ashley Biden got married last weekend. She married a surgeon...

May 2012

May 14, 2012

When Mad Men Met Manischewitz

Okay, that's it. If Mad Men keeps getting Jewy I am going to have to...

May 08, 2012

Scientologist John Travolta Allegedly Said Gay Jews Run Hollywood

It's no secret that John Travolta is a longtime member of the Church of Scientology....

May 07, 2012

‘Mad Men’ Invokes a Jewy Sylvia Plath Poem

Last night's episode was titled "Lady Lazarus," which fellow lit nerds will recognize as the...

April 2012

April 27, 2012

Tanlines Drummer Jesse Cohen Moonlights as a Jewish History Expert

Lots of famous musicians get their starts doing something else - bartending, working in a...

April 23, 2012

Michael Ginsburg Isn’t the Only Jew on ‘Mad Men’

A few weeks ago, Mad Men added its first Jewish regular character, Michael Ginsburg, played...

April 20, 2012

Egyptian Pundit Kicked Off TV Show After Accusing Host of Being a Jew

For some people, "Jew" is an adjective that defines someone's ethnic or religious identity. For...

April 13, 2012

Judy Blume Talks About Her Jewish Identity

In this brief clip from MAKERS, author Judy Blume talks about her Jewish upbringing and...

April 12, 2012

Mel Gibson Is an Even Bigger Anti-Semite Than Previously Thought

To the surprise of absolutely no one, Mel Gibson is an anti-Semite. But to the...

April 02, 2012

‘Mad Men’ Just Got Way More Jewish

I love Mad Men, and I like the way that the first two episodes of...

March 2012

March 28, 2012

Shaquille O’Neal Drops Some Hebrew on The Daily Show

The other night, Jon Stewart interviewed basketball great Shaquille O'Neal on The Daily Show. Near...

March 26, 2012

Austin Scarlett’s Project Runway Collection Was Inspired by Hasidic Fashion

Although I didn't agree with all the choices on the recent season of Project Runway:...