No Dummy. We recently reported that Natalie Portman declined to attend a ceremony in Israel, where she was to be awarded the $2 million Genesis Prize. As a result, the ceremony was cancelled –...
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Natalie Portman Won’t Come to Israel to Accept 2018 Genesis Prize
The Jewish press, perhaps reflecting the sensibilities of its readership, is going bananas at the news that Natalie Portman is not going to come to Israel to collect her $2 million Genesis Prize. Set...
Natalie Portman’s Directorial Debut at Cannes
It’s been wall to wall Natalie Portman this week. After being mostly out of the spotlight after her Oscar for Black Swan in 2011, she is suddenly everywhere. Portman is set to be the latest...
Natalie Portman has a Boy! Will there be a Bris?
Natalie Portman, the Jerusalem-born Oscar winner, gave birth to a bouncing baby boy on June 14. The boy’s name hasn’t been announced and the suspicion is that, in keeping with Jewish...
Jews are All Over the Oscars
Yes, Israel may have been shut out from the nominations this year, but the Jews did not fare as poorly, to say the least. Last year’s Oscars were pretty Jewlicious, and Jews were even mentioned...
Mila Kunis and Macaulay Culkin Split
Is this some kind of epidemic? I swear I have no idea what the hell is going on. In short order Scarlett Johansson and Ryan Reynolds (not a Jew) filed for divorce, then Natalie Portman announced that...
Natalie Portman: Pregnant and Engaged
The Lord giveth, and the Lord taketh Away. It’s been a bittersweet December – the same month that brought us news of Scarlett Johansson’s impending availability, now brings us news...
A Contention Free Tikkun Olam Post
Shalom Sesame! Ma Nishma? Yeah I know! Tikkun Olam is not actually a really badly named blog by a crabby Israel hater in Seattle. It’s also a concept in Judaism whereby one is urged to perfect...