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Robbie Chafitz Is Good for the Money

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Meet Robbie Chafitz, a screenwriter whose short film Time Out screened at Sundance, and a contributor to Sex, Drugs & Gefilte Fish. He'll be telling his story, "The Money Was Good," this Thursday (Nove...
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Grave New World

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Sitting down at the table with Howard Bloom, Mitchell Joachim, Daniel Pinchbeck and Douglas Rushkoff is worse than sitting down with your grandmother. At least your grandmother feeds you after she frightens you about where the world is headed.
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Jewish Make-Believe with Rebecca Addelman

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Meet Rebecca Addelman, a writer and comedian living in Los Angeles who currently writes for the animated sketch show "SuperNews!" on Current TV. She's also the author of "Gershon" in Sex, Drugs & Gefilte Fi...
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Nice Jewish Aliens

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We don't know if any of those stars twinkling up above have six points, but we're not the first to wonder whether the planets they're orbiting keep kosher. If a UFO were to land tomorrow, we should be so lucky ...
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_I Drink for a Reason_

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Text by Lauren SorokenI used to identify with Fear of Flying, not because I read the book, but the title spoke to me. Fortunately, I discovered drinking a few gin and tonics relieved all of my aviation anxiety ...
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_A Serious Man_: The Review

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Text by Abe Fried-TanzerEvery director inevitably makes a personal film at some point in their career. Joel and Ethan Coen make movies about bizarre people and the strange coincidences that rule over their dail...