A Friday night with schmooze’s favorite J.M.I.L.F. (Jewish Mother I’d Like to Fabregin* with)
*Fabregin - (Yiddish for “gathering”) An inspirational “study session” with one’s rebbe, teacher or friends. 
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Stephen the golden snitch

The guys in my age group were frustrated. As nivonim, the oldest division at Camp Ramah in Wisconsin, tradition mandated we pull a camp-wide prank, but we hadn’t thought of anything worthy …

schmooze: So how’d you like the Northwestern audience?
Sarah Silverman: They were just awesome. I was not high-energy tonight, but they were totally with me and I really enjoyed it. They’re smart, cool.

 
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