Mother’s milk via Alicia <\/strong><\/p>\nIt seems Mayim Bialik isn\u2019t the only vegan Jewish actress-author in Hollywood speaking up for breastfeeding.<\/p>\n
While Bialik has provided advice to fellow moms, Alicia Silverstone is now providing them with actual breast milk. According to Us Weekly, Silverstone, mom to Bear Blu, 2, and author of “The Kind Diet,” has just launched Kind Mama Milk Share, a service for vegan mothers unable to produce enough milk on their own.<\/p>\n
In a recent blog post, Silverstone wrote of a woman in her community who had trouble nursing due to a breast-reduction surgery and didn\u2019t feel comfortable accepting donor milk because \u201cit was almost impossible to figure out what kind of lifestyle choices the donors had made.\u201d<\/p>\n
Using another\u2019s breast milk — and insisting the person be a \u201cclean eater\u201d — might seem extreme, but Silverstone is no stranger to extreme baby-feeding methods. Last year she uploaded a video of herself practicing premastication — transferring chewed food from her mouth to Bear Blu\u2019s.<\/p>\n
\u201cI can understand that [pre-chewing] would make some people feel uncomfortable possibly because it\u2019s new to them,\u201d Silverstone told ET. \u201cBut I do want to let you know that this has been going on for thousands of years. [It’s] still going on all over the place. And it\u2019s natural.\u201d<\/p>\n
We\u2019re just hoping there are no plans for a Kind Mama Prechewed Food Share on the horizon.<\/p>\n
Stewart’s Skype visit
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\nNo matter how much \u201cDaily Show\u201d fans are enjoying Jon Oliver, it\u2019s impossible not to miss the man he\u2019s temporarily replacing: Everyone\u2019s favorite Jewish fake news show host, Jon Stewart.<\/p>\nLast week we were treated to a virtual visit from Stewart, who was Skyped in from the Middle East. He\u2019s there, Oliver explained, \u201csearching for a treasure based on a map he found on the back of the Constitution.\u201d Oh wait, that was a joke — he\u2019s actually there directing his first film.<\/p>\n
Stewart was just as funny as ever, although he did look a bit different thanks to his new beard.<\/p>\n
\u201cI didn\u2019t grow it,\u201d he said. \u201cWhen you get off the plane in the Middle East, they give it to you like the Hawaiians give you a lei.\u201d<\/p>\n
Madonna’s tony Tel Aviv digs
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\nIs Madonna putting down roots in the Holy Land? According to Israel\u2019s Channel 10, the answer is a resounding maybe.<\/p>\nWhile the Kabbalah devotee was not actually seen looking at properties, she was photographed holding a white folder. What, if anything, does that reveal, you might ask?<\/p>\n
Users of a Facebook page for Israeli Madonna fans wondering the very same thing blew up the shot and discovered that it wasn\u2019t just any white folder but a brochure for the Meier on Rothschild tower, a luxury housing development going up in Tel Aviv. Apartments in the 50-story building, designed by celebrity architect Richard Meier, have been selling for $1.4 to $47 million.<\/p>\n
Madge last visited Israel in 2012, kicking off her MDNA tour at Ramat Gan Stadium. During the trip she visited the Western Wall tunnels in Jerusalem and holed up in her hotel with teachers from Tel Aviv\u2019s Kabbalah Center. Looks like next time she might have more space for visitors — and since Meier on Rothschild has a pool, she won\u2019t have to build a swimming spot for her kids.<\/p>\n
Food Network celeb judging kosher BBQ comp
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\nKansas City’s kosher supervisor is going the celebrity route in a bid to fire up the attendance at its KC Kosher BBQ competition this year. Food Network regular Simon Majumdar will be on hand for the Aug. 18 faceoff of barbecue mavens in Overland Park, Kan.<\/p>\nThe Indian-British foodie, who’s been seen on \u201cThe Best Thing I Ever Ate,\u201d \u201cIron Chef\u201d and \u201cThe Next Iron Chef,\u201d will sample and rate the best kosher chicken, ribs and Kansas City-style (i.e., slow cooked and smoked) brisket around.<\/p>\n
The Vaad HaKashruth, the kosher supervising agency of the Greater Kansas City Jewish community and the event\u2019s host, is hoping Majumdar drums up a bigger audience than last year — although at 3,000 it was a pretty decent turnout.<\/p>\n
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