Hurricane Sandy ravaged New York and New Jersey, home to many, many Jews and Jewish celebrities, this week. Of course, they all tweeted up a storm.Of course, Joan Rivers could find the humor in any situation.Bravo to Governor Christie from New Jersey. He's so dedicated to the cleanup he cancelled Halloween…now he can eat all the candy himself!— Joan Rivers (@Joan_Rivers) October 31, 2012 Lena Dunham safely watched the storm on TV from IndiaMy mom's idea of a very bad storm is if Anderson Cooper gets blown around a lot. Miss you like a monster, NYC, you plucky girl.— Lena Dunham (@lenadunham) October 30, 2012While Jerry Seinfeld tried to interpret New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg's wardrobeMayor Bloomberg going with zip up neck sweater to fight Sandy.Shows preparedness.Windy: zip it upStorm over: back down#frankenstorm— Jerry Seinfeld (@JerrySeinfeld) October 28, 2012 And Bette Midler got a healthy dose of irony:The gentleman who was going to address us about climatechange is unable to attend due to CLIMATE CHANGE!!— Bette Midler (@BetteMidler) October 30, 2012Speaking of irony, production of the Darren Aronofsky-directed, Russell Crowe-starring "Noah," yes, the Noah with the ark, was put on hold because of the storm, which is hilarious, as cast member Emma Watson pointed out.I take it that the irony of a massive storm holding up the production of Noah is not lost @DarrenAronofsky@russellcrowe @mattylibatique— Emma Watson (@EmWatson) October 29, 2012A giant replica of Noah's Ark was built for the film in Long Island, New York this summer.I dreamt about this since I was 13. And now it's a reality. Genesis 6:14 #noah: twitter.com/DarrenAronofsk…— darren aronofsky (@DarrenAronofsky) July 11, 2012It may have been interrupted by Hurricane Sandy, but Halloween was on Wednesday. Sure, Halloween isn't a Jewish holiday, but this week's episode of "New Girl" managed to bring in a string of Woody Allen jokes in its honor:Two weeks ago, Sarah Silverman's dad defended her honor, after a rabbi wrote an article saying she should stop telling dirty jokes, get married and have kids. Silverman visited Jay Leno this week to promote her new film, Wreck-It Ralph, and talked about her dad, who was "horrified to be famous – just kidding, he loves it." Silverman got a little confused about the Old Testament, calling it the "first Bible," and talked about her favorite restaurant, the airport diner.The Weekly Schmooze collects the hottest Jewish culture news from around the world. Ranging from celebrities to philanthropy to quirky communities, we're here to schmooze about Jews. If you have any news to share with The Weekly Schmooze, write to: weeklyschmooze@gmail.com.
