34 July 4 • 2019
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AT THE MOVIES
Opening last Tuesday, July 2, was
Spiderman: Far From Home. The film takes
place shortly after the events in Avengers:
Endgame. Peter Parker (AKA Spiderman)
is still mourning the death of
his mentor, Avengers’
leader
Tony Stark, AKA Iron Man,
when he is recruited by Nick
Fury to team up with Quentin
Beck, AKA Mysterio, a master
of trickery and illusion to
battle the Elementals. Tom
Holland plays Spiderman;
Samuel L. Jackson plays
Fury; and Jake Gyllenhaal,
38, plays Mysterio. Jon
Favreau, 52, appears as
Happy Hogan, the former
chief aide of Stark, and now
a mentor of Parker.
It’
s a busy month for
Favreau. He directed a
new version of The Lion
King, which opens July
19. Favreau is the son of a
mostly Italian non-Jewish
father and a Jewish mother.
His mother died when he
was 12.
His whole extended family, on both
sides, cooperated in making sure he had
a bar mitzvah, as his mother wished. A
practicing Jew, Favreau and his wife of
19 years, physician Joya Tillem, 49, have
three children.
BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE
Karlie Kloss, 26, made the news last
week when she and her husband, busi-
nessman Joshua Kushner, 33, had a
big “post-wedding” party in Wyoming.
They were married in a small
Jewish ceremony in July 2018
after six years of dating. Kloss
converted to Judaism, under
Orthodox auspices, before
the wedding. You don’
t hear
that much about Joshua, the
brother of Jared Kushner,
38. While the brothers both
married women who con-
verted to Judaism, they don’
t
agree politically (Joshua is
a Democrat). It appears that
family peace is maintained
by Joshua not talking much
about politics, his brother or
President Trump.
Guests danced the hora
at the “post” party. Notable
celeb guests included Mila
Kunis, 35, and her hubbie,
longtime Kaballah student
Ashton Kutcher; singer Katy
Perry; and designer Diane
Von Furstenberg, 72. Von
Furstenberg’
s Greek Jewish
mother survived Auschwitz. The Kushner
brothers’
grandparents were Holocaust
survivors, too. ■
NATE BLOOM
COLUMNIST
Jon Favreau
PHOTO VIA FAVREAU FACEBOOK
Karlie Kloss
PHOTO VIA KLOSS FACEBOOK
F
ormer Detroiter Jennifer
Hurvitz, author of the
best-selling self-help book One
Happy Divorce: Hold
the Bulls#!t, released
her second book, woul-
da. coulda. shoulda. A
divorce coach’
s guide to
staying married (Warren
Publishing).
She will be appearing
July 9 at Temple Israel
in West Bloomfield. The
evening will start with
a pre-glow at 6:30 p.m.
with Hurvitz, including
wine, appetizers and dessert ($20).
She will speak at 7:30 p.m. free of
charge.
Well-known for her humor and
candor about all things divorce and
relationships, Hurvitz is the voice
behind the popular Doing Divorce
Right podcast and author
of the popular blog, The
Truth Hurvitz.
Her new book takes
a different approach,
instead of focusing on
married couples who
want to stay married.
Sharing personal experi-
ences and laugh-out-loud
insights from her own
divorce journey, Hurvitz
paints an honest (at times
brutally so) picture of what it’
s like
to be divorced, and tips for how to
avoid it. ■
Register for the event at temple-israel.org.
Author Hurvitz to Share
Latest Book at Temple Israel
Jennifer Hurvitz
PHOTO VIA HURVITZ FACEBOOK
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