• Someone stole a rabbi’s car and made off with a $30,000 torah scroll (the vehicle and the scroll were found). [NYDN]

• The definitive guide to the Jewish band from Hoboken, Yo La Tengo. [BuzzFeed]

• Alec Baldwin does everything short of blackmailing Lena Dunham to get a part on her HBO show, Girls. [WNYC]

• Don’t take Joan Rivers to court, because you will lose. [THR]

• More about Network Jew extraordinaire Nick Kroll. [Splitsider]

• Billy on the Street, our favorite new show not starring Nick Kroll, debuts the Julia Roberts Obstacle Course. [Vulture]

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• Jerry Seinfeld’s wife Jessica apparently hates his white tennis sneakers. “I think a man of your dignified age and elegance could maybe go with a dark grey or black. Or the New Balance.” [The Cut]

• Jewcy contributor Alex Aciman matches famous musicians with their iconic style items. [Time]

• It’s officially Oscar season! Rachel Weisz and Christoph Waltz reflect on winning their first Oscars. [NYT]

• There’s a new crowd-sourced Jewish-English lexicon online, and it looks pretty awesome. [Tablet]

• More magic from Comedy Central’s upcoming series, The Kroll Show, featuring real-life Network Jew Nick Kroll. [Vulture]

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• Landmarked Lower East Side synagogue Beth Hamedrash Hagadol is seeking permission to demolish the structure and rebuild as a mixed-use building with a synagogue on the ground floor. [Curbed]

• Our friends at the Gefilteria get some love from the New Yorker. [New Yorker]

• Are the Apatows line cutters? [Grub Street]

• Delia Ephron vs. J.Crew, round 2. [WWD]

• Jack’s Wife Freda, the South-African and Israeli-inspired SoHo brunch hotspot, has applied for a liquor license. [Grub Street]

• Nick Kroll, last seen as Network Jew all-star Ruxin from The League, has his own sketch comedy show airing on Comedy Central early next year. [Interview]

Here’s Kroll’s favorite Hanukkah memory, via Funny or Die:

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