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Wednesday, March 22, 2006

Episode 4: Going (Grape) Nuts

By Avi Frier - FJN Publisher

This week’s task was to design a billboard for Post’s newest cereal, Grape Nuts Trail Mix Crunch. Dan’s team (Gold Rush) kept it simple and won the task. Despite their impending victory however, team member Bryce, who came up with the entire concept for their billboard design, was second…

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Thursday, March 16, 2006

Episode 3: L’Chevy Tova!

By Avi Frier - FJN Publisher

This week’s task was to organize a corporate retreat for some of the top dealer/owners of General Motors dealerships. The centerpiece of the retreat was the unveiling of the 2007 Chevy Tahoe. The team that received the best evaluation would win.

Dan and Lee informed their team that…

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Our Greatest Enemy

By Avi Frier - FJN Publisher

If you’ve been reading the Florida Jewish News regularly for the past few weeks, you’ve already discovered my television weakness, the one show I can’t miss: The Apprentice .

This week, I taped the show (since it aired while I would still be at shul celebrating Purim with…

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Tuesday, March 07, 2006

Episode 2: txt msgs 4 g-let

By Avi Frier - FJN Publisher

This week’s task was to generate as many text messages as possible in a grassroots marketing campaign for the Gillette Fusion razor. Despite weak leadership by Lee Bienstock (the other Orthodox Jew on the show), Dan’s team (Gold Rush) got an early start, chose a great location, and won…

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Friday, March 03, 2006

Episode 1: Sam’s Blimp

By Avi Frier - FJN Publisher

As with all season premieres of The Apprentice, this episode began with the candidates being split into two teams. For the first time, however, the teams were not determined before taping. Donald Trump chose two project managers and had them choose their own teams, schoolyard style.

Daniel Brody…

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Why I never joined Mensa

By Avi Frier - FJN Publisher

Groucho Marx said, "I don’t want to belong to any club that would accept me as a member."

A few years ago, I took the Mensa entrance exam. I viewed it as a challenge. I just wanted to see if I could do it. I really didn’t have any…

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"Apprentice' TV show features Orthodox Jewish contestants

By Steven Weiss • JTA News Service

No mention was made of the contestants’ Orthodoxy in the first episode, so no one outside the show - whose cast is committed to iron-clad non-disclosure agreements - knows how, and if at all, their religious identities will be portrayed.

Viewers of this week’s premiere of "The Apprentice"…

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