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Take the Train to the Pogo Stick...

By Eleanor Goldberg

Since April 19, 26-year-old filmmaker Boaz Frankel has been traveling across the United States, equipped with all the road-trip essentials — iPhone, camera, backpack and a list of contacts.Read More


A Cohen by Any Other Faith...

By Eleanor Goldberg

It seems that a person no longer needs to be a direct descendant of Aaron in order to be called Cohen.Read More


Lainie Kazan’s ‘Oy Vey’ Moment

By Eleanor Goldberg

Evegny Afineevsky’s forthcoming film, “Oy Vey! My Son Is Gay!” may tell the story of a mother and father’s struggle to accept that their son will never marry a nice Jewish girl, but the Israeli-born director insists that the movie is neither gay nor Jewish. “It’s about the clash of generations, and parents trying to understand their children,” Afineevsky told The Shmooze. “Sure, the parents are living and doing modern things, but at same time, they are a couple of generations back.”Read More


Israel’s ‘Kosher’ Swine Flu

By Eleanor Goldberg

Just in case you were worried that a terrible virus linked to pigs would whet people’s appetite for pork, Israel’s deputy health minister has renamed the swine flu. He’s calling it the Mexico flu.Read More


‘American Idol’ Star’s Biblical Role

By Eleanor Goldberg

Panned for breaking nearly every theatrical commandment by, uh, everyone, the 2004 musical production “The Ten Commandments,” starring Val Kilmer and performed in Los Angeles, was tucked away where all bad performances go quietly to die: YouTube.Read More



 

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