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Fast Forward Man Booted From Plane in ‘Merry Christmas’ Fracas
An irate airline passenger who objected to ‘Merry Christmas’ greetings was reportedly booted off an American Airlines flight at New York’s LaGuardia Airport. “Don’t say ‘Merry Christmas,’” the grumpy traveler told flight attendants on the Dallas-bound flight on Thursday, the New York Post reported. The man, who was not named, was escorted off the flight…
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The Schmooze A Year for Polish Jewry
Photo copyright Getty Images Nearly 20 years in the making, the Museum of the History of Polish Jews in Warsaw finally opened this fall. With its reported 9-figure budget, its seven main galleries, and more than 40,000 square feet of space, the museum was dubbed “The Louvre of Jewish Museum,” by Forward art critic A.J….
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The Schmooze It Was a Year for Filming Biblically
Christian Bale as Moses in Ridley Scott’s ‘Exodus’ / Photo copyright 20th Century Fox Bible spin-offs are nearly as old as the Bible itself, but this year saw a couple of big-screen adaptations that were hard to rival in their ambitions, or their controversies. Darren Aronofsky’s “Noah,” starring Russell Crowe and Jennifer Connelly, provided a…
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Culture Joe Cocker’s 8 Greatest Jewish Hits
Joe Cocker, the English vocalist who has died at the age of 70, is perhaps best known for his electrifying performance at Woodstock. Or, perhaps, for the Grammy-winning monster hit “Up Where We Belong,” featured in the film “An Officer and a Gentleman.” Throughout his illustrious career, though, Cocker had more than a few encounters…
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The Schmooze It Was an Un-Orthodox Year
Photo copyright George Baier Books by and about Jews who leave Orthodoxy have been around for years now — centuries, really — but in 2014 they reached a critical mass. With new memoirs by Leah Vincent and Deborah Feldman, an academic study by Lynn Davidman, and scores of essays, articles, films, profiles and trend pieces,…
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Fast Forward Rahm Emanuel’s Son Beaten and Robbed Outside Chicago Mayor’s Home
Rahm Emanuel’s teenage son was reportedly robbed and beaten outside the Chicago mayor’s home on the city’s north side. Zachariah Emanuel, 17, went outside the house to make a phone call around 10 p.m. Friday night when he was set upon by three thugs, the Chicago Tribune reported. The robbers punched the teen in the…
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The Schmooze The Year the Met Met Klinghoffer
Photo copyright Ken Howard/Met Opera In the end, Marilyn Klinghoffer’s voice resonated most clearly in the controversial production of Alice Goodman and John Adams’s ‘The Death of Klinghoffer’ at the Met. There were, of course, the protests accusing the opera’s creators of, at worst, anti-Semitism, and at best, naiveté. And there were the counter-protesters who…
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The Schmooze #Pluslight Spreads the Hanukkah Cheer
Day three #ShareTheLights #PlusLight #Hannukkah pic.twitter.com/X6R1Fow3IM — Nicky N. (@NickyNeiman) December 19, 2014 With all of the candles, the menorahs and the doughnuts, Hanukkah is a naturally photogenic holiday. But now artist Tobi Kahn is putting party snapshots to a higher purpose than just showing your friends how many latkes you’re about to eat. Together…
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