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The Schmooze Out and About
The New York Freudian Society is attempting to update its image by changing its name to the Contemporary Freudian Society. Listen to the only known recording of Freud speaking. Watch a previously unseen Beastie Boys video from the unaired third season of “Chapelle’s Show.” Director David Cronenberg will take a turn in front of the…
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The Schmooze Beastie Boys’ Adam Yauch Dies at 47
Adam Yauch, a member of the seminal hip-hop group the Beastie Boys, has died at age 47. Yauch, also known as MCA, had been treated for cancer since 2009. Brooklyn-born Yauch founded the Beastie Boys in 1979 with Mike “Mike D” Diamond and Adam “Ad-Rock” Horowitz. They achieved fame in 1986 with their first full-length…
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Fast Forward Johnson Beats Livingstone for London Mayor
London Mayor Boris Johnson narrowly won reelection on Friday, defeating ex-Mayor Ken Livingstone, who stirred controversy with remarks called anti-Semitic by the city’s Jewish leaders. Johnson, a Conservative, got 51.5% of the vote compared to 48.5% for Labour Party stalwart Livingstone, the Guardian reported. In the 2008 election, the Johnson won by a slightly bigger…
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The Schmooze Out and About
Take a look at a series of photos taken by a young Stanley Kubrick titled “Life and Love on The New York City Subway.” How Herman Göring’s younger brother Albert saved dozens of Jewish lives. Adam Kirsch reflects on a “quasi-novel” about the assassinated Nazi leader Reinhard Heydrich. “The Steins Collect,” an exhibit at the…
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The Schmooze Out and About
Writer László Krasznahorkai talks to Guernica magazine about terror in fiction, the aesthetic of the long sentence, his love of contemporary music, and collaborating with Allen Ginsberg. Read our review of his most recent novel here. Tel Aviv-born artist Maira Kalman takes a stroll through her native city. Read our interview with Kalman here. Bob…
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The Schmooze Out and About
Meet Yiddish sensation Libby Pollak. Take a look at a trove of previously unseen old New York City photos. Eight American cities are getting money for new arts journalism initiatives. Step into the weird and wonderful world of women’s arm wrestling. Listen to Habitus editor Joshua Editor reflect on Berlin. Christian Lorenzten expounds on the…
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News Forward Nominated for Deadline Club Awards
The Forward captured both finalist spots for reporting by small and mid-size newspapers and was nominated as a finalist for opinion writing in the 2012 contest sponsored by the New York chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. The paper was named a finalist for reporting by newspapers under 100,000 circulation for Paul Berger’s story,…
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The Schmooze Out and About
HEEB talks to the world’s most prolific “Downfall” parodist. Darren Aronofsky may direct a George Washington biopic. Yiddish theater comes to Johns Hopkins University. A Haifa street-art collective goes to London. The Israeli film “The Policeman” won the prize for Best Film at the Buenos Aires film festival. Shulem Deen writes for Salon about how…
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