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News Benayoun Scores Key Goal as Arsenal Win
Israel soccer captain Yossi Benayoun scored a crucial goal to power Arsenal into a third-place finish in the English Premier League and an automatic spot in the all-important Champions League for next season. The crafty midfielder tapped in the first goal after a blunder by West Bromwich Albion goalkeeper Marton Fulop in the fourth minute…
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The Schmooze Out and About
Roman Polanski is set to direct “D,” a thriller about the Dreyfus Affair. Comic book legend Stan Lee is writing an Elvis comic. Listen to a recording from the legendary Yiddish poet, partisan and Shoah song collector Shmerke Kaczerginski. Take a look at the first book illustrated by Maurice Sendak. Walter Zev Feldman takes on…
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The Schmooze ‘Wild Things’ Author Maurice Sendak Dies at 83
Maurice Sendak, author of beloved children’s books such as “Where the Wild Things Are” and “In the Night Kitchen,” died May 8 at age 83 of complications from a stroke. Sendak, who was born in Brooklyn to Jewish immigrants from Poland, broke the conventions of children’s literature with his dark and psychologically acute early books….
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Fast Forward Jewish Hostage Pleads With Obama for Help
Kidnapped American Warren Weinstein pleaded with President Barack Obama to meet his Al Qaeda captors’ demands in a new video, saying ‘my life is in your hands,’ CNN reported. The Jewish development consultant, who was snatched from outside his home in Lahore, Pakistan, last August, suggested the radical group would execute him unless the U.S….
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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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