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The Schmooze Forward Fives: 2010 in Film
In this, the second annual Forward Fives selection, we celebrate the year’s cultural output with a series of deliberately eclectic choices in film, music, theater, exhibitions and books. Here we present five of the most important Jewish films of 2010. Feel free to argue with and add to our selections in the comments. The Matchmaker…
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The Schmooze ‘Mean Old Jews Who Crucify My Lord’
Hats off to New York Times music critic Ben Sisario for posting this rousing holiday song by one Sister Albertha Harris Lewis on his blog. Our question is, who is Sister Albertha Harris Lewis, anyway? One thing is for sure though: Anti-Semitism never sounded so good. Please share any info in the comments and listen…
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News Share Your Election Day Experiences
It’s Election Day, and MitzVote invites you to share your thoughts about the occasion. What issues are most on your mind this Election Day? Does it feel different, this year, to be a Jewish voter? Have issues relating to Jews or Israel affected your evaluation of local candidates? How does your identity as a Jew…
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The Schmooze Cartoon Art — Jewish Women Speak Out
A star-studded panel discussion officially launched “Graphic Details: Confessional Comics by Jewish Women” at San Francisco’s Cartoon Art Museum on Thursday, October 21. But not everyone on the panel agreed that the exhibit’s theme even made sense. Trina Robbins, one of the leading lights in comics and a noted “herstorian” and author, questioned why the…
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The Schmooze Stewart Takes on Sanchez on ‘The Daily Show’
Watch Jon Stewart’s “Daily Show” response to former CNN anchor Rick Sanchez’s assertion that Stewart is a bigot: here.
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The Schmooze Sacha Baron Cohen To Play Freddie Mercury
Ali G is going to play Freddie Mercury, but he won’t appear as the “Good Old Fashioned Lover Boy” just yet. British funnyman Sacha Baron Cohen has been tapped to be the “Killer Queen” in an upcoming musical biopic of Queen’s late lead singer, but he has to finish a couple of other films before…
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The Schmooze British Socialite Peaches Geldof Celebrates Yom Kippur, in a Yarmulke
This is the picture a pal tweeted of 21-year-old Peaches Geldof (right) on the eve of Yom Kippur. She was at a dinner with Jewish actor-director boyfriend Eli Roth (left), 38, to mark the day.
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The Schmooze Do We Agree With Slate’s Assessment of the State of Jewish America?
On September 7, the online magazine Slate published an article titled “Will the Great American Rabbi Please Stand Up?” which argued that, in the words of its author, Shmuel Rosner, “great American rabbis seem to be a thing of the past.” Indeed, the article surmises that “Jewish America seems to have lost its chance to…
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