Katherine Clarke
By Katherine Clarke
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The Schmooze Films on Susan Sontag, Joann Sfar Receive Hefty Grant
In a bid to shape which Jewish documentaries find an audience, the Foundation for Jewish Culture announced the recipients of the Lynn and Jules Kroll Fund for Documentary Film on December 15. The $140,000 grant (split between five recipients) enables filmmakers, considered to be expanding the understanding of Jewish experience, to reach a wider audience….
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The Schmooze TIME names Mark Zuckerberg Person of the Year
In a surprise decision, Time magazine today disregarded the people’s choice of WikiLeaks’s Julian Assange for Person of the Year and opted for Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg. The accolade, awarded to the individual who has “for better or for worse…done the most to influence the events of the year,” according to the magazine, would have…
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The Schmooze And the Most Jewish City in America Is…
As Hanukkah celebrations got underway last week, The Daily Beast ranked the 30 most Jewish cities in America. Their results were determined by three per capita factors: Jewish population, number of synagogues and kosher restaurants. As expected, New York claimed the top spot. With a Jewish population of 9.6%, four synagogues per capita and an…
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