Michael Kaminer
By Michael Kaminer
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Culture A Matter of Life and Death
Considering the firestorm around last year’s “Dead Sea Scrolls” exhibit — the Palestinian Authority demanded its cancellation, claiming Israel had “stolen” the artifacts — it’s understandable that Toronto’s Royal Ontario Museum might tread lightly around Middle East politics. But the ROM’s new megashow, “Water: The Exhibition,” opens at a time when thorny policy challenges around…
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The Schmooze Israeli Sports Hero To Be Inducted Into Jewish Sports Hall of Fame
To most Long Islanders, it’s just the Suffolk County JCC. But admirers of Semitic sportspeople also know the Commack building as home of the National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame and Museum. And on March 27, the Hall will get its latest inductee: Tal Brody, “Israel’s first modern-day sports hero… who led his Maccabi Tel…
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The Schmooze A Minyan Of Jews Shines on Oscar Night
Jews behind the camera, and one who works in front of it, scored big at last night’s 83rd annual Academy Awards. As widely expected, Israeli-born thesp Natalie Portman nabbed the Best Actress honor for her mad-ballerina shtick in “Black Swan.” Backstage, the with-child Portman told reporters, “[Pregnancy] has sort of been a protection against all…
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The Schmooze Don’t Mess With Jewish Porn King Michael Lucas
As Forward readers know, Michael Lucas is the Russian-born, New York-based gay adult-film producer whose fervent Zionism inspired production of the first gay porn film made in Israel with an all-Israeli cast. And yesterday, Lucas emerged victorious in a battle with Manhattan’s Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Transgender Community Center over its support for an “anti-Semitic”…
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The Schmooze Yad Vashem Gets Interactive With Google
Accessing Yad Vashem’s massive store of photos and documents is about to get as easy as typing into a search bar. According to a report in The New York Times this week, the Jerusalem-based “keeper of the world’s largest Holocaust archive” is expanding a partnership with Google to digitize about 130,000 photographs — and give…
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The Schmooze Q & A: Justin Bieber’s Jewish Father Figure Talks to the Forward
In a hostile world, where can frightened Jewish children find inspiration to be themselves? In the new Justin Bieber documentary, “Never Say Never,” according to Scott “Scooter” Braun, the 29-year-old manager of the world’s biggest post-adolescent pop star and a protagonist of the film. “There are kids who are picked on and deal with anti-Semitism,”…
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The Schmooze Jewish Editorial Cartoonist Rachel Gold Does Not Exist
Fans of acclaimed Austrian editorial cartoonist Rachel Gold who harbored hopes of meeting the “young, pretty Jewish immigrant girl from Israel” are in for a disappointment. Rachel — “one of the top editorial cartoonists in Austria” — doesn’t exist. Blogger Daryl Cagle revealed this week on his Cagle Post site that “Rachel Gold is a…
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The Schmooze Did Snickers’ Super Bowl Commercial Have Anti-Semitic Message?
Adolf Hitler is giving a familiar salute in the chilling black-and-white photo. But the caption above his head carries an unexpected message: “I Hate Jews. But I Love Snickers.” The image is posted on Snickers Hates Jews, a Facebook page that sprang up after the junk-food brand aired a new Super Bowl commercial in which…
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