Michael Kaminer
By Michael Kaminer
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The Schmooze Comics, Motherhood — and Charlie Hebdo
Miss Lasko-Gross’s shrewd, poignant “Henni” (Z2 Comics) arrives at a charged moment for cartoons and religion. In the graphic novel — a marked departure from Lasko-Gross’ acclaimed autobiographical comics “Escape from ‘Special’” and “A Mess of Everything” — the female lead abandons her village in a quest for knowledge. The blind followers, cynical leaders, and…
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Recipes Israel’s Answer to Hot Chocolate Hits New York
Sachlav, a hot drink that is to Israel what hot chocolate is here. Photograph courtesy of Mighty Pie. Israel’s most popular winter drink has become a hit with New Yorkers — thanks to an Ecuadorian chef and a little love from The New York Times. Mighty Pie, a tiny stall in Union Square Park that…
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The Schmooze 10 Unforgettable Pictures From the Lodz Ghetto
Henrik Ross’s camera helped him survive the Holocaust. As an “official” photographer of the Lodz ghetto, he took photos for Jewish identification cards, and documented scenes the Nazis would use to promote the ghetto’s efficiency and industry. Ross’ camera also helped memory survive. Surreptitiously, he photographed scenes that reflected grueling daily life and wrenching moments…
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The Schmooze An Outsider Among Montreal’s Hasidim
In Quebec, the term “two solitudes” once described icy/cozy relations between the English and French. But in Maxime Giroux’s sublime “Felix and Meira,” which closes out this year’s New York Jewish Film Festival, the phrase seems apt for the Hasidim and hipsters of Montreal’s happening Mile End neighborhood, coexisting without actually engaging. The film’s title…
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Opinion Hebro Presents First-Ever Gay Jewish Auschwitz Tour
Hebro Travel ad The image is a little jarring. On the left, a bearded, shirtless guy in sunglasses stands on a beach, the Israeli flag reflected in his mirrored aviators. On the right, a pink Star of David hovers over an ancient building in Prague. But for Jayson Littman, the pictures make perfect sense. As…
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The Schmooze Art World Pariah Is Unlikely Star at 92
Jonah Kinigstein, ‘Coney Island.’ Courtesy the artist and Society of Illustrators. A certain Jewish weekly rejected one of Jonah Kinigstein’s scathing cartoons back in 2004; responding to the furor over Mel Gibson’s “Passion of the Christ,” Kinigstein had drawn Jesus tossing the movie into a bonfire in front of the White House. “I’d sent it…
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Food Ess-A-Wrap for Beloved Bagel Shop
Photograph by Angela N./Flickr For bagel lovers, there’s going to be a hole on Manhattan’s east side — but not for long. After nearly 40 years of bagel-baking and nosh-slinging, Ess-A-Bagel will close its Gramercy location, on 21st Street and 1st Avenue, at the end of January. But — hold the schmear — another bagelry…
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The Schmooze James Palmer Gets Looted Art Back
Photo: Courtesy Goh When The New York Times broke the story of a lawsuit over misdirected proceeds of Nazi-looted art, it dedicated a couple of lines to Mondex Corporation, a low-profile outfit whose research brought the case to light. But Mondex, which operates out of Toronto and London, has played a headline role in helping…
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