Sam Bromer
By Sam Bromer
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The Schmooze Movie News: Silent Film About Anti-Semitism Reemerges, Harvey Weinstein Gets Dumped
Assuming you’re a reader of the Forward, you’re probably well aware that “Jewberg” is not a real Jewish surname. According to a recent story in the Outline, members of the Russian media are not quite so savvy. In a bizarre twist, it turns out a self-proclaimed US State Department analyst and anti-Putin commentator named David…
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Culture This Man Destroyed The Myth Of Biblical Time
During the documentary “Bill Nye: Science Guy,” America’s favorite science communicator traveled to rural Grant County, Kentucky, to visit Ark Encounter, a Christian evangelical theme park. Its main attraction is a massive, 510-foot-long, wooden “reconstruction” of Noah’s Ark, which towers over the site’s parking lot. Inside the ark, tourists can take their picture with some…
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Film & TV Movie News: The Meta-Nostalgia of “Ready Player One,” Corey Feldman Survives a Stabbing
Do you remember when Ridley Scott directed a film about Exodus, featuring Christian Bale as Moses? I didn’t until about five minutes ago, when “Exodus: Gods and Kings” (2014) came up in a Google search. I am dumbstruck as to why I went to go see it in theaters, but I have a feverish memory…
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Culture Are These The Best Biblical Novels Of All Time?
With Passover fast approaching, “Exodus” has been on my mind. No, not the biblical story; the 1958 novel by Leon Uris that served as a sort of bible to the generation of American Jews who had survived the Holocaust, as well as their children. My mom used to carry a tattered copy to the beach…
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Culture Robert S. Rubin, Who Spearheaded The Brooklyn Museum’s Battle Against Rudy Giuliani, Dies at 86
Robert S. Rubin, a philanthropist and investment banker, has died at 86. As chairman of the board of the Brooklyn Museum, Rubin defended the institution from censorship after then-mayor Rudy Giuliani took offense at one of its planned exhibits. His son Nathaniel told The New York Times’s Sam Roberts that the cause of Rubin’s death…
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The Schmooze Movie News: Cynthia Nixon’s Connections To Judaism, Paddington Tries Matzo
Everyone seems excited by Cynthia Nixon’s gubernatorial run, the announcement of which provides a good opportunity to revisit her small but crucial role in Milos Forman’s masterpiece film “Amadeus” (1984). Nixon, who was 17 during filming, plays a maid employed by the jealous composer Salieri to spy on his rival: Mozart. Without her, Salieri would…
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Culture Groucho Marx, Steve Reich Recordings Entered Into National Registry
When a climate apocalypse one day destroys human civilization, at least alien archaeologists will be able to become acquainted with Groucho Marx. “An Evening With Groucho” (1972), a recording of the legendary comedian’s final one-man show, is one of the 25 recordings newly added to the Library of Congress’s National Recording Registry. In a testament…
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Culture Why Jonathan Weisman Is Fending Off Criticism From Anti-Semites And Jews
After he fell victim to an onslaught of vile anti-Semitic taunts on Twitter, and discovered that users were enclosing his name in parentheses — (((Jonathan Weisman))) — to connote his being Jewish, Jonathan Weisman became a reluctant expert on the rise of the so-called “Alt-Right.” In his new book, “(((Semitism))),” Weisman delves into the ancient…
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