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How Curious George Fought the Nazis
It’s hard to imagine a cartoon monkey saving the day anywhere other than in storybooks. But Curious George, the signature monkey of author and artist duo H. A. and Margret Rey, did just that, according to “Curious George Saves the Day: The Art of Margret and H. A. Rey,” an exhibit of 80 original drawings…
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In Israel, Metallica Ticket Prices Stir Backlash
The ultimate heavy metal band Metallica does whatever the hell it likes, right? Well not when faced with disgruntled Israelis. It seems that the Israeli flair for complaining is enough to get even Metallica members to do as they are told. In February, the band announced that they will play at the 42,000-person capacity Ramat…
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The Rhyme and Reason of Israeli Hip-Hop
Hadag Nahash is one of Israel’s most popular hip-hop groups, topping the charts regularly with their politically provocative, genre-bending music. The six-member band recently released their sixth album, appropriately titled “6.” The Forward’s Ezra Glinter spoke with front man Sha’anan Streett about the new album, writing English songs and representing Israeli culture abroad. How would…
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When Yoga and Mindfulness Meet Torah
A rabbi, a yogi and a Buddhist walk into the Manhattan JCC… What sounds like a stock opener of a joke actually happened at an event March 1 connected to Dani Shapiro’s newly released memoir, “Devotion” (Harper). The author invited her spiritual teachers to join her in a conversation moderated by writer and former television…
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Political Wife Duped by Israeli Press
The wife of Israel’s own defense minister has been duped by a man in disguise. Nili Priel, wife of Ehud Barak, unwittingly opened their home to a stranger who had assumed a fake identity, leading to a pre-Purim flood of publicity. Ari Libsker, a reporter for the Israeli financial newspaper Calcalist, posed as a house-hunting…
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For Israel, Size Doesn’t Matter
‘Don’t be mad, but it’s small,” starts a video of two sexy, half-dressed college students in bed. The 45-second video, laden with enough double entendres and sexual innuendoes to make almost anyone blush, or at least laugh, is part of a new online pro-Israel campaign called sizedoesntmatter.ca, run by the Canadian Federation of Jewish Students…
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Blurring Drama And Real Life
A TV series about kidnapped soldiers has sparked debate in Israel, where the fate of a captured army soldier continues to dominate real-life headlines. “Kidnapped,” a weekly drama set to air on Israel’s Channel 2, has drawn both widespread interest and charges of insensitivity in the days before its March 6 premiere. Featuring a cast…
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An Unorthodox (Orthodox) Production
You won’t find Congregation Me’Ever Lechomos in a directory of Toronto’s Orthodox synagogues. That’s because the name’s an alias for downtown’s Theatre Passe Muraille, now convincingly dressed up as a synagogue for its latest production. “Yichud” — the title refers to the room where Orthodox newlyweds enjoy their first private moments — depicts familial dramas…
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Is Mike Nichols Related to Everyone?
On the celebrity family tree, a Jewish film director has been revealed as the missing link among Albert Einstein, Meryl Streep and TV’s Dr. Mehmet Oz. Mike Nichols, the Oscar-winning director of the 1967 film “The Graduate,” learns that he shares connections with a surprising set of “cousins” in “Faces of America,” a new PBS…
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A Grinch of Olympic Proportions
Vancouver-based klezmer musician Geoff Berner isn’t happy that his hometown is hosting the Olympics, and he wants you to know why. In a city packed with tourists, athletes and celebrities, all partaking in some old-fashioned Olympic cheer, Berner is singing the reason that he’s angry about the international sporting event, and the reason that Vancouver…
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Jewish Designers Strike a Pose
‘Every spring, the women of New York leave the foolish choices of their past behind and look ahead to the future. This is known as fashion week,” fictitious fashion icon Carrie Bradshaw (Sarah Jessica Parker) says in the movie “Sex and the City.” She is referring to the real Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week, a weeklong event…
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