Out and About: Samberg as Zuckerberg; No Shirtless Men in Iran
Graphic by Angelie Zaslavsky
By Ezra Glinter September 26, 2011
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Is the BBC banning the use of BC/AD in favor of BCE/CE?
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Iran has banned shirtless men on TV.
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Andy Samberg impersonated Mark Zuckerberg at the Facebook conference last week.
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Max Elstein Keisler talks to Kosha Dillz about being the only Zionist rapper in the room.
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Manohla Dargis tries to sort out the mess that is Lars von Trier.
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On the Yiddish Song of the Week blog, Dmitri Slepovitch [introduces a recording][1] he made in Minsk of “Lekoved Yontef, lekoved Shabbes.”
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Barry Levinson’s 1982 movie “Diner” is heading to Broadway in 2012.
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Lucian Freud’s final work will be shown in an exhibit next year at Britain’s National Portrait Gallery.
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The lastest issue of Jewish Fiction .net is out.
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The Klezmer Shack has a roundup of music for the new year.
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The London Philharmonic Orchestra’s decision to suspend four of its members for their opposition to a concert by Israeli musicians is coming under fire.
[1]: http://yiddishsong.wordpress.com/2011/09/22/lekoved-yontef-lekoved-shabes-performed-by-zinaida-lyovina-and- dasya-khrapunskaya/
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