The Schmooze lies at the intersection of high and low culture. Here, the latest developments and trends in Jewish art, books, dance, film, music, media, television and theater are all assimilated into one handy pop culture blog.
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‘Real Housewives’ Reunion Held In The Oldest Synagogue Building In New York
What do the realest housewives in New York City have in common with its oldest synagogue buildiner? Not much, which is why it was bizarre to see the ladies of the Bravo franchise chose to hash out old beef in the Angel Orensanz Center for their reunion special. The “Real Housewives of New York City”…
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‘Nazi Memes Are Dead,’ Declares Man With 56 Million Followers On YouTube
You don’t have to understand Internet stardom to respect that it exists and, more importantly, that it is daily affecting the lives of young people with unfettered access to computers everywhere. One of the most famous among these inexplicable beings is PewDiePie, otherwise known as Felix Kjellberg, a Swedish 27-year-old who became famous playing video…
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Stan Lee Unearths 50-Year-Old Column That Perfectly Sums Up His Feelings About Charlottesville
The horrific events that have taken place in the past several days (and the past several months) can seem inconceivable to many of us who are witnessing them for the first time. But for others, this is not their first white supremacist rodeo. Stan Lee, the former editor-in-chief of Marvel Comics, took to Twitter to…
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Jimmy Fallon’s Condemnation Of Trump Is Too Little, Too Late
I could never really explain my distaste for Jimmy Fallon until I visited Munich during Oktoberfest a few years back. I entered a beer tent to thousands of glassy-eyed revelers partaking in that most hedonistic of human activities — drinking until you lose consciousness. “Jimmy Fallon would love this,” I thought, and just like that,…
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Don’t Blame Macklemore: ‘Nazi Youth Hair’ Is The Preferred Hairstyle Of Pop Stars Nowadays
Yesterday, Twitter went crazy (as it often does in the Trump-era) when Jon Hendren, whose Twitter handle is @fart, made a startling observation: macklemore hair seems to be the chosen haircut of the racists now. i call on @macklemore to get online and denounce his own haircut — jon hendren (@fart) August 15, 2017 Yes,…
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5 Things About Vice’s Charlottesville Documentary That Shocked Me (But Shouldn’t Have)
Rarely have I seen or heard the Daily Stormers, the Jew conspiracists in the flesh. They were only usernames commenting on low-tech websites which contained images of white guys with aesthetically tragic facial hair alongside cartoons of monkeys and hooked noses. “Jews will not replace us!” said Shitler69 in the comment board. “Blood And Soil!”…
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Judge Judy Proves Once And For All That Dogs Should Rule The World
If you think nothing good is happening in the world right now, you obviously have not seen this video of Judge Judy letting a dog decide its own fate. In a case involving a man who claimed the dog a woman had bought for $50 on a sidewalk was in fact his stolen and beloved…
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From White Hoods To Popped Collars: The Normalization Of The Neo-Nazi
Branding is everything nowadays. The importance of infusing your product with an easily digestible message is at an all-time high — and there’s no better way to do this than to adopt an image that will summon an immediate connection to what you are selling. Bigoted political movements have always demonstrated an understanding of this…
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Sarah Silverman Explains ‘Jew Hair’ To The Masses
Jews are well familiar with the anti-Semitic myths that can be traced back to medieval Europe. Jews were often portrayed in medieval literature as “satanic consorts,” enemies of Christianity whose outsides often resembled their purported insides. Today, the knowledge that Jews do not, in fact, possess “cloven hooves and tails” is widespread. But just in…
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Conservative Street Artist Banned From Facebook For Dropping F-Bomb On Zuckerberg
The question of what constitutes “hate speech” on social media platforms is a hot topic du jour. Posting an exposed female nipple on Instagram? Hell no. Using Twitter to threaten nuclear war that would end civilization as we know it? Fair game. The most recent controversy comes with the banning of conservative street artist, Sabo,…
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Mark Cuban Had A ‘Sexy’ First Kiss, Thanks For Asking
The first time one’s mouth makes contact with another person’s mouth is a special and memorable experience. So is reading about Mark Cuban’s first kiss, which we can now do thanks to Gizmodo writer Ryan Mandelbaum, who emailed a number of celebrities and asked them to recount their earliest kisses. The only person who responded…
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