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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Ayelet Waldman Takes On ‘Those Scumbag Kardashian Pigs’
Ayelet Waldman is on the rampage. The writer took to Twitter and Facebook yesterday in a rant against “Kim Kardashian: Hollywood,” the cartoon game app put out by — you guessed it — Kim Kardashian. According to Waldman, the app bypassed parental controls on her computer, allowing her 11-year-old to lose $120 trying to keep up…
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Who Would Pay $26K for Lampshade Made of Holocaust Victim’s Skin?
A Romanian watchdog on anti-Semitism complained to police about the sale online of an item advertised as a lampshade made of the skin of a Holocaust victim. The lampshade was advertised online by an unidentified individual from Targu Jiu, located 145 miles northwest of Bucharest, who priced the lapshade at $26,800, the Antena 1 news…
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Books Heart as Tender as Brisket
A version of this story first appeared on Women’s Voices for Change. The best comic novel I’ve read this year wasn’t published by Random House or Penguin. It was self-published by Philadelphia writer Stacia Friedman. The title? “Tender is the Brisket.” Does the book live up to the comic promise of that title? Absolutely. Ruth…
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What Media Bias? Stephen Colbert on the War in Gaza
Everyone seems to be divided over Gaza — One Direction has all but lost its identity over the issue. And the media is no exception. In a segment on The Colbert Report devoted to the conflict, Stephen Colbert lamented the current state of affairs. “This conflict in Israel has been going on for — What is…
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Jon Voight Slams Javier Bardem and Penelope Cruz for Gaza Letter
Getty Images Actor Jon Voight has written a letter condemning Javier Bardem and Penelope Cruz for their letter referring to Israel’s operations in Gaza as “genocide.” In a guest column for the Hollywood reporter called out the couple for inciting anti-Semitism, and being “oblivious to the damage they have caused.” To be fair, both Bardem…
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‘Big Brother’ in Bomb Shelter
Keshet Broadcasting The show must go on! This time with a new bomb shelter. Although many Israeli shows and networks have gone on hiatus due to Operation Protective Edge, Big Brother Israel is undeterred. The show, filmed in Neve Ilan, a village near the outskirts of Jerusalem, was in the middle of its sixth season…
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Alan ‘Ace’ Greenberg — Wall Street Maven and Mensch
As soon as I heard that former Bear Stearns CEO Alan “Ace” Greenberg” had died of cancer at 86 on July 25th, I called my childhood friend — and now world renowned financial guru — Chairman Emeritus of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (MERC) Leo Melamed. for comments. “Ace was a very feet-on-the ground kind of…
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Jewish DNA of Rue Bernard
Call it the world’s most local travel magazine. Every issue, Berlin-based Flaneur profiles one iconic street. And its latest issue — the first to look outside Germany — delves deep into Rue Bernard, the Montreal thoroughfare whose Jewish DNA stretches back a century. “It represents Montreal in a hyperlocal microcosm, meaning the street reflects the…
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Leonard Bernstein Sculpture Unveiled at Tanglewood
(JTA) — A bronze sculpture of Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990), one of the last century’s towering musical figures, was unveiled last week at Tanglewood, the summer home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO). The sculpture, by artist Penelope Jencks, is the second in a series planned depicting Tanglewood’s most iconic music figures, according to a statement…
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Why Mayim Bialik Supports Israel
Mayim Bialik has been active on social media since the beginning of Operation Protective Edge, sending thoughts and prayers to her friends and family in Israel. shabbat shalom, israel. — Mayim Bialik (@missmayim) July 11, 2014 apparently wishing a happy sabbath to my family and friends and people in israel constitutes being a baby killer…….
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Javier Bardem Apologizes For Anti-Israel Letter
Javier Bardem has joined his wife Penelope Cruz in saying “Oops.” Bardem, Cruz and Pedro Almodovar were the three most famous Spanish celebs who signed a letter earlier this week calling Israeli operations in Gaza “genocide” against the Palestinians. But as many an NFL referee has said, on further review, Bardem changed his mind. Yes,…
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