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If you are a short person in New York you will experience certain uncomfortable things. Men reaching for the subway pole will put their elbows where your head ought to be. At events filled with tall women, you will feel like a child even as you mutter “I AM 26.” In your impractically tall-ceilinged apartment,…
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The Schmooze Did Kelsea Ballerini Plagiarize An Israeli Artist For Country Music Awards Performance?
Contemporary Israeli dance and country music. It could be a match made in heaven. If it’s done honestly. When 25-year-old country music sensation Kelsea Ballerini performed her hit “Miss Me More” at the Country Music Awards on Wednesday, responses were mixed. Reese Witherspoon called it fire emoji. Many fans complained that the electric performance was…
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The Schmooze It’s Official, Prairie Dresses Are In: Batsheva Hay Presents At New York Fashion Week
It was a dreary Wednesday afternoon when the sky, seemingly tired of simply teasing bad weather, opened up to a Biblical-level deluge. But inside the Square diner, attendees at the Batsheva Spring Summer 2019 Presentation (designed by Jewish vintage connoisseur Batsheva Hay) stayed dry and warm as they were transported to an idyllic 1950s-era scene….
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The Schmooze Chabad Offers Ivanka-Style ‘Lean In’ For Orthodox Women
Forward Fashion writer Michelle Honig and Forward pop culture writer Jenny Singer attended the Batsheva Women’s Gala, the inaugural event for the Jewish women’s empowerment organization, together recently. One woman attended because of her fascination with modest dress and Orthodox woman entrepreneurship, and the other because of her lifelong dedication to spending time in the…
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Culture Ohad Naharin, Batsheva Dance Company Artistic Director, Is Stepping Down
Ohad Naharin, the longtime artistic director of Tel Aviv’s Batsheva Dance Company, will step down from his post in September 2018. As The New York Times reports, Naharin will be replaced in his position by Gili Navot, a former dancer and rehearsal director with the company. Naharin will stay on as Batsheva’s house choreographer. Naharin…
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Culture The Batsheva Dance Company’s ‘Last Work’ Is A Revelation
Ohad Naharin, the acclaimed Israeli choreographer of the equally acclaimed Batsheva Dance Company, recently had the New York debut of his most recent work, “Last Work” at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. The piece is not (let’s hope) Naharin’s final creation, at least there is no indication, either in the press or from the man…
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