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The Schmooze Friday Film: Phil Ochs Finally Gets His Biopic
Last month, fans of 1960s singer-songwriter Phil Ochs got some long-delayed gratification when the film “Phil Ochs: There But For Fortune,” directed by Kenneth Bowser, opened in limited release at New York’s IFC Center. With reviews ranging from good to excellent, the movie is now scheduled for runs at 57 theaters nationwide. Aficionados are optimistic…
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The Schmooze Out and About: Iran beats Israeli Chess Record; Thorstein Veblen on Jewish Intellectualism
The finalists for the 2011 Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature have been announced. Philadelphia’s Rosenbach Museum and Library has become home to Maurice Sendak’s only mural. Jonah Lehrer retrieves Thorstein Veblen’s forgotten essay on why Jews become intellectuals. An Iranian grandmaster claims to have beaten an Israeli chess record after playing 614 people simultaneously…
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The Schmooze Out and About: National Book Critics Circle Finalists; Sacha Baron Cohen to Play Saddam Hussein
Film Criticism is doing better than ever, according to Roger Ebert. Finalists for the National Book Critics Circle Award include novelists David Grossman for “To the End of the Land” and Hans Keilson for “Comedy in a Minor Key”; Christopher Hitchens for his autobiography “Catch 22”; Tom Segev for his biography of Simon Wiesenthal, and…
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The Schmooze Out and About: Bob Dylan’s Book Deal; Orthodox Dance in Israel
Joan Rivers and her daughter, Melissa, talk about their upcoming reality TV show. Would you have watched “The Seinfeld Chronicles”? Bob Dylan has signed on with Simon & Schuster to write no less than six new books. Meet Ka’et, a dance troupe of Orthodox Jewish men in Israel. Which raises the question: Why aren’t there…
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The Schmooze Green Fields Brings Folk Music to Graze in Israel
Crossposted from Haaretz Looking to rekindle your youth? This New Year’s Day, Israeli folk trio Green Fields hopes to help you do just that in a special concert in Tel Aviv. Moni Arnon and Suzi Miller from the famed 1970s group Brothers and Sisters have teamed up with guitarist Sagi Eiland to perform their favorite…
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The Schmooze This Week in Forward Arts and Culture
Rachel Rubinstein looks to the future of Yiddish literature in translation. Jay Michaelson questions the intuitive power of religion. Jenna Weissman Joselit wonders what Cyrus Adler would have thought of contemporary museum going. Gordon Haber gets depressed by Yael Hedaya’s “Eden.” Alexander Gelfand listens to the evolution of Jewish music at the Folksbiene. Philologos goes…
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The Schmooze Moody Thoughts About Bob Dylan and Cher
What do Bob Dylan, Cher, and Rick Moody have in common? Stop thinking, “Well, Dylan and Cher both did projects with the word “burlesque” in them…” Here’s the answer: Once upon a time William G. Scheele, who was the equipment/stage manager for The Band and Bob Dylan from 1969 to 1976 and a photographer whose…
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The Schmooze Out and About: The New York Times Goes to KlezKamp; New Hanukkah Song From Matisyahu
Casting has begun for an Israeli version of Sex and the City. The latest issue of Jewish Quarterly features articles on Charlie Chaplin, Bob Dylan, the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, and Prostitution in Yiddish Song. At ZEEK, Louis Greenspan re-discovers Jewish philosopher Salomon Maimon. The New York Times discovers KlezKamp. Ingrid Pitt, a British horror movie…
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