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The Schmooze VIDEO: Larry King Shows Off Breakdancing Moves
Larry King has got moves. The octagenerian newsman showed off his breakdance skills (using the term loosely here) during an interview with “Black-ish” star Miles “Baby Boogaloo” Brown. Highlight: “This is new for a Jew!” Hats off to Heeb for this little gem of a find.
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The Schmooze Monks Breakdance for Beastie Boys’ Adam Yauch
Let it be written that from this day forward, the only acceptable way to celebrate MCA Day shall be with breakdancing Buddhist monks. This past Saturday, four Buddhist monks took to Union Square, the site of the first MCA Day, to pay tribute to Beastie Boys rapper Adam Yauch, who died in 2012 after a…
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News Breakdancing’s Latest Mecca? Jerusalem
They have names like Elastic, G-Rock, Aladdin, Pac Man and Splinter. They sport hoodies, backwards baseball caps and Adidas footwear. They dance in circles, but they don’t do the hora; they’re Israeli b-boys and b-girls, and they have serious flavor. Israel’s top break dancers took part in the “Prove Yourself B-Boy Jam” on Thursday, competing…
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News The Only Jew in His Crew
It seemed to Michael Prosserman (aka Bboy Piecez) as though his world had stopped spinning when doctors found three congenitally fused vertebrae in his neck when he was 18. Breakdancing had been his passion since he was 12, and his signature move had been to turn continuously on his head in slow motion. Now, his…
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Opinion Hasidic Superstar Meets Lady Gaga — Must See
Break-dancing Hasidic robots in metal yarmulkes. The anti-Internet rally meets Toy Story in a Lady Gaga video. Those seem to be the general concepts behind this new English/Yiddish music video by Hasidic pop superstar Lipa Schmeltzer, which you really need to watch. Schmeltzer, the biggest act in the Hasidic world, is a long way from…
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