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The Schmooze Enrico Macias, Sephardic Superstar
If you’ve grown up as a Sephardic Jew, there’s one singer that you’ve reliably heard at every single wedding, bar/bat-mitzvah, engagement party, Shabbat, or celebration of any kind. His name is Enrico Macias. Born Gaston Ghrenassia in Constantine — then in French Algeria — in 1938, the Jewish “Pied Noir” singer has come to embody…
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The Schmooze Suit Against ‘McMansion’ Director Thrown Out
Lauren Greenfield received a best director nod at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival for her documentary, “The Queen of Versailles.” Now, two years later, she has another victory to her credit, which may ultimately prove more important to her career. An arbitrator at the Independent Film and Television Alliance ruled that her movie about David…
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The Schmooze Filming His Refusenik Father’s Doppelganger
Writer/director Arie Posin is standing in the lobby of the Paley Center for Media in midtown Manhattan, not far from the red carpet and a dozen or so photographers. Everyone is waiting for Annette Bening and Ed Harris. The two star in Posin’s “The Face of Love” and have come to New York for a…
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Culture Palestine Vies for Oscar With ‘Omar’
Despite Robert Frost’s warnings to the contrary, there seems to be something in the Arab-Israeli conflict that very much loves a wall. The most familiar walls are those built in the name of Israeli national security, which continue to draw international scrutiny, and which Jews and Palestinians view from opposite sides of a decades-long struggle….
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Fast Forward Jerusalem Movie Multiplex Closes on Friday Nights
Hundreds of demonstrators protested a new Jerusalem movie complex, that will be closed on Shabbat. The new Cinema City complex, with 15 movie theaters and some 50 restaurants and shops, opened for the first time Tuesday night in central Jerusalem. The building permit issued in 2010 to the construction company included a stipulation from the…
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Culture Who Cares if Movies Are Historically Accurate?
It is depressing to read so many articles decrying the historical inaccuracies in recent movies, whether dealing with outer space, the southern slave trade, Somali pirates, or Walt Disney, articles in which the least deviation from the historical record or “reality” (a word Nabokov insisted routinely belongs within quotation marks), is held up against the…
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The Schmooze Seth Rogen and Joseph Gordon-Levitt Making a Christmas Movie
Three Jews walk into a Christmas movie… This actually isn’t a joke. Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Seth Rogen have announced that they are working on an “Untitled Xmas Comedy,” directed by Jonathan Levine. Very very happy to announce that I’m gonna be working again with @jonathanalevine and @Sethrogen. This one’s gonna be a good one.. ampmdash;…
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Opinion Is the Jewish Swindler Ready for His Close-Up?
This year’s Oscar nominations are stirring angst in certain corners of the Internet, because of something that looks suspiciously like a new trend: movies about Jewish con men. Granted, it’s just a couple of movies. Hollywood makes all kinds. Everyone knows they’re fake. That’s why it’s called the Dream Factory. Sure, some movies try to…
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