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The Schmooze Former Syracuse Synagogue Opens as a ‘Green’ Hotel
Crossposted from Samuel Gruber’s Jewish Art & Monuments In August 2009 I wrote (and posted photos) about plans to transform the former Temple Adath Jeshurun in Syracuse, into a new “boutique” hotel. This week the hotel opened. The building is still an impressive presence on Syracuse’s University Hill, though inside nothing of the old sanctuary…
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The Schmooze Itzhak Perlman in the Cantor’s House
It’s the Itzhak and Yitzchok show! Violin virtuoso Itzhak Perlman is teaming up with cantorial superstar Yitzchok Meir Helfgot for a concert tour and recording project titled “The Soul of Jewish Music.” The inaugural concert takes place March 30 at the Saban Theatre in Los Angeles and will benefit Bet Tzedek Holocaust Survivors Justice Network….
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The Schmooze Out and About: Remembering Walter Benjamin; Polanski Wins Big in Europe
A new book fails to exonerate Julius and Ethel Rosenberg. What accounts for the enduring fame of Walter Benjamin? And why isn’t Moses Mendelssohn similarly remembered? Roman Polanski’s “The Ghost Writer” has won the prize for best film at the European Film Awards, while Samuel Maoz’s “Lebanon” took home two other awards. Read new fiction…
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News Anonymous to the Rescue for Lincoln Square Synagogue
An anonymous donor has offered $20 million to Manhattan’s Lincoln Square Synagogue to enable it to complete construction on its new building just one month after cost overruns had threatened to abort the project in midstream. The congregation—an iconic symbol of Modern Orthodoxy in New York and nationally—faced a $19.5 million funding gap. “We feel…
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Books 30 Days, 30 Texts: ‘A Tale of Love and Darkness’
In celebration of Jewish Book Month, The Arty Semite is partnering with the Jewish Education Service of North America (JESNA) and the Jewish Book Council to present “30 Days, 30 Texts,” a series of reflections by community leaders on the books that influenced their Jewish journeys. Today, Elise Bernhardt writes about “A Tale of Love…
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The Schmooze A Gadget for Gods and Days
Though about half of the 16 artists in the current show at the Sixth and I Historic Synagogue in Washington, D.C., are Jewish, curators Eloise Corr Danch and David Zuckerman unabashedly admit there is nothing Jewish about the exhibit, beyond the Jewish venue. In the catalog to “I’ve Gone Looking for that Feeling Everywhere: An…
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Life Auburn Honors Buchdahl — Rabbi, Cantor, Mother, Korean American
Angela Warnick Buchdahl is many things: a rabbi and cantor, a Korean-American, the mother of three children age 9 and under, and an agent of social change. This month, she will also be among the honorees of Auburn Theological Seminary at its annual Lives of Commitment Breakfast, to be held May 28 at the Waldorf-Astoria…
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