From This You Can Make a Living? Part II: The Jewish Invasion By Len Canter Photography by Janet Macoska Part I of Chutzpah’s essay on the history of Jewish Rock and Roll found Jews cultivating the Black sound and then dominating the infant artform as songwriters, disk jockeys, cutting-edge producers and risk-taking record executives in [...]
By Irving Kirsch On August 19, 1884, legendary western figure Doc Holliday engaged in his last bit of gunslinging while employed as a FARO dealer at Mannie Hyman’s saloon in Leadville, Colorado. One month later, on September 19, Rosh Hashanah, the Temple Israel, located several blocks away, was formally dedicated, presumably with Mannie, proprietor of [...]
Move over, Sarah Silverman. There’s a new Jewish comedienne in town pushing the limits of good taste—Margot Leitman. She appears on late (very late) night shows like Conan O’Brien as the cult favorite Gynoblast, who turns post-partum depression into all out aggression by shooting babies from her vagina. She’s a regularly featured comedian on ComedyCentral.com’s [...]
The largest collection of Holy Land artifacts ever seen outside of Israel debuted in late 2011 at New York City’s Discovery Museum where it remains until April 15. Then it will be carefully moved to Philadelphia’s Franklin Institute, the co-producer of the exhibition, opening on May 12 at its Mandell Center for a 5-month run. [...]
Renowned bioethics expert Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel, the older brother of outspoken Rahm and hyperkinetic Hollywood super-agent Ari, is the polar opposite of his brothers in temperament. Emanuel, who shared a bedroom with his brothers growing up, is reserved, speaks without hyperbole or hand gestures and prefers three syllable words to those of the four-letter variety. [...]
Leeshai Lemish’s penchant for Asian studies landed the London School of Economics grad in the spotlight with Shen Yun Performing Arts. By Laura Goldman Like us, the Chinese have a deep and varied culture that dates back 5,000 years. In 2006, Shen Yun Performing Arts was created by expatriate Chinese for the purpose of reviving [...]
By Naomi Resnick Israel, the land “flowing with milk and honey,” is also overflowing with a treasure trove of art. In fact, there are more art museums and galleries in Israel per capita than in any other country in the entire world. That’s quite amazing considering that the country is only sixty-three years young. In [...]
Inside Jewish Museums Large & Small By Beth Orenstein It’s only fitting that with 5,000 years of Jewish culture, there should be museums dedicated to preserving and celebrating our history. What’s amazing is the number and scope of institutions across North America. The Council of American Jewish Museums (CAJM) was founded in 1977 under the auspices [...]
The wizard of cosmic storytelling is still with pen in hand. By Laura Goldman You could have heard a pin drop in the packed auditorium of the Free Library of Philadelphia in November when Israeli writer Amos Oz read from his latest novel, Scenes from a Village. Oz, as revered for his fiction writing as [...]
Being Herself: Sandra Bernhard By Laura Goldman Fresh from appearing with Betty White and the gals on TV Land’s hit show Hot in Cleveland, Sandra Bernhard is back on the road. Following New Year’s Eve shows in New York City, she’ll be touring with her latest oeuvre, “I Love Being Me, Don’t You?”—first stop, Philadelphia’s [...]
Listen To These Sounds Of Summer
Regarded as the founding father of Rock & Roll, Doc Pomus wrote nearly 500 songs for artists such as Ray Charles and B.B. King. Pomus has been elected to the Rock & Roll, Songwriters, and Blues Hall of Fame. Check out these classics: Little Sister by Elvis Presley http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBS2NcFJBaE Save The Last Dance For Me [...]
The game of basketball was invented in 1891 by a minister, James Naismith, who believed that it would promote “muscular Christianity.” That game would be unrecognizable today with its peach baskets, players passing the ball but never dribbling (a minor adjustment never envisioned by Naismith) and final scores like 5-4. It wasn’t until Jewish immigrants [...]
You say macaron, I say macaroon
If you live in NYC you had the opportunity to taste a French macaron (as they say it) free on French Macaron Day, initiated here on Sunday March 20 by Francois Payard, one of the foremost émigré chocolatiers from the motherland. In a world where a single one of these cookies costs between $2 and [...]
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