Alex Suskind
By Alex Suskind
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The Schmooze 30 Years Later, Jews Celebrate John Lennon on Hanukkah
“You came to me one summer night and from your beam you made my dream,” sang the Beatles on their 1964 cover of “Mr. Moonlight.” Yes, the entire song was penned as a love letter. But that doesn’t mean those particular words can’t be applied during Hanukkah, when we celebrate and remember the miracle that…
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News The Hebrew Runner
Abel Kiviat, National Champion: Twentieth-Century Track & Field and the Melting Pot By Alan S. Katchen Syracuse University Press, 320 pages, $34.95 Saturday, June 14, 1924: Abel Kiviat twists his ankle on a barrier during the Olympic trials in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at Harvard Stadium, falling flat on his face. Then and there, the future…
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Israel News Israeli Film Wins Top Prize in Venice
In the 60 years since the Venice Film Festival first bestowed its Golden Lion award, no Israeli film has ever won — until now. On Sept. 12, filmmaker Samuel Maoz received the top prize for his film, “Lebanon,” which focuses on the 1982 Lebanon war. Few writers and directors get to fully experience what they…
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Israel News For the Benefit of Mr. Epstein
No disrespect to Beatles’ producer George Martin, but Paul McCartney made one thing clear in a 1997 BBC interview. “If anyone was the fifth Beatle,” McCartney said, “it was Brian [Epstein].” Epstein, who died in 1967, will be given his proper due in “A Life in the Day,” a new film that depicts the early…
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Israel News I Vant To Pump You Up
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, a former weightlifter, once said this about body fat and exercise: “It’s simple. If it jiggles, it’s fat.” For Effi Kivelevitz, extra adipose is one thing he does not have to worry about. Kivelevitz was named the overall winner of the Israeli Amateur Federation of Bodybuilding’s Mr. Israel 2009 contest on…
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Israel News A Blitzkrieg Bop for God
Like their forefathers, members of punk band Moshiach Oi! have great reverence for the Moshiach, or Messiah. The only difference is that these punk rockers have traded in their walking sticks for thrashing guitars. In their debut album, “Better Get Ready,” Moshiach Oi! has found a divine balance of religion and rock. Released on August…
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Culture Latin Chutzpah
Tito Puente never had a bar mitzvah, but if he did, the celebration might have looked a little like the scene outside Lincoln Center on August 23, during the grand finale of the center’s summer Out of Doors festival. Despite the rain, the final concert of the series attracted a mixed group, as Arturo O’Farrill…
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Israel News Duck and Cover!
On August 14, the Jewish Lads and Girls Brigade in the UK set the Guinness World Record for the world’s largest custard pie fight. With 253 people joining in on the festivities, the group demolished the original record, which was set in 2008 by 120 people in Los Angeles. After unleashing 648 pies in a…
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