Michael Kaminer
By Michael Kaminer
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The Schmooze Learning To Be Jewish From MAD Magazine
It was a thrill to learn recently that one of my favorite Mad magazine artists, the legendary Al Jaffee, would give his personal papers to Columbia University. Among those treasures are a massive cache of Jaffee’s much-loved Mad fold-in cartoons and notebooks of ideas Jaffee never even submitted for publication. But the most intriguing part…
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The Schmooze Anderson Cooper’s ‘Jewish White Supremacist’ Stalker
When Anderson Cooper gets a stalker, it’s not just some garden-variety loon. No, the CNN star has been allegedly menaced by a self-described “gay, Jewish, white supremacist” from Queens named Alex Hausner. According to the NY Daily News, Hausner “unleashed a crazed campaign against Cooper and boyfriend Benjamin Maisani, contacting them repeatedly between January 1…
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The Schmooze Sex Shop With a Mezuzah on the Door
At the upscale San Ignacio mall in central Caracas, Venezuela, the only sight less likely than a sex shop is a sex shop with a mezuzah on the doorpost. But TuTiendaSexy — “your sexy store” — has found success by defying expectations. Founded by a trio of 20-something Jewish-educated college buddies, the brand now encompasses…
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The Schmooze Choir! Choir! Choir! Brings Pop to the People
Bryan Adams Tweeted about them. Patti Smith shared a stage with them. And pop-star siblings Tegan and Sara number among their famous fans. They’re Choir! Choir! Choir!, and after three years of wildly popular “interactive singing nights” in Toronto, founders Daveed Goldman and Nobu Adilman are bringing their ad-hoc musical community to New York for…
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Opinion My Grandfather, Butcher of ‘Schindler’s List’
When Jennifer Teege saw ‘Schindler’s List’ as a student in Israel, she was moved and horrified. But she didn’t realize she was part of the story. Now, the book that explains it is causing a firestorm in Europe. Amon: My Grandfather Would Have Shot Me explains how the half-Nigerian mother of two learned of her…
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Food Montreal’s St-Viateur Rolls Out Bagel Truck
Montreal’s St-Viateur Bagel has come a long way since Buchenwald survivor Myer Lewkowicz opened his humble storefront bakery in a rundown immigrant neighborhood in 1957. Under the Morena family, its owners since 1994, St-Viateur has ballooned to six retail outlets, a thriving wholesale operation, and a fast-growing delivery business to rabid bagel fans in the…
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Opinion Jewish Family Feud Rocks Las Vegas
Some feuding families bury the hatchet around the High Holidays, discarding grudges and grievances in the spirit of renewal. But that’s not happening for the Greenspun siblings of Las Vegas. Scions of a storied newspaper clan, the Greenspuns have been torn apart by a dispute over the future of the Las Vegas Sun, founded by…
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The Schmooze Holocaust Education Through Comics
On the heels of its pioneering Holocaust-themed “motion comics,” Washington D.C.’s David Wyman Institute for Holocaust Studies is launching a major initiative enlisting comics luminaries to educate Americans about the Shoah and other genocides. Comics Creators for Holocaust Education is bringing together artists, writers and editors from the worlds of comic books, animation, and science…
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