Ronen Shnidman
By Ronen Shnidman
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The Schmooze How Do You Say Turkey in Ge’ez?
Thanksgiving is often considered the most American of holidays, perhaps second only to the Fourth of July. Nothing speaks more to American culture and values than celebrating the religious tolerance generations of immigrants sought on U.S. shores, or the creation of a land of plenty, by eating helping after helping of turkey, stuffing and cranberry…
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The Schmooze Friday Film: An Israeli Arab in the IDF
Did you hear the joke about the Arab who volunteered for the IDF? He was so patriotic that the Beitar Jerusalem fans in the Border Police were impressed. They even considered visiting his family’s home in Sakhnin. Well almost, anyway. Except it’s not a joke, it’s a documentary. Recently screened at the Jerusalem International Film…
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The Schmooze Israeli Guitarist Yair Yona Plays Hopscotch Fest
Photo by Tal Argov September 2011 marks the beginning of a new and promising year in Israeli Jazz. While the Forward has already covered the story of young Israeli jazz prodigy Gadi Lahavi making waves in the international jazz scene, a news item with greater impact for the local Israeli music scene was the launch…
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The Schmooze Israel Philharmonic’s Japanese Percussionist Reacts to London Protests
It used to be that being boycotted wasn’t any fun. Having protesters wave placards outside your shop was a mark of shame that could be quite effective in forcing a change in policy. But Palestinian Solidarity activists’ interruption of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra’s September 1 performance at London’s Royal Albert Hall seems to have seriously…
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The Schmooze Friday Film: Israel’s Slacker King
A shaggy-haired director is reclining on a couch in his parents’ home, watching the boob tube while he enjoys another bout of funemployment. Such a description could easily apply to the beginning, middle or end of a Kevin Smith movie or to El Duderino himself, Jeff Bridge’s famous character from the cult hit “The Big…
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The Schmooze Prize Scandal Rocks Jerusalem Film Festival
The 2011 Jerusalem International Film Festival concluded on a discordant and nasty note July 16, as the fallout from a minor awards competition scandal grew larger. The dispute erupted over an apparent conflict of interest in the festival jury’s decision to award the Van Leer prize for Best First or Second Film by an Israeli…
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The Schmooze Israeli Museum to House Original Drawings of American Cartoonist Joe Kubert
The third wave of the comic book craze may soon be reaching Israeli shores, with 1960s comic book icon Joe Kubert scheduled to visit the country in August. During his first visit to Israel, Kubert is expected to donate some of his original artwork to the Israeli Cartoon Museum in Holon. Kubert is a comic…
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