Bubbies Meet Bagels
Erin Ben-Moche and Esther D. Kustanowitz
August 14, 2020
This week, the Bagels meet the Bubbies who Know Best. They cover everything from “Maisel” and “Shtisel” to why they love Zach Galifianakis.
Category
pop culture
Jewish Series’ Successes Stave Off Complete Jew-Hatred
Thane Rosenbaum
August 13, 2020
Who would have believed that Jews on TV would take so many minds off COVID-19?
Bipolar Express: ‘Idiot Box’ takes a trip
Nick Street
August 3, 2007
Rhoda, Mary, Laverne or Rachel would feel instantly at home in Donna Marquet\’s quirky-cute set for \”The Idiot Box,\” a play currently at the Open Fist Theatre in Hollywood. The cloying \”anyplace and no place\” flatmates in the big city vibe is spot-on for \”The Idiot Box,\” a shrewd, bittersweet pop-culture critique of American sensibilities post-Sept. 11.
Cute, menschy boy bands make traditional tunes cool
Leah Hochbaum
November 30, 2006
n June 2005, the Backstreet Boys released \”Never Gone,\” an album filled not with the teeth-rotting pop confections of the group\’s youth, but with songs of a more adult contemporary style.The album\’s relative failure marked a turning point in mainstream music — Backstreet wasn\’t selling, *NSYNC had disbanded and nobody ever really cared what happened to 98 Degrees. The era of the boy band was officially over. In the pop world, that is. In the Orthodox world, it had only just begun.
‘Jews for Jihad’ Just for Starters
Amy Klein
September 22, 2005
\”Go Ahead, Make My Shabbos!\” No, it\’s not Clint Eastwood turning religious, but a slogan on a T-shirt and coffee mug at Jewschool store, a Web site offering cheeky sloganned goods like T-shirts, underwear, caps, pins and bags.
‘Fear of Unknown’ Enters Pop Culture
Tom Tugend
September 4, 2005
This Sunday, as America commemorates the fourth anniversary of the World Trade Center attack, films, television, plays and books are just beginning to grapple seriously with the phenomena of suicide bombings and terrorism.\n\nThe lag time between a cataclysmic experience and its absorption into the popular culture is hardly surprising.
From Jew to Jewcy
Hal Niedzviecki
July 22, 2004
Last year was a big one for Jewish cool. Articles in The Forward; Time Out New York; conservative Candian newspaper, The National Post; and staid British dailies, The Times and The Observer all trumpeted the reinvention of Jewishness as hip and cool. Amalgamate the headlines of those articles and you get something like: \”It\’s Hip to Be Hebrew: Edgy Jewish Chic Gets a Jewcy Makeover.\”
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