The Jerusalem Post–July 3, 2008
Walking into the New York dance studio where Israeli choreographer Deganit Shemy guides her group of dancers on a recent Friday, it looks a little like a scientist’s lab in the very early stages of discovery.
Across the floor, pairs of dancers test a range of movements. They rub their bodies against [...]
Entries from July 2008
July 3, 2008
Unshameful Physicality
July 3, 2008
Assimilating Questions
The Jerusalem Post–July 3, 2008
“All the Sad Young Literary Men”
By Keith Gessen
Viking
256 pages; $24.95
It is 2000, the votes for the president of the United States have been counted, and discounted, sending half the nation into a period of despair. Meanwhile across the Atlantic a second Palestinian uprising is shaking the already uncertain ground of the [...]
July 3, 2008
The First Haredi Pop Star
The Jerusalem Post–July 3, 2008
There is more than one way to serve God, the popular but controversial haredi singer Lipa Schmeltzer aims to tell his audience on his new album, A Poshiter Yid, or “a simple Jew.” One of those ways is music.
Given that this is his first album to appear since a group of [...]
