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Chutzpah! (album)
Chutzpah is a Hebrew term for audacity or nerve. Chutzpah may also refer to: * ''¡Chutzpah!'', a 2009 album by The Wildhearts * Chutzpah Collective, a leftist Jewish collective in Chicago * ''Chutzpah Magazine'', a defunct Chinese literary magazine * ''Chutzpah'' (web series), a 2021 web series on SonlyLiv * ''Chutzpah!'', a 1991 book by Alan Dershowitz * The Chutzpah or ''Lior Ben-David'', an Israeli professional wrestler See also * ''Beyond Chutzpah ''Beyond Chutzpah: On the Misuse of Anti-Semitism and the Abuse of History'' is a book by Norman Finkelstein published by the University of California Press in August 2005. The book provides a critique of arguments used to defend Israel's stance ...
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Chutzpah
Chutzpah ( - ) is the quality of audacity, for good or for bad. A close English equivalent is sometimes " hubris". The word derives from the Hebrew ' (), meaning "insolence", "cheek" or "audacity". Thus, the original Yiddish word has a strongly negative connotation, but the form which entered English as a Yiddishism in American English has taken on a broader meaning, having been popularized through vernacular use in film, literature, and television. In American English the word is sometimes interpreted—particularly in business parlance—as meaning the amount of courage, mettle or ardor that an individual has. Etymology The term entered the English language some time between 1890–95 from Yiddish חוצפּה (ḥuṣpâ). It was used in Mishnaic Hebrew, חוֹצְפָּה (ḥôṣǝpâ), from חָצַף (ḥāṣap, “to be insolent”), though it is believed to come initially from Aramaic, חֲצִיפָא (ḥăṣîpāʾ), חֲצַף (ḥaṣap, “to be barefaced, ins ...
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¡Chutzpah!
''¡Chutzpah!'' is the eighth studio album by British rock band the Wildhearts. Recorded at producer Jacob Hansen's studio in Ribe, Denmark, it was released on 31 August 2009 by Backstage Alliance. The album was the band's final studio release for ten years as well as the last to feature bassist Scott Sorry, who left in 2012. ''¡Chutzpah!'' reached number 53 on the UK Albums Chart and was the band's first album since 1997's '' Endless, Nameless'' to top the UK Rock & Metal Albums Chart. As with the band's 2007 self-titled album, ''¡Chutzpah!'' was written collaboratively by all four members of the Wildhearts. The sole single from the regular edition of the album, "The Only One", features lead vocals by Sorry. A few months after the album's release, the band issued the EP '' ¡Chutzpah! Jnr.'', which features the four bonus tracks from the Japanese edition of ''¡Chutzpah!'', alongside the single "The Snake, the Lion, the Monkey and the Spider" and three previously unreleased ...
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Chutzpah Collective
The Chutzpah Collective (also known as the Chutzpah Jewish Liberation Collective) was a left-wing Jewish collective active in Chicago during the 1970s. The collective published the newspaper ''Chutzpah''. History The Chutzpah Collective was founded in 1971 as a "Jewish liberation collective". Members had been active in the movement against the Vietnam War and in the civil rights movement. The collective defined itself as anti-imperialist, anti-racist, and anti-sexist, and credited "emerging Black and Latino pride" movements for inspiring them to embrace Jewish pride. The collective supported the Soviet Jewry movement. Due to their opinion that "Arab threats to exterminate Israeli Jews" and because "Working-class Jews in changing urban neighborhoods were being physically harassed, the collective closely followed and partially supported the Jewish Defense League (JDL), but criticized the JDL's "right-wing racist politics." The collective had its roots with two dozen Jews gathered ...
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Chutzpah Magazine
''Tiannan'' or ''Chutzpah Magazine'' (), also known as ''Chutzpah!'' or ''Chutzpah! Magazine'', was a Chinese literary magazine, originally founded in 1982 by the English language">English name of ''Tiannan'', comes from the Hebrew word, meaning "unscrupulous" (肆无忌惮). History In 2005, it was purchased by the Modern Media Group (现代传播集团) and changed to a book review magazine named ''Modern Book Reviews'', but it did not make it, and its issue had been idle for 5 years. On April 1, 2011, with Ou Ning as its editor-in-chief, the magazine was officially published and launched. The theme of the publication was ''The Hometown of Asia'' (亚细亚的故乡), and focused on the history and reality of rural areas in Asia and the wave of social movements involving intellectual An intellectual is a person who engages in critical thinking, research, and Human self-reflection, reflection about the nature of reality, especially the nature of society and proposed sol ...
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Chutzpah (web Series)
''Chutzpah'' is an Indian drama based web series on SonyLIV directed by Simarpreet Singh and premiered on SonyLIV on 23 July 2021. The show is created by Mrighdeep Singh Lamba and produced by Dinesh Vijan. The series is produced under Vijan's banner Maddock Films' digital content division, Outsider Films. Chutzpah is written by Amit Babbar and Mrighdeep Singh Lamba. The series features Tanya Maniktala, Elnaaz Norouzi, Varun Sharma, Diksha Singh and Manjot Singh. The show has been released in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam and is streaming on Sony LIV from 23 July 2021. The series is about the weird and wild universe of the web. Premise The show is about five individuals and 1 story just connected through the internet showcases the power of social media and highlights the digital influence on the youth of today. Cast * Tanya Maniktala as Shikha * Elnaaz Norouzi as Wild Butterfly/Sara Khan, a Camgirl * Varun Sharma as Vikas Bhalla * Manjot Singh as Rishi * Diksha Singh ...
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Alan Dershowitz
Alan Morton Dershowitz ( ; born September 1, 1938) is an American lawyer and law professor known for his work in U.S. constitutional law, U.S. constitutional and American criminal law, criminal law. From 1964 to 2013, he taught at Harvard Law School, where he was appointed as the Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law in 1993. Dershowitz is a regular media contributor, political commentator, and legal analyst. Dershowitz has taken on high-profile and often unpopular causes and clients. As of 2009, he had won 13 of the 15 murder and attempted murder cases he handled as a Criminal law, criminal appellate lawyer. Dershowitz has represented such celebrity clients as Mike Tyson, Patty Hearst, Leona Helmsley, Julian Assange, and Jim Bakker. Major legal victories have included two successful appeals that overturned convictions, first for Harry Reems in 1976, then in 1984 for Claus von Bülow, who had been convicted of the attempted murder of his wife, Sunny von Bülow, Sunny. In 1995, Dersh ...
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Lior Ben-David
Leeor Brooks, mostly known by his ring name "The Chutzpah" Lior Ben-David, is an Israeli-British professional wrestler and stand-up comedian. He is best known for his work on the European independent circuit. Career Brooks was an amateur boxer before he started a career as a professional wrestler. His debut match took place in 2012 with a local Israeli promotion. Later he traveled to England to train under the guidance of Danny Boy Collins and started to work for different promotions across Europe and North America. In 2016 he became the first Israeli to work under the banner of the American promotion Combat Zone Wrestling. His appearance in CZW was popular in Israel, as his signature move ''The Chosen People's Elbow'' was showcased on the popular tv-show '' Hazinor''. Brooks was the subject of a Kan 11 documentary in early 2018, which saw him winning a match at the Golden City Showdown event in front of a hostile crowd in Prague. Personal life Outside professional wrestling, Br ...
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