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Co Co: Couturier, Collaborator

By Gabrielle Birkner

The new biopic “Coco Before Chanel” focuses on legendary designer’s sartorial formation, and makes no mention of Coco Chanel’s collaborationist activities during the “Dark Years” of the German Occupation.Read More

Few Jewish Workplaces Have Family-Friendly Policies

By Gabrielle Birkner

Women make up about three-quarters of the Jewish communal work force, but few Jewish organizations have formal policies that guarantee access to paid maternity leave and flexible work arrangements — and fewer still offer paid paternity leave.Read More

Being Game

By Gabrielle Birkner

Lately, my weekends invariably include a round or two of Tetris: Kitchen Edition. The object of this game is to fit all the new pots, pans, casserole dishes and kitchen appliances — big ones, the kind that come with scary-looking attachments and instructional DVDs — into my cupboard- and countertop-deprived Manhattan kitchen.Read More

Coining Haute Judaica

By Gabrielle Birkner

At the intersection of Judaica and high fashion is a new jewelry line that features pendants made out of Israeli coins. The collection is called Kessef, which is the Hebrew word for money and a play on the last name of its 27-year-old founder and designer, Eve Lynn Kessner.Read More

Painful Rituals: Program Treats Eating Disorders in Observant Women

By Gabrielle Birkner

The introduction of a new track for Orthodox Jewish women at Renfrew Center, a for-profit network of eating-disorder clinics, comes amid a burgeoning movement in the Orthodox community to increase awareness of eating disorders.Read More


 

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