The Shmooze


First Israeli NBA Player Scores Big

By Nathan Burstein

It’s been a slam dunk transition for the first Israeli in the National Basketball Association.Read More

The Pitselech Are Reviving Yiddish

By Devra Ferst

Oy gevalt, Yiddish is dying. It’s listed in the Encyclopedia of The World’s Endangered Languages, which means that an entire generation is at risk of not knowing such phrases as nosh, shmear, pitsel and shayna maidel. Indeed, where would we be as a people without some good bagels and shmear? Unless bubbes, zaidies and alter kochers (grumpy old men) keep teaching us Yiddish words, they might be lost to the dreck (garbage) forever.Read More

Jon & Shmuley Plus Another Media Circus

By Lisa Alcalay Klug

Reality star Jon Gosselin, who has been plagued by a storm of ugly tabloid rumors, has been seeking to avoid more media attention. So, his recent decision to participate in a public forum — or as many media outlets are referring to it, an “apology show” — with yet another personality known for cultivating the spotlight came as a surprise. Gosselin, 32, joined Rabbi Shmuley Boteach at the West Side Synagogue in Manhattan on November 1 for an event titled “Fame: Blessing or Curse?” Run by Boteach, the discussion was billed as a “raw and intimate dialogue on the ethical challenges and moral responsibility of celebrity.”Read More

Is Your Recipe Worth $25,000?

By Nathan Burstein

One of TV’s top chefs has signed on to judge a kosher recipe contest that will award prizes worth $25,000.Read More

Hummus Wars

By Devra Ferst

Battles over the origins of hummus have raged across the Middle East for generations, with Israelis and Lebanese arguing over which group can claim rights to the first ever recipe and who makes the precious dip better. Recently, however, the war has reached new heights.Read More

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