Claire Levenson
By Claire Levenson
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News Brooklyn Experiencing Building Boom of Luxury Kosher Condos
In the world of New York City residential real estate, the list of available luxury amenities continues to grow: The Pierre boasts views of Central Park; The Trump World Tower offers a 60-foot swimming pool; the William Beaver House promises a covered dog run, valet parking and a cinema. But none compares with a slew…
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News Rabbi Judah Nadich, Eisenhower Adviser
Rabbi Judah Nadich, an adviser to Dwight Eisenhower on Jewish affairs and later a prominent New York rabbi, died Sunday. He was 95. Born in Baltimore in 1912, Nadich was ordained by the Jewish Theological Seminary in 1937. In 1942, he enlisted as a chaplain in the Army and was the first American rabbi to…
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Culture For Dystonia Sufferers, New Film Hits a Nerve
When she was 10, Miriam Kimmelman began to lose control of her body; it would twist into a variety of abnormal postures. The symptoms progressed fast. Before long, she could walk only backward. After seeing about 100 doctors in two years, she was diagnosed with dystonia, a neurological disorder that affects more than 300,000 Americans….
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News Intellectual Enclave in Upstate New York To Open ‘A Hillel for Adults’
When they initially visited Chautauqua 30 years ago, Joe Rait and his family were among the very few Jewish people vacationing in this mainly Christian community of southwestern New York State. Now, not only has the number of Jews in Chautauqua increased, but Jewish residents are also about to get a space to call their…
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Culture Campuses Offer Genetic Tests (No Studying Required)
At the Pennsylvania summer camp where she was working as a counselor, Shoshana Rosen got tested for nine Jewish genetic diseases and found out she was a carrier of cystic fibrosis. Thanks to the Victor Center for Jewish Genetic Diseases, the tests she received were free of charge. Had she gone to a private laboratory,…
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News Leading Blogger Joins Jewish Mainstream
A mainstay of the Jewish blogging world is scaling back his controversial commentary and joining the mainstream Jewish media. Daniel Sieradski, who founded Jewschool, Radical Torah and Orthodox Anarchist, three blogs known for their provocative and left-leaning postings, started Monday as the Jewish Telegraphic Agency’s director of digital media. To dedicate himself to this new…
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Culture Film To Break Silence Around Anorexia
Addressing a small audience of Orthodox Jews last month, Aliza Stareshefsky talked about the time in her life when she would make herself throw up after every meal. When she was struggling with her eating disorder 15 years ago, Stareshefsky said, very few people in the Orthodox community talked about anorexia or bulimia. “I thought…
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News Armond Cohen, 97, Led Cleveland Congregation for Decades
Rabbi Armond E. Cohen, who witnessed 72 years of American Jewish history as the rabbi of Park Synagogue, Ohio’s largest Conservative congregation, died Monday, the eve of his 98th birthday. “For many generations, he represented the strength of institutional Jewish life in Cleveland,” said Joshua Skoff, Park Synagogue’s senior rabbi. “We are still benefiting from…
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