Irene Katz Connelly is a staff writer at the Forward. You can contact her at [email protected]. Follow her on Twitter at @katz_conn.
Irene Katz Connelly
By Irene Katz Connelly
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The Schmooze Celebrities pay tribute to comedic legend Carl Reiner
On June 29, comedic legend Carl Reiner passed away at the age of 98. The Bronx-born son of Jewish immigrants, Reiner served in the military during WWII and embarked on a long and storied comic career in the postwar era. With fellow jokester Mel Brooks, he formed one half of a hit comedy duo; he…
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The Schmooze Twitter’s newest meme has Jews sharing their (least) favorite “spots”
Twitter’s newest trend is a twisted travel game for the quarantine era. It’s the “I know a spot” meme: people suggest a “cool” place to go, which turns out to be a destination you don’t want to visit. For example: men be like “i know a spot” & then take you to rock bottom —…
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Fast Forward Meghan Markle counseled Black and Jewish hate crime victim Althea Bernstein
On Saturday, Meghan Markle spoke for 40 minutes with Althea Bernstein, the Black and Jewish victim of an alleged hate crime in Madison, Wisconsin. Michael Johnson, president and CEO of a local Boys and Girls Club chapter, who is acting as Berstein’s spokesman, said that after hearing about the hate crime, Markle contacted him about…
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Culture An Israeli-American author’s debut brings the road trip novel back to life
There may be no better way of handling a death in the family, at least in the American imagination, than hopping in the car and driving somewhere — anywhere. A road trip, especially to some meaningful destination, can be a gesture of respect for the mourned or a step towards renewal for the mourner. It’s…
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Life What does Phase 2 look like for New York’s iconic Jewish restaurants?
On Monday night, the fairy lights outside Lighthouse, a farm-to-table restaurant in Brooklyn, were twinkling. Most passersby sported masks, but the diners seated at well-spaced picnic tables outside the restaurant wore theirs around their chins or abandoned them entirely as they tucked into plates of smoked labneh, tahini-slicked cauliflower and Israeli couscous.. A chalkboard sign…
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The Schmooze Timothée Chalamet has a new girlfriend and no one is pleased
Just two months after parting ways with his last poolside makeout partner, Timothée Chalamet seems to have found himself another. Photos released by the Daily Mail on Tuesday showed Chalamet, looking like he could stand to eat a few more of the New York bagels he purportedly enjoys, enjoying an unmistakably un-platonic afternoon with Mexican…
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News Young Hasidic Jews mobilized their community for Black Lives Matter. Now they’re organizing online.
For Miriam Levy-Haim, the most exciting part of the march was watching the crowd grow. She’d expected to gather between 30 and 50 members of her Crown Heights Chabad community to march against police violence on a Sunday afternoon in early June. In fact, hundreds of parents, teenagers and young children showed up bearing signs,…
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Life Seeking virtual summer camp options? Here are six places to look
Amid concerns about the spread of coronavirus, almost all Jewish summer camps have cancelled sessions this summer, disappointing kids and parents alike. Since then, some camps have pivoted to virtual models, offering online options to replace in-person programming. And Jewish youth organizations have stepped in with classes, crafts, and even group activities that kids can…
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