Karen Chernick
By Karen Chernick
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News This Jewish female artist from the comic book golden age was overlooked for decades
(JTA) — Like the comic superheroes they invented, the Jewish creators of the characters often had secret identities – at least different names. Superman creators Joe Shuster and Jerome Siegel used the pseudonyms Joe Carter and Jerry Ess. Bob Kane, born Robert Kahn, created Batman. Jack Kirby, the pen name of Jacob Kurtzenberg, concocted Captain…
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Culture Beloved Marc Chagall painting, stolen in the ’90s, resurfaces at Israeli auction
TEL AVIV (JTA) — “Where’s the Chagall?” asked a visitor to this city’s Gordon Gallery on a January morning in 1996, hoping to glimpse one of the prize lots being auctioned days later by the gallery. The small Marc Chagall painting, titled “Jacob’s Ladder,” was prominently on display; a gallery employee walked the prospective buyer…
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Life How A Vegan Tel Aviv Restaurant Has Reinvented ‘Aquafaba’, Hummus Water
Like many eateries in Tel Aviv, Meshek Barzilay cooks a big pot of dried chickpeas every day. But unlike the many hummusiyot that populate the city, serving fresh batches of homemade hummus, the chefs at vegan restaurant Meshek Barzilay don’t toss the leftover chickpea water. Aquafaba, or the viscous liquid produced from boiling chickpeas, is…
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Food Adeena Sussman’s Israeli Kitchen Is Quite Sababa
When cookbook author and celebrity foodie Adeena Sussman moved to Tel Aviv roughly a year ago, she quickly realized that there were lots of dishes she wouldn’t be able find as easily as she could in her former stomping grounds, New York. Mexican street corn on the cob, for example, was one of them. But…
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Recipes Here’s How To Make Tel Aviv’s Trendy Vegan Shakshuka
What’s the star ingredient in shakshuka, the beloved north African skillet dish that simmers sunny side up eggs in a thick, peppery tomato sauce? Depends who you ask. For those who treat shakshuka as the ultimate everything-but-the-kitchen-sink concoction (adding leafy greens, halloumi cheese, and Indian curry powder), the core component remains the same, no matter…
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Food The Easiest Way To Use Up Your Leftover Matzo — Moroccan-Style
On the first day of Passover, matzo is a novelty. Exotic, even. By day four, most have already exhausted their repertoires of matzo plus fill-in-the-blank spread. And by day eight, we can’t wait to get rid of the stuff. From Poland to Argentina, this is a universal experience. Which is why Jews around the globe…
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Food Max Brenner Turning To Marijuana-Infused Chocolates
For five years, Israeli chocolatier Oded Brenner had to stay away from selling chocolate outside his restaurants. This was not an easy task for the co-founder of Max Brenner, an international chain of chocolate-themed restaurants with locations across the globe, grown from humble beginnings in Raanana in 1996. But when Brenner sold the company to…
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Culture How A Jewish Artist Reclaimed ‘Mein Kampf’
Gideon Rubin wasn’t expecting a package on that spring morning a year ago, although his wife, Silia Ka Tung, had been having strange things delivered to their London flat for months. Rubin, an Israeli-born painter, was working on a project that would be exhibited at London’s Freud Museum for the 80th anniversary of the psychoanalyst’s…
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