Lana Gersten
By Lana Gersten
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News So You Wanna Be a Rock ’n’ Rebbe Star?
Shauly Grossman didn’t plan on being an Internet rock star. But that is exactly what happened to the 21-year-old self-identified Sanzer Hasid when a satirical song he recorded poking fun at the allegedly rock-star-like lifestyles of some Hasidic rebbes resurfaced as a hotly debated video on YouTube. Grossman’s song, set to the tune of “Rockstar”…
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News Family Time: A Holiday Gift Guide
This year, Christmas falls right in the middle of Hanukkah, which means that for the duration of the holiday, most kids will be free from school, eating latkes and jelly donuts. With more time to spend with relatives, here are three Hanukkah gift ideas that the whole family can enjoy. For kids who can’t get…
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News Rabbis Go to Business School for Tools To Deal With a Difficult Economy
Evanston, Ill. — With the economy in turmoil, rabbis around the nation are under increasing pressure to raise funds to keep their synagogues healthy and oversee budgets that are being squeezed as members lose their jobs. But little of what the rabbis learned in rabbinical school prepared them for the management skills they need to…
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News A Cheesy Festival
When we think of Hanukkah food, we usually think of mouth watering, belly expanding latkes, or round, jelly doughnuts. Both are fried in oil — a staple of Hanukkah cooking. Another ingredient linked to the Festival of Lights is cheese, but dairy dishes are often forgotten, buried beneath pounds of potatoes and vats of oil….
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News Cooking Up a (Healthy) Storm
Susie Fishbein, kosher food maven and author of the popular cookbook series “Kosher by Design,” prides herself on being the Rachael Ray of kosher cooking. Her recipes, she claims, are accessible to everyday people. So when her new cookbook, “Kosher by Design Lightens Up” (Mesorah Publications), came out last month, I thought I’d use it…
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News Turkey Trouble: Turmoil in Kosher Industry Affects Thanksgiving Meal
Thanksgiving poses new challenges in Jewish households this year, as some kosher consumers face poultry shortages, price increases and the dilemmas of supporting an industry that has made national headlines over the issue of unethical practices. In New York City, one synagogue created a task force to address the ethical questions its congregants now have…
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Israel News Calendar Girl’s Jewish Year
Jamie Sneider may have taken the traditional notion of “comfort” out of the term “comfort food.” In her 2009 calendar, “The Year of the Jewish Woman,” the actress and comedy writer poses in skimpy outfits, often bearing iconic Jewish foods — kugel, brisket, matzo balls — that don’t necessarily look appetizing. “I have always found…
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Culture No Green Cards at the Green Line
On July 31, 2003, the Israeli Knesset enacted the Nationality and Entry Into Israel Law, prohibiting any residency or citizenship status to Palestinians who live in the territories and are married to Israeli citizens. The law, initiated in the midst of the second intifada by prime minister Ariel Sharon, impacted thousands of people and forced…
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