Lilly Maier is a news intern at the Forward. She is a graduate journalism student at New York University, where she studies as a Fulbright scholar. She also holds a B.A. in Jewish history from the University of Munich.
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Jeffrey Tambor did his best Hebrew school teacher imitation to shush the Emmy Awards band when it struck up a tune to nudge him off stage. As the band started playing to indicate that Tambor should wrap things up, the best actor honoree still had an important message to deliver. So he used the hebrew…
‘Transparent’ creator Jill Soloway referred to Donald Trump as “the inheritor to Hitler” at the Emmys. The Republican presidential candidate “needs to be called out every chance we get as one of the most dangerous monsters to ever approach our lifetimes,” Soloway told reporters backstage. “He’s a complete dangerous monster,” she said. “Any moment I…
A Jewish Brooklyn artist has plastered the borough with “I Sit With Kaepernick” posters backing the now-famous protest of football superstar Colin Kaepernick. The San Francisco 49ers quarterback became part of a nation-wide controversy with his refusal to stand during the national anthem to protest racism and the oppression of black people in America. Designer…
Two female Israeli soldiers using the navigation app Waze got stranded in a Palestinian village in the occupied West Bank — and had to be rescued by Palestinian security forces from an angry mob. The two soldiers were driving a military vehicle, and relied on Waze, one of the world’s most popular navigation apps, for…
Amazon just released the first full trailer for “Crisis in Six Scenes,” Woody Allen’s return to television. (Ok not really television, online streaming, but that’s just details.) The comedy, which starts streaming on September 30, takes place in the 1960s and centers around a quirky, middle class suburban family. Here are seven things we learned…
Rebecca W. Sirbu wants to help you find a better rabbi. And she wants to help rabbis of all stripes find gigs — whether at a congregation or somewhere else. Her answer: RabbiCareers.com. “Need someone with strong analytic skills, the ability to work well with a variety of people, and knows how to speak passionately…
Ever dream about living in a synagogue? Well, you can get pretty close now that a historic lower East Side tenament synagogue has converted its top floors into luxury aeries. All you need is about $4 million to make it happen. Developer East River Partners just finished several luxury apartments housed on the upper floors…
If you still remember one of the infamous Crazy Eddie commercials, you know his prices were “In-s-a-a-ane!” If not, you are about to find out. Crazy Eddie was one of the electronic retail stores of the 70s and 80s, known for its low prices and cult status commercials. The chain was founded in 1969 by…
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