Lisa Keys
By Lisa Keys
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Fast Forward This catchy ‘West Side Story’ Hanukkah parody was filmed on location in New York
(JTA) — (New York Jewish Week via JTA) — The opening shot is a panorama of the George Washington Bridge, its tower and the surrounding buildings transformed into a flickering menorah with all nine of its candles lit. “A West Side Chanukah Story,” the opening text announces — and immediately, the very New York sounds…
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Fast Forward Buy this Catskills bungalow colony and own a piece of the Borscht Belt
(JTA) — (New York Jewish Week via JTA) —Immortalized by pop-culture phenomena like “Dirty Dancing” and “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” New York’s Catskill Mountains were once the go-to summer destination for hundreds of thousands of Jewish New Yorkers. According to the Catskills Institute at Northeastern University, “by the 1950s a half-million people each year inhabited…
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Fast Forward Jewish rocker Ezra Furman announces she’s a woman — and a mom
(JTA) — This article first appeared on Kveller. Jewish indie rocker Ezra Furman is a trans woman — and has been a mom for years — she revealed on Wednesday. In a moving Instagram post, the 34-year-old musician briefly explains her journey, her experience of motherhood and why she’s sharing her story. “I wanted to…
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Fast Forward Danger Mouse And The Music Of The Resistance
NEW YORK (JTA) — Let’s imagine, for a moment, that the Nazis won World War II and occupied the United States. If that had happened, what would postwar American pop music have sounded like? Would music have even been created in the forms we know today? Those are just a few of the questions the…
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Fast Forward New York’s Iconic Katz’s Deli To Open Brooklyn Outpost
NEW YORK (JTA) — Katz’s Delicatessen, a staple on New York’s Lower East Side since 1888, confirmed the news reported by the Forward in October, that it is opening its first outpost — in downtown Brooklyn. The old-school deli, famous for the legendary “When Harry Met Sally” scene “I’ll have what she’s having,” will open…
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Fast Forward rag & bone Hawks Trendy ‘Ponchos’ Inspired by Jewish Prayer Shawls
(JTA) — Apparently, everything old is new again — again. In recent months, fast fashion retailers Old Navy and H&M both made waves on social media by selling items that looked remarkably like a tallit, or traditional Jewish prayer shawl. And now, high-end hipster label rag & bone is hawking its “Ines Poncho,” a wool-blend garment…
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Life ShayTell Brings World of Jewish Wigs to Social Media
(JTA) — First there was “Tinder for bras.” Now there’s a Yelp for sheitels, the wigs worn by many married Orthodox Jewish women. ShayTell may be the first-ever online customer review site for wigs. It’s certainly the most cleverly named. And if you’ve never considered the demand for such a site, consider this: When was the…
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Life How Start-Up Nation Is Crowdsourcing the Answers to All Your Bra Woes
(JTA) — They say the best stories happen when a writer gets pushed out of his or her comfort zone. Since the “they” in this case was my editor, this is how I found myself readying to post a topless photo of myself online — all in the name of good journalism. But this isn’t…
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