Lucy Cohen Blatter
By Lucy Cohen Blatter
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Food Fire up the grills: Fourth of July barbecue, 2 ways
As American foodies, we love our independence and all, but for us, the best part of the July 4 holiday weekend is the barbecue. Perfectly grilled meat (or veggies), tasty fresh sides and stone fruits roasting in our backyards are what makes our weekend. These days, July 4 barbecuing means backyard grilling, but it wasnâtâŠ
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Fast Forward Putting The âHighâ In Havdalah â With Marijuana
NEW YORK (JTA) â Marijuana entrepreneur Catherine Goldberg was working on an event with the Orthodox founders of Mitzva Herbal, a company that makes kosher-certified cannabis-infused edibles, when she shared her dream of uniting marijuana-loving Jews over Friday-night dinners. âThey were, like, âCat, we canât smoke on Shabbat,â Goldberg, 28, recalled. âSo I figured havdalah,âŠ
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The Schmooze Orthodox Rabbinic Student Rocks âAmerican Ninja Warriorâ
( â On Monday nightâs episode of âAmerican Ninja Warrior,â Orthodox rabbinical student Akiva Neuman competed with his yarmulke, tzizit and a T-shirt that showed a muscular rabbi lifting a Torah over his head. âUsually ârabbiâ goes along with âpot belly,â so Iâm gonna try and change that,â Neuman, a resident of the Queens boroughâŠ
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Life Get Ready for Summer With Modest Swimwear â Itâs Also Super-Sexy
âThe only options we were finding were these long, flowery dresses that just werenât our style or skin-tight surfing-style wetsuits,â Wolf says. The company specializes in casual, sporty mix-and-match tops and bottoms. The tops come in all sleeve lengths â from sleeveless to long sleeves â and the bottoms are pants, skirts, shorts or skortsâŠ
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News Synagogues See Condos as Path To Financial Security When Old Neighborhood Gets Pricey
(JTA) â If thereâs one story that sums up the changes afoot on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, a once heavily Jewish neighborhood, itâs the saga surrounding the Anshei Meseritz synagogue. The Orthodox shul at 415 E. Sixth St. is a relic of a time when âtenementâ synagogues â so named for the narrowâŠ
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Life Modesty Is the New Sexy on the Red Carpet
Pity Jennifer Lopez. As far as memorable red carpet moments go, she set such a high bar at the 2000 Grammys with her now-legendary plunging green Versace dress that she seemed destined to never top it. But many fashion insiders (and followers) have been buzzing about the actress-singerâs Golden Globes gown earlier this month. ThatâsâŠ
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Food The Rise of Jewish-Fusion Restaurants
Molly Breidenthal is executive chef at Einat Admonyâs new Sephardic-Israeli tapas spot, Combina. JTA â The successful chef and owner of four buzzy restaurants in Manhattan, Einat Admony recently decided to take on a new challenge. The Israel-born chef, who runs two TaĂŻm falafel joints and modern Mediterranean eateries and Bar Bolonat, wanted to createâŠ
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Life Kate Middleton Effect Brings Frum âFascinatorâ Hats to Synagogue
The so-called âKate Middleton effectâ â by which anything the Duchess of Cambridge wears becomes an instant best-seller â seems to know no bounds. She has graced the covers of countless magazines; entire blogs are devoted to what she wears. And, as it happens, the duchess is the perfect style icon for observant Jewish womenâŠ.
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