Lucy Cohen Blatter
By Lucy Cohen Blatter
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The Schmooze A Ben & Jerry Take on Jewish Ice Cream
In honor of yesterday’s free cone day at Ben & Jerry’s, the folks over at Tablet Magazine dreamed up some Passover-appropriate flavors. We personally think vanilla ice cream with chocolate- and caramel-covered matzo (“Mat-So Delicious maybe?) could take the world — or at least New York, London and Israel — by storm. But here are…
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The Schmooze Jewish Couture at Moscow Fashion Week
Looks like religious chic is becoming a bona fide trend. Sure, H&M has their own Tallit, but now haute couture is getting its own Jewish flavor. At this week’s Moscow Fashion Week, Russian fashion house St. Bessarion — which, ironically, is named for a Christian saint — dressed models in clothes inspired by Orthodox Judaism….
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The Schmooze Gwyneth Paltrow’s Got Rabbinic Roots
For Gwyneth Paltrow, Kabbalah isn’t just a passing fad. The actress (and sometimes singer), who will appear on this Friday night’s episode of NBC genealogy series “Who Do You Think You Are,” discovered that her great great great grandfather was Kabbalah master Tsvi Paltrowitch. Documents describe Paltrowitch, the Gaon of Nitzy in Russia, as “a…
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The Schmooze Israel Vs. US: A Purim Music Video Battle
Apparently the world of Jewish a capella is more competitive than you think. After achieving overnight success with “Candlelight,” the Maccabeats, Yeshiva University’s all-male a capella group, is back with another surefire YouTube hit, “Purim Song” (no points for creative naming, guys!). This time, the story of Esther, Ahasverosh, Haman and Mordechai is set to…
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The Schmooze H&M Gets Tallit-Chic
We wouldn’t recommend wearing this to synagogue if you want to stand out. Recently we were taken aback when we saw this poncho in the window of retailer H&M (could it stand for Haim & Moshe?). Now we’re left wondering if this will set off a new Tallit-chic trend. Will H&M start carrying kippot next?…
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Food Matzo Ball Gumbo and Other Dishes of the Jewish South
When you picture Southern cooking, visions of pork-laden collard greens and BBQ pork ribs probably come to mind. While pig is undoubtedly a staple of Southern cooking, many Southern Jewish chefs have managed to make traditional foods sans treyf and even developed some of their own culinary traditions, using the South’s bounty of fresh produce….
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Food Kitchen Talk: Max Brenner on Chocolate and Valentine’s Day
Max Brenner isn’t ashamed of his unconditional love of chocolate. “I can’t go a day without chocolate,” says Brenner, whose real first name is actually Oded. In 2009, the Israeli-born Brenner penned a book of recipes — a kind of ode to all things chocolate — entitled “Chocolate: A Love Story.” In it, he draws…
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The Schmooze Rap Star Drake: I’m the Best Jew
Hip-hop, rap and R&B star Drake is sure proud of his Jewish roots. And he’s a pretty good Jew too, at least according to him. When a TMZ cameraman asked Drake “Who do you think’s a better Jew, you or [TMZ creator] Harvey Levin?,” the pop star responded, “I don’t know. I’m one of the…
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