Maia Efrem is the former research editor and assistant to the editor and was also responsible for the Forward’s annual Salary Survey. Previously she served as the editor of Blognik Beat, a blog written by students who emigrated from or have ties to the Former Soviet Union. Maia is a graduate of Hunter College and Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism.
Elias Weiss Friedman was not discouraged when he found himself on the wrong side of a lay off soon after graduating from Boston University. Instead, seizing the moment, he started a company with some friends and a web comedy series, It was soon after that he began taking portrait-style photographs of dogs in New York…
Seth Rogen and James Franco just upped the bar mitzvah game. The funnyman just threw his best friend, Franco, the party of the year and it was all for a good cause. Here’s why James Franco’s bar mitzvah was better than yours: 1) Rogen and his wife, Lauren Miller Rogen, organized the whole event as…
We are gearing up for our seventh of Jewish nonprofit organizations. In years past, we have found that though women are represented in overwhelming numbers as essential members of the organizations, they are severely underrepresented in top leadership roles. Even among those in executive roles, women still lag behind their male counterparts in compensation. In…
What would you do to attend the bar mitzvah Seth Rogen is throwing his best buddy James Franco on October 17? When (yes, you read that right) and producer Diwon realized all the $150 tickets were sold out, they tried to find another way to get an invite: they wrote a song that might be…
Willkommen, can we pour you a drink? We have a lovely Hitler cognac that will blitz your socks off! Restauranteur Silvio Stelzer of French cognac and Champagne belonging to history’s most hated man, one Adolf Hitler, under his restaurant — Zum Dreispitz — on the grounds of Moritzburg Castle, a mere 30-minute ride from Dresden,…
Shalom “Hamburger Hummus”! Welcome to my list of must-see fall programing! The follows six clueless American bloggers as they bumble their way around Israel. With titles like “Shalom, Shamericans!”, “Tech Aviv,” and “Shots Shots Shabbats,” the hilarious three-minute episodes follow the characters as they find out that yes, Israel has better medical marijuana than the…
An Orthodox Brooklyn woman is suing the Lucille Roberts fitness chain for denying her entry to a kickboxing class because she was wearing a skirt. Yosefa Jalal, 25, said she was harassed, threatened with arrest and had her membership revoked from the women’s-only gym when she insisted on following Judaism’s standards of modesty. “I think…
Ralph Lauren, the “man who dresses America,” just announced that he is stepping down as CEO and handing over the reigns to Stefan Larsson. Lauren’s designs are so ingrained in American culture and style that we hope the new vision for the fashion line will keep the charm and easy elegance of the old. Having…
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