Michael Kaminer
By Michael Kaminer
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The Schmooze Meet The Israeli Performance Artist Critiquing Americans’ Obsession With Money
View this post on Instagram My $500,000 briefcase is for sale for $1,000,000 The difference goes to charity?@ophirariel @baselmiami @artbasel #artbasel #artbaselmiami #art #artistrymakeup A post shared by CAPITALI$MAN (@capitalist.man) on Dec 7, 2019 at 9:20am PST Who would pay a million dollars for a briefcase stuffed with just half of that? That’s what Capitalist…
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Food When will Jewish delis pivot to sustainable lox?
“Our Lox Is Getting a Facelift,” trumpeted the e-mail from Steingold’s Deli in Chicago: “We’re partnering with Skuna Bay Salmon, the acclaimed Vancouver Island company known for its pristine salmon harvested directly from the ocean via environmental-friendly practices.” The announcement made us wonder: Since Jewish delis source and sell so much meat and fish, how…
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Food Behind The Scenes At Toronto’s Glitziest — And Very Jewish — Steakhouse
Latkes, chopped liver, and pickles no longer appear on the menu at Hy’s. But the steakhouse chain, which just opened a gilded 18,000-square-foot flagship in Toronto’s Financial District, has heimishe roots and a very Jewish backstory — including its larger-than-life namesake, the son of Russian immigrants to Canada. The splashy downtown restaurant – quite possibly…
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The Schmooze You Can Now Book A Marvelous Mrs. Maisel-Themed Vacation In Miami
What’s Midge Maisel doing at the Fontainebleau’s hotel pool? You’ll find out in season three of Amazon Prime’s smash The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. In the meantime, you can retrace her footsteps. The Fontainebleau Miami Beach, where the episodes were filmed, has gone back to the future, retrofitting its lobby to resemble the candy-colored, Mad Men-fantasy…
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Food Michael Solomonov Opens Yet Another Israeli Restaurant, In Philly’s Center City
It’s about 5,740 miles from Sansom Street in Philadelphia to central Tel Aviv. But that distance got a little shorter this week with the opening of Merkaz, the latest celebration of Israeli food from James Beard Award-winning chef Michael Solomonov and business partner Steve Cook. “The Savidor Merkaz is Tel Aviv’s transit hub – it’s…
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The Schmooze Drake’s Blingy Toronto Restaurant, Pick 6ix, Shut Down
First, Drake got booed off the stageat a Los Angeles festival by concertgoers who apparently expected Frank Ocean to perform instead. Now comes word that Drizzy’s blingy Toronto restaurant, Pick 6ix, was shut down this week for nonpayment of rent. “Millionaire rapper forgets how to write rent check,” blared an Eater headline. “Technically speaking, Drake…
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Food ‘Lekka Burger’, Using 900-Year Old Recipes For Plant-Based Meat, Opens In Tribeca
One’s a philanthropist on a mission. The other’s a veggie-loving star chef. Now, these Jewish women are teaming to open a burger chain whose “plant-powered” menu is designed to outdo animal products. Lekka Burger, which opened its doors in Tribeca last week, is the brainchild of Andrea Kerzner, the South African-born activist and daughter of…
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Food Israeli Restaurant In Portland Hit By Anti-Semitic Hacker Campaign
“You have reached the Jewish restaurant. If you bitches want to eat our shitty food, just come here and fuck yourself.” That was the message callers heard this weekend if they dialed Shalom Y’All, a Portland, Oregon restaurant that serves Israeli food. The restaurant’s phone system had been hacked; its phone number was also used…
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