Michael Kaminer
By Michael Kaminer
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Opinion Meet the Man Fighting Eruv ‘Terrorists’ in the Hamptons
A still from The Daily Show’s segment on eruvs, showing an “eruv hat” If Jack O’Dwyer didn’t exist, Jon Stewart might have invented him. You might remember The Daily Show’s hilarious 2011 video report on the bitter controversy surrounding a proposed eruv (religious boundary) in Westhampton Beach, New York. Simply by venting to correspondent Wyatt…
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Food Meet the ‘Jew-bano’ Sandwich
With pastrami from Katz’s, a pickle from Pickle Guys and a bialy from Kossar’s, this twist on the cubano is a reflection of its Lower East Side roots. Photograph courtesy of The Comfort. There’s a new tenant at 399 Grand Street. The onetime site of Noah’s Ark, the Lower East Side’s last full-service kosher restaurant,…
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Food The Weekly Dish
New York’s new modern Mexican fast-casual place, Oxido. Facebook. What happens when a Mexican chef, a Korean restaurant franchisee, and a Jewish entrepreneur go out to eat? No, it’s not a Borscht Belt setup; the answer’s a snazzy “modern Mexican” restaurant that just opened in Manhattan’s Flatiron district. Oxido is the brainchild of Shmilly Gruenstein,…
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Food Digging Into Jewish Food With Wandering Chew
Katherine Romanow (left) and Sydney Warshaw of Wandering Chew. Photograph by Lauren Kolyn. They’re not trained as chefs. They haven’t cooked in restaurants. But Sydney Warshaw and Katherine Romanow are becoming two of the biggest machers in Montreal’s burgeoning Jewish food scene. As The Wandering Chew, the duo stages pop-up events that “try to teach…
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Food The Weekly Dish
Petite Shell’s kosher rugelach. Photograph by Liz Arronson Rueven/KosherLikeMe.com. …Manhattan’s Petite Shell, whose kosher rugelach have become a bona fide phenomenon among New York foodies, was named one of the city’s best coffee shops by Eater this week. While Eater waxed rhapsodic about Petite Shell’s dulce de leche mini-croissants, the real draw here is what…
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The Schmooze Cantor by Day, Moroccan Pop Star by Night
Samy Elmaghribi was a hugely popular Moroccan-music star. Salomon Amzallag was a beloved Sephardic cantor in Montreal. That the pop star and the liturgical giant were the same person has inspired a new exhibition that opened in Montreal February 25. “Sacre Profane: Samy Elmaghribi” explores the “seemingly opposite” notions of sacred and secular in Elmaghribi’s…
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Food The Best ‘Deli Man’ You’ve Never Heard Of
Ben’s Best Deli’s Jay Parker (left) with Erik Greenberg Anjou, director and producer of the film. Photograph courtesy of “Deli Man.” Of all the machers in the new film “Deli Man”, which opens this week, Jay Parker of Ben’s Best stands out. He’s in Rego Park, Queens, for one thing, not the sexy Lower East…
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Food Welcome to the Donut Car Wash
Wash ‘n’ Nosh* from the* Jewish Daily Forward *on *Vimeo. An Israeli-owned car wash on the West Side Highway has become the unlikely source of what may be New York’s most delicious donuts. No, the guys scrubbing cars aren’t baking in their spare time; former chef Scott Levine, whose resume includes bygone New York foodie…
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