Michael Kaminer
By Michael Kaminer
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Food From Kosher Caterer to Vegan Sushi Chef
After his limelight moment alongside Gordon Ramsay as a season-10 Hell’s Kitchen finalist, and the nonstop demands of his family’s successful kosher-catering company, Guy Vaknin needed a change. Vegetarian sushi was one of his biggest successes in “modernizing” his family’s business, Esprit Events. So after ditching his executive-chef post and doing some market research with…
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The Schmooze Madonna Sued for Le Pen Swastika
Did Madonna “express herself” too much? The BBC reports that France’s right-wing National Front party is suing the superstar “after an image at the US singer’s Paris concert showed party leader Marine Le Pen with a swastika imposed on her face.” The image, in a video accompanying the song Nobody Knows Me, was followed by…
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The Schmooze Anthony Hopkins To Play Methuselah in Noah Epic
Yes, but will he eat the animals? Actor Anthony Hopkins, whose signature roles include the face-chewing “Silence of the Lambs” cannibal Hannibal Lecter, has signed on to play Methuselah in “Noah,” an upcoming big-budget bible epic from brainy Jewish director Darren Aronofsky. As the Times of Israel noted this week, “Hopkins, 74, is 895 years…
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Food Not Everyone Is Happy With the Kosher Co-op
Even before its planned July 17 launch in Phoenix, KC Kosher Co-op — which delivers bulk discount kosher goods in 17 cities — is ruffling feathers. Since its 2007 debut, the business has expanded into cities with limited kosher availability but significant Jewish populations, including Las Vegas, Columbus, Ann Arbor, Savannah, Raleigh, and Boca Raton….
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The Schmooze Where Jew and Mohawk Meet
For “Home on Native Land,” a beautifully presented show of provocative new work by Indigenous and Aboriginal artists at Toronto’s Bell Lightbox cultural center, curator Steven Loft channeled his Mohawk heritage. But the exhibit’s dominant themes — home, roots, historical injustice — might also speak to Loft’s Jewish identity. Aboriginal on his father’s side, Loft…
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The Schmooze Anna Wintour In Cahoots With John Galliano?
All eyes were on Raf Simons last week as the successor to disgraced designer John Galliano sent his debut collection for Dior down the runway for Paris’ fashion week. So maybe Vogue editrix Anna Wintour thought nobody would notice when she hunkered down for lunch with Galliano at L’Espadon, the restaurant at Paris’ Ritz hotel…
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The Schmooze Streisand and Kramer Bicker Over ‘Normal Heart’
Larry Kramer — gay-rights pioneer, AIDS agitator, and all-around provocateur — might be the only person with the chutzpah to challenge Barbra Streisand. But as he just learned, La Streisand knows how to hit back. The Los Angeles Times reports that a decades-old spat between Streisand and Kramer over failed attempts to film his 1985…
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The Schmooze Meet the ‘Sexiest Vegetarian Next Door’
“Chiseled gladiator.” “Gay warrior.” “Killer bod.” Yes, it sounds like The New York Times has a crush on 29-year-old Zachary Koval, who was just selected as one of the Sexiest Vegetarians Next Door by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. The Times will have to get in line; photos of Koval’s “cut body” have…
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