Michael Kaminer
By Michael Kaminer
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The Schmooze The Rosh-Hashanah Beauty Regimen
It sounded a bit like a HEEB parody: SpaMitzvah, a body-care company “Where Gorgeously Yiddish Beauty Reigns Supreme!”, issued a press release this week about a High Holidays-themed body-care line. The “homage to Rosh Hashanah,” with apples-and-honey-inspired body and bath products, “commemorate[s] the sweet treats that are enjoyed at the Jewish New Year,” the press…
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The Schmooze Ikea Founder’s Nazi Ties Confirmed
You might want to sit down in your Skrurvska chair before reading this. A new book claims Ingvar Kamprad, the billionaire founder of cheap-furniture behemoth IKEA, “was a member of the Swedish Nazi party and was such a concern to secret service they opened a file on him,” reports the U.K. Telegraph. While the 83-year-old…
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The Schmooze ‘Hound Dog’ Songwriter Jerry Leiber Dies at 78
“They corrupted us with pleasure.” That, according to the Los Angeles Times, was the eminent critic John Lahr’s assessment of Jewish songwriting team Leiber and Stoller, whose indelible repertoire includes Elvis Presley’s “Hound Dog” and Peggy Lee’s “Is That All There Is?” Jerry Leiber, “the words half of the duo,” died today of cardiopulmonary failure…
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The Schmooze NYC Slashes Funding for Folksbiene Yiddish Theater
Under a rather unfortunate headline alluding to chopped pork, the New York Daily News this weekend reported that the “venerable” Folksbiene Yiddish Theater will lose a $5,000 earmark from New York City Councilman Mark Weprin (D-Queens). The 96-year-old Folksbiene — “the last Yiddish company to still play to huge audiences in Manhattan’s lower East Side,”…
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The Schmooze Ruth Madoff Says Bye Bye, Bernie
From the smart-women-foolish-choices department: Ruth Madoff, wife of the world’s most infamous Jewish fraudster, is finally dumping her high school sweetheart after 52 years of marriage to reconcile with her surviving son, the UK Daily Mail reports. Mrs. Madoff, 70, had been “rejected” by sons Mark and Andrew for refusing to leave Madoff after his…
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Food Lobster Scandal at Zabar’s
Since Zabar’s is Zabar’s, most customers don’t blink at paying $16.95 a pound for lobster salad. But Doug MacCash, a dining columnist with the New Orleans Times-Picayune, noticed a minor inconsistency with a container of takeout lobster salad he picked up during a New York City trip with his family last month. The problem? The…
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Food Kutsher’s of the Borscht Belt Comes to Manhattan
A Jewish-themed Tribeca eatery that riffs on Kutsher’s, the 100-year old Catskills staple, is set to open in late October, according to reports yesterday. Kutsher’s Tribeca, described by resort-family scion Zach Kutsher as a “modern-Jewish-food-inspired bistro”, will occupy a former bakery space, said the Tribeca Citizen, which also posted a draft of Kutsher’s gargantuan menu….
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The Schmooze Belief in Benevolent God Reduces Stress
Are Jews more anxious because we believe in a vengeful God? A new study suggests that might be the case. “Researchers at Harvard-affiliated McLean Hospital have found that those who believe in a benevolent God tend to worry less and be more tolerant of life’s uncertainties than those who believe in an indifferent or punishing…
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