Michelle Honig
By Michelle Honig
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Slideshows Affordable Modest Dresses That Are Trendy, Too
Looking for something modest and trendy that won’t break the bank? Look no further. We’ve done the legwork for you.
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The Schmooze Sheldon Adelson’s Wife Wears Dress With A Jerusalem Psalm To Embassy Opening
Fashion is about making a statement, and Miriam Adelson took that rule to heart. The American embassy has officially moved to Jerusalem and all sorts of prominent politicians and American Jews are in the holy, contested city to celebrate. On the guest list was Sheldon Adelson, prominent Jewish billionaire who is known for supporting many…
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Life Beneath The Met’s Dazzling Vatican Fashion Show, A Complex History Lurks
As a Jew who spent her formative years receiving a Jewish education, studying Jewish history in depth, my relationship with Catholicism is complicated. Jewish history is a trail of bloody tears — dotted with atrocities committed during the Crusades, the Spanish Inquisition, and the countless pogroms instigated by the Catholic Church — marking the Jewish…
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The Schmooze Chabad Offers Ivanka-Style ‘Lean In’ For Orthodox Women
Forward Fashion writer Michelle Honig and Forward pop culture writer Jenny Singer attended the Batsheva Women’s Gala, the inaugural event for the Jewish women’s empowerment organization, together recently. One woman attended because of her fascination with modest dress and Orthodox woman entrepreneurship, and the other because of her lifelong dedication to spending time in the…
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The Schmooze The Best Dressed Jewish Celebrities At The Met Gala
Unlike most red carpets, the Met Gala is a themed event, honoring the Costume Institute’s major spring fashion exhibition. As such, it’s like a costume ball, where the fashion is judged not just by subjective ideas of what dress looks best, but by how well a celebrity hewed to the theme. This year, with a…
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Life Ivanka’s Tips: How To Benefit From Your Fashion Brand While Working In The White House
I’m not one to brag, but as the daughter of the President, I’ve been doing some important things with important people. Unlike other daughters of the President (I’m looking at you, frenemy Chelsea), I have “an unprecedented role” in the White House as a special advisor to the President. That means, my dad (that’s President…
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Life 6 Judith Leiber Bags That Epitomize Her Unadulterated Love Of Kitsch
Judith Leiber, handbag-maker extraordinaire, died over the weekend. Although she made many kinds of bags, her best-known work were her minaudières, which is French for coquettish air, bags so small and so full of crystals that they could be classified as jewelry for a woman’s palm. These minaudieres were status symbols, worn by celebrities and…
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The Schmooze Why Every Jewish Journalist Wishes Meghan Markle Was Jewish
It’s 1:48 pm (EST) on Thursday and Meghan Markle has just arrived to a reception celebrating female empowerment wearing a black structured cocktail dress with an asymmetric slash collar paired with black heels. The shoes are clearly Aquazurra but news soon trickles in that the dress is from Black Halo. Back in the Forward offices,…
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