Renee Ghert-Zand
By Renee Ghert-Zand
-
The Schmooze ‘Gay Cure’ Idea Offends Day School Students
Sixth formers (high school seniors) at JFS, the oldest and largest Jewish day school in England, are being taught that homosexuality can be cured. At least, that is how some students, parents and community leaders understand the inclusion of information about JONAH — Jews Offering New Alternatives to Homosexuality (an American organization that maintains that…
-
The Schmooze A Kiddush for Shipwreck Survival
British newlyweds Ian and Janice Donoff sponsored a kiddush last Shabbat at London’s Stanmore Synagogue — but not for one of the usual reasons, like a bar mitzvah, aufruf, baby naming or birthday. Their celebration was to give thanks for surviving the recent Costa Concordia shipwreck off the coast of Italy. As the couple was…
-
The Schmooze Defunct Borscht Belt Hotel May Rise Again
Old Borscht Belt hotels never die…they just get boarded up until a new buyer comes along to save them. At least that’s the story when it comes to the Nevele, which closed its doors in the Catskills back in 2009. The Nevele may indeed have a new lease on life if a sale to the…
-
The Schmooze Underwear Ads Irk North London Orthodox
While some Haredim in Jerusalem have succeeded in getting images of women removed from public advertising there, the Orthodox community in North London has had less luck on that front. In London, it is not all women’s images they find offensive, but rather those of Calvin Klein models wearing nothing but their skimpy underwear on…
-
The Schmooze DSK’s Wife To Head French HuffPo
Perhaps in an attempt to put her husband’s very public sexual assault scandal behind her, Anne Sinclair is throwing herself into her work. The former television journalist and wife of Dominque Strauss-Kahn has been named editor of the soon-to-be-launched French version of the Huffington Post. Ariana Huffington herself will be on hand in Paris on…
-
The Schmooze Hitler Bunker To Become Tourist Stop
It looks as though there might be another site added to the Polish Holocaust tourism trail. According to Reuters, Poland is searching for someone to spruce up the Wolf’s Lair, in the northeast of the country, near the Russian border, and open it up to the public. “Wolf’s Lair” was the code name for Adolf…
-
Life Single Ladies Want Mikveh Access
The latest fight in Israel is not over where women sit on the bus or walk on the street, but about where they can immerse. Some Israeli women are petitioning the country’s Supreme Court, asking it to reverse official directives that restrict ritual bath usage to married women, and bar women who are single, divorced…
-
The Schmooze Kosher Prison Food Not Only for Jews
Eating kosher, even in prison, is a constitutional right — not only for Jews, but also for Christians. On January 11, a three-justice panel of the California 3rd District Court of Appeals issued a ruling that overturned a lower court one that had denied Margarito Jesus Garcia kosher meals from the state’s Department of Corrections…
Explore
Most Popular
- 1
Opinion In Bruce Springsteen’s new anti-ICE protest song, a nod to Minnesota’s own Bob Dylan
- 2
News What We Know About Jeffrey Epstein’s Childhood
- 3
News Antisemitism group keeps board member who emailed Epstein on the legality of transporting minors for sex
- 4
Fast Forward Mamdani appoints Phylisa Wisdom, progressive Jewish leader, to run Office to Combat Antisemitism
In Case You Missed It
-
Fast Forward Credit Suisse had many more bank accounts with Nazi ties than previously known, investigation finds
-
Fast Forward Former Moscow rabbi says he rebuffed proposal to convert a million Russians discussed in Epstein files recording
-
Looking Forward Why am I so much better at singing in Hebrew than in English?
-
Fast Forward Harrison Bader, Dean Kremer headline as Team Israel announces its World Baseball Classic lineup
-
Shop the Forward Store
100% of profits support our journalism
