Sarah Kricheff
By Sarah Kricheff
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Life There Is No ‘Right Time’ for Marriage
I bristled when I read Debra Nussbaum Cohen’s recent Sisterhood post suggesting that 25 is the right age for marriage. The fact that I’m 34 and unmarried and very much wanting to be on the path to marriage and children contributed to my feelings of discomfort, of course. But another development in my life has…
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Life Indie Pop Meets Midrash With ‘Girls in Trouble’
The Museum of Jewish Heritage — A Living Memorial to the Holocaust recently announced the line-up for their annual New York’s Best Emerging Jewish Artists Showcase next month, and Alicia Jo Rabins’s new art pop band, Girls in Trouble, is among the performers. The group, which started playing shows in October and made it to…
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Life A Contest for ‘Cool Mamalahs’
Self-promotion comes in many forms. This year, six Jewish ladies who call themselves the “Cool Mamalahs” have pooled their talents to create the Call-Your-Mother Gift Box Giveaway, a Mother’s Day contest to celebrate Jewish women (and a convenient, albeit cute, way for the Cool Mamalahs — a group of artists, writers, performers and entrepreneurs —…
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Life Nose Job as Art
The human body is the canvas in I Am Art — An Expression of the Visual & Artistic Process of Plastic Surgery, an exhibition at Apexart, a nonprofit space in downtown Manhattan. The exhibit presents plastic surgery as work that often requires “a great deal of artistic skill,” depending on the type of procedure, the…
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Life New Life for the Franken-Coleman Face-Off
Minnesota residents might be eager to move past Al Franken and Norm Coleman’s never-ending Jew vs. Jew face-off for a United States Senate seat, but a minor league St. Paul baseball team is ensuring that the race will be preserved for history in a most distinguished way. A two-faced bobblehead doll, featuring mini replicas of…
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Israel News Stylish Tees, From Israel to New York
Souvenir T-shirts are getting a major makeover this month in downtown Manhattan. Rosebud, a clothing boutique in the city’s Soho neighborhood, will be selling I Love New York cotton tees that have been re-imagined into fashiony pieces by Israeli designers. The stylish project is the brainchild of the store’s owner, Fern Penn, who packed four…
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Israel News A Century of Fashion, Israeli Style
‘Tel Aviv is unbelievable in terms of the fashion scene,” said Fern Penn, who has worked in various areas of the fashion industry for the past 25 years. Indeed, five years ago Penn was so taken with the styles in Israel that she decided to fully immerse herself in that world. “I said to my…
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Israel News Birthday Bash at Shea Stadium
The New York Mets will celebrate Israel’s 60th birthday when they host the Los Angeles Dodgers later this month. Asaf Shariv, consul general of Israel in New York, will throw out a first pitch at the May 29 game, and the American group Parparim Ensemble will perform Israeli folk dance during the pre-game ceremony. Baseball…
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