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Does Chabad Have An Answer To ‘The Rebbetzin Question’?
Every year, in a massive hall at a New York hotel, 3,000 women from 100 countries around the world gather for the annual conference for Chabad-Lubavitch’s female emissaries the Chabad Kinus Hashluchos banquet dinner. I’ve been to the banquet several times. Every year, I am struck by the energy in the room. The hall is…
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They Met In A Concentration Camp. Now, They’re Celebrating 72 Years Of Marriage.
They met in the Vichy-run Gurs concentration camp, in southwestern France. It was the winter of 1940. She was 16, he was 19. “There were many artists imprisoned in Gurs,” Hanne Liebmann reflects today, in her Queens home. “We had a cultural life there, despite the circumstances. They would organize concerts.” Hanne Hirsch had been…
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I Moved To Berlin — And Found My Jewish Identity
I arrived in Berlin on the precipice of great change – as a newlywed, my new husband from a Turkish-German family. My late Jewish grandmother, Selma Goldberg, had never wanted me to travel to, let alone live in, Germany. “They’d do it again, given half a chance,” she warned me, safely tucked inside of her…
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Meghan Markle Wore A Bodysuit From A Jewish Brand And It Immediately Sold Out
Watch out Kate Middleton: Meghan Markle and her “Markle effect” is a strong contender for the role of royal style icon. For years, Kate Middleton’s wardrobe has become synonymous with a boost in sales for whichever designer she deigns to wear (also known as the “Kate effect,” a phenomenon that has merited its own wikipedia…
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The Face Of Juicy Couture Is The Most Beautiful Girl In The World
Juicy Couture’s spring line is here, and the face of the brand is “the most beautiful girl in the world.” Thylane Blondeau — the 16-year-old daughter of French TV presenter Veronika Loubry and soccer player Patrick Blondeau — began her modeling career at the age of 4, walking for Jean Paul Gaultier. But it wasn’t…
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There’s No Such Thing As ‘Half-Jewish.’ It’s Simply ‘Jewish.’
As a child growing up in Philadelphia, when adults would ask me about my religion, I would answer, with a smile, “I’m nothing!” This resulted in a polite smile mixed with pity and bafflement. My Ukrainian Greek Catholic mother married a Jewish man, as did two of her four sisters. My mom may have married…
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Should I Follow My Kids And Move To Israel?
(Kveller via JTA) — I have three children. Three healthy, wonderful, grown-up children. I have a wonderful husband. And I have a father, a brother and sister-in-law, and other friends and relatives whom I love. Sounds good, no? It is good. It’s very good. Yet I often say that I live between a rock and…
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China Is Facing An Eldercare Crisis. One Man, Inspired By Tikkun Olam, Is Determined To Fix It.
Tikkun olam can be a nebulous term. Caked in abstract notions of “repairing the world,” the phrase is maligned by some as often being in practice nothing more than a motto hippy-dippy Jews recite to make themselves feel good. After all, how is the “world” actually being repaired? Danny Dilulio’s adoring fans in Chinese nursing…
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When Italian Fashion Meets Israeli Tech
If you’re tired of this season’s handbag styles, why not design one yourself? That’s exactly what Italian start-up ‘XYZBag’ hopes to deliver, with the help of Israeli technology: 3D-printed, self-designed handbags. “XYZBag explores the power of 3D technology, while empowering the uniqueness of the individual,” CEO Annalisa Nicola told The Forward at this year’s OurCrowd…
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Pro-Israel Swag Brand Proclaims That It’s ‘Combatting BDS’
From protest slogans to performative support hashtags (a la #timesup) — proclaiming one’s identity and opinion sartorially is trendy. And for people who are pro-Israel and anti-BDS, One948 will provide the swag you need to wear your opinion on your sleeve. One948, a play on the year of Israel’s founding, is an apparel company created…
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First Openly Transgender Teen Elected To USY Board
(JTA) — Sawyer Goldsmith said he has always felt accepted as a a member of the LGBTQ community in United Synagogue Youth, the Conservative movement’s youth group. But the 16-year-old from suburban Chicago hopes his recent election to serve as religion/education vice president on the group’s international board, the first time an openly transgender person…
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