For the first time in its more than 175-year history, the Jewish owned, London based costumier, Angels Costumes, received an official honor when it was awarded the BAFTA award for Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema in February. Founded in 1840, the family-run company is the world’s largest supplier of costumes to the stage and screen….
Dressing up for Halloween is always an ordeal. Dressing up when Halloween also falls on Shabbat? Wow. So this year, in honor of “Shabbatoween,” we’ve come up with some easy tricks to add a topical Jewish twist to your costume. Major treats guaranteed. 1) Irv Rosenfeld from “American Hustle” For ultimate ’70s swag, pair a…
Rapper Macklemore has apologized for a wearing a costume widely perceived as anti-Semitic, writing that he did not intend the costume to be a stereotype. The popular musician appeared at Seattle’s EMP Museum on Friday wearing a dark suit, a bushy brown wig and beard, and a large prosthetic nose. The performance was part of…
(Haaretz) — It seems terribly appropriate that International Women’s Day was happening this year as Israelis were caught up with preparations for the holiday of Purim — and not just because it is the only Jewish holiday with a woman, the heroic Queen Esther, who saved her people by charming a king, at its center….
The Oscars are only two days away, and if you’re anything like us, you’re rooting for an “American Hustle” win in Costume Design. This is the first Academy Award nomination for Australian costume designer Michael Wilkinson (whose credits include “Man of Steel,” “300,” “Watchmen,” and “The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Parts 1 & 2”…
A Belgian supermarket chain has recalled a costume which is meant to allow children to dress up as prisoners of a Nazi concentration camp. The recall was announced Friday by the Delhaize chain in a press release that it issued conjointly with the Belgian League against Anti-Semitism, or LBCA. “Delhaize deplores this incident and regrets…
Hollywood is a veritable treasure trove of overly expensive and elaborate costumes come Halloween time, but also some of the most fun. Here are a few of the best costumes Jewish celebs have donned this year and in years past:
I can’t believe I’m saying this, but maybe it’s time to chill out with Halloween, or the “secular Purim” as we Jews call it. Personally, I love all festivities that involve dressing up and getting creative and weird, but I’ve been disturbed of late that the costume trend has gotten both more and more frighteningly…
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