Orthodox Brooklyn politician Dov Hikind is under fire after dressing as a “black basketball player” for Purim. A New York State Assemblyman who is a leading figure in New York’s Othodox community, Hikind defended his costume. “I can’t imagine anyone getting offended,” Hikind told the New York Observer. “Purim, you know, everything goes and it’s…
Folkie singer Jill Sobule has come out with a new anti-slutty-Halloween-costume song, which can be heard here. Sobule, who is Jewish, composed the song about adults wearing all-too-revealing costumes. Her sentiments are all the more apt in connection with young girls wearing similarly revealing getups. This evening I saw a pair of 13-year-olds wearing shorty…
If New Yorkers thought they got rid of disgraced Rep. Anthony Weiner back in June, they better think again. The sexting congressman is back to haunt the city. Or at least its Halloween parties. The Weiner costume is a big seller for Halloween at Ricky’s NYC, purveyor of all things for the spooky season. Dubbed…
With offices in Toronto, Buenos Aires and Paris, the Los Angeles-based Simon Wiesenthal Center keeps a vigilant eye on global anti-Semitism. And thanks to a wide and ardent network of supporters, its reach extends to the unlikeliest of places, like Japanese discount retail store Don Quijote Co. In a letter sent Monday to company executives,…
Come Saturday night and Sunday, Jewish homes, parties and synagogues will be full of sugared-up little Queen Esthers, superheroes and other assorted costumed children, clad in their Purim guises. I’ve never been the kind of mom willing, or able, to sew artfully constructed costumes with complicated details. When I was in Boro Park once the…
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