Getty Images Idina Menzel is finally getting the recognition she deserves. It’s been almost two decades since the Jewish diva made her broadway debut. She originated some of our favorite broadway roles, like Rent’s Maureen Johnson and Wicked’s Elphaba. But it was Disney’s record breaking “Frozen” that catapulted Menzel to rockstar-level fame. Many of us…
Mindy Meyer won plenty of attention for her splashy pink-themed campaign for a Brooklyn state Senate seat. The young Orthodox law student dubbed the ‘Magenta Yenta’ did less well at the ballot box. She was crushed by incumbent Democrat Kevin Parker by a 97%-to-3% margin. According to the Daily News, Meyer garnered just 2,553 votes…
Kevin Parker doesn’t have any catchy monikers like his pink-loving opponent, Mindy Meyer, in a race for state Senate in Brooklyn. “She says she’s ‘senator and she knows it,’ but I actually am senator,” said Parker, an incumbent Democrat. “I really do have responsibilities.” Meyer is now well known by her self-appointed name, Diva of…
Video: Nate Lavey If her driving is anything to go by, Mindy Meyer is the quintessential Brooklynite. The Orthodox law student who’s running for state Senate in Brooklyn’s 21st District against incumbent Democrat Kevin Parker, weaves in and out of double-parked traffic on Avenue J in her Flatbush neighborhood, barely sparing the road a second…
Mindy Meyer may be the Diva of the District, but the wannabe state senator from Brooklyn has a little homework to do if she hopes to make it big in politics. The 22-year-old Brooklyn law student looked a bit like a deer in the headlights when a local TV anchor asked her to identify some…
Mindy Meyer is a 22-year-old Orthodox law student who went to Prospect Park Yeshiva in Brooklyn, wears knee-length skirts — and is running for New York state Senate. Her website, pink and flashy, incorporates glitter and leopard print. Campaign slogan? “I’m Senator and I know it.” “I’m trying to appeal to the younger population,” explains…
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