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Life Daughters of Russ and Daughters
The new documentary “The Sturgeon Queens” explores the history and legacy of Russ and Daughters, the Lower East Side’s famed purveyor of smoked fish which has been appetizing its way into our mouths and hearts for one-hundred years now. The Sisterhood’s Elissa Strauss spoke with writer and producer Julie Cohen about why she decided to…
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News A Six-Year-Old Orthodox Boy and His Barbie Dolls
The last time I took care of Hanina, the 6-year-old I baby-sit, we played Salon, a game in which Hanina’s Barbies visit the salon, otherwise known as the second-floor bathroom, and we peel off their clothes, do their hair, then dress them up. You may wonder what a 6-year-old boy is doing with Barbies in…
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The Schmooze 6 Jewish Things About the World Cup
Colombia’s Coach Jose Pekerman is among the Jewish participants in the World Cup/Getty Images (JTA) — Israel’s not in the World Cup, and none of the star players is Jewish. But never fear: We still managed to compile a list of six Jewish things about Brazil 2014. The coach: Jose Pekerman, the coach of Colombia’s…
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Food Korean BBQ Meets Latkes at a Baltimore Pop-Up
Courtesy of Hersh’s It must be a first for Baltimore: An Asian-Jewish culinary mashup, courtesy of an Italian joint and a hip local coffee shop. Siblings Stephanie and Josh Hershkovitz, who own Hersh’s pizzeria in downtown Baltimore, are teaming with Phil Han, the Korean-American owner of sleek new cafe Dooby’s, on a June 19 Jew-sian…
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Fast Forward Jewish Security Group Holds Global Summit
The security arm of U.S. Jewish groups held its first International Security Summit in response to recent attacks on Jewish communities. The Secure Community Network, or SCN, convened the convocation of more than 80 senior government and law enforcement officials, homeland security and community leaders in New York last week in the wake of violent…
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The Schmooze Egypt’s Richest Man Buys Edgar Bronfman’s NYC Penthouse for $70M
And the record for most expensive co-op ever sold in New York City goes to… Nassef Sawiris. The richest man in Egypt, reportedly worth roughly $7 billion dollars (and ranked as 193rd richest person in the world by Forbes) has purchased 960 Fifth avenue, previously owned by the late billionaire Edgar Bronfman, Sr., who died…
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The Schmooze Topol Wows at Folksbiene ‘Fiddler’ 50th
Lots of Motls, Goldas and Tzeitels, but only one world-famous Tevye — Topol— were on stage at Town Hall for the National Yiddish Theatre-Folksbiene’s June 9 extravaganza “Raising the Roof: A tribute to “Fiddler on the Roof.” The show seamlessly showcased multi-generational alumni of “Fiddler”— including Pia Zadora – reaching back to the 1967 Broadway…
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Culture The Inconvenient Truth About Jews From Arab Lands: They Were Expelled
(Haaretz) — Nathan Weinstock hadn’t planned to write a book about the Jews of Arab lands. But when he looked for information about the modern history of Moroccan or Iraqi Jewry, he was surprised to discover that there was no book in French that told the story of the elimination of the Jewish communities in…
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