BMW’s new car sharing service ReachNow is taking off in Crown Heights — with Orthodox Jews. 80% of their users are members of the chasidic community. In the pilot episode of “Crusing and Schmoozing,” hasidic comedian Mendy Pellin shows Jew in the City the hippest, hottest restaurants in Crown Heights. WATCH:
Comedy isn’t kosher. Jewish law forbids Jews from voicing mockery, criticism and just plain negativity —precisely those elements that are part of almost all comic routines. But that’s just for starters. Ultra-Orthodox comics face a range of rules: no foul language, double entendres, or risqué allusions. If they’re performing for seriously Orthodox audiences, all comments…
The Arty Semite contributor Christopher DeWolf profiles Hong Kong’s Rabbi Asher Oser and looks at the city’s Jewish history. The Jewish Chronicle talks to actor Elliott Gould. VICE Magazine talks to author Sam Lipsyte. “Lipstikka,” an already-controversial film by Israeli director Jonathan Sagall, will premiere at the Berlin International Film Festival in February. Anselm Kiefer’s…
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