It only took over seventy years, but Gretel finally is getting her due. Gretel Bergmann (now Margaret Lambert), now 95, moved to NYC in 1937, having escaped from Nazi Germany. Over 73 years ago, in...
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Large Sales for New Moon Kislev?
What is happening in America? Over $20 million in one day ticket sales for the New Moon of Kislev? Umm no. Sorry. I was misinformed. It turns out the hype and revenue are not for Kislev’s New...
ShivaWatch: Sy Syms, Retailer and Educator
This week, Sy Syms, a tenacious NYC based retailer passed away. Known for selling name brand business apparel at deeply discount prices, and his tag line, that “An Educated Consumer is our Best...
OMG. He Won
Yuri Foreman becomes first Israeli world champion Yes, my friends. Right after Parshat Toldot was read for Mincha, and we learn how Yakov got the blessing from Yitzhak instead of Esau the Defender...
The Jewish Film Fest That Is Manhattan
This morning, I awoke in Manhattan to my own personal Jewish film festival. The screens are filled, this week, with films of Jewish and Israeli interest. How so? Well, we have documentaries on the...
ShivaWatch: Carl Ballantine, the Dean of Comic Magicians
First Soupy, and now Carl. Carl Ballantine, born Meyer Kessler, was the Dean of Comic Magicians, and influenced both comics and magicians, from Steve Martin to David Copperfield, passed away in Los...
The Rabbi In The Corner
On Saturday evening in Las Vegas, as the slots get played and Havdalah ends the Sabbath, a rabbinical student, weighing in at about 154 pounds, hailing from the Belarus by way of Haifa, will get his...
Rabbi Yonah The Hero Finalist
Jewlicious Festival founder, Rabbi Yonah (2nd from right), with some other Jewish Community Heroes of the Year and the Project Leader at the GA 2009 in Washington DC. The project expected 100,000...