Forced modesty clearly subjugates, but what about the pressure to uncover? With summer nearly upon us, newsstands are replete with magazine covers instructing women on how to get the “perfect beach bod,” but this is not a seasonal phenomenon. In an age when gender equality is on everyone’s mind, there is a discrepancy between the […]
Zvi Gluck, who was born and raised chasidic in Brooklyn, grew up in an environment where helping people in need, starting new initiatives, and sitting on organizational boards was part of his parents’ everyday life. He always knew he’d do the same, and “kids at risk” was the first place he started. While working with […]
“Speaking from someone who has a lot of social media spotlight, I feel like social media is very narcissistic and displays a life that isn’t really real,” pop star, Katy Perry told Cosmopolitan.com in a recent interview. She went on to say “I wish there was a thing like Shabbat that wasn’t particularly religious-based, that was kind of […]
Why was Jew in the City founded? What do we do? Where are we headed?
The Fourth Annual Orthodox All Star Awards this past Thursday was an incredible night! Eight of our ten All Stars flew in from all over the world, including the UK Pension’s Minister, Baroness Ros Altmann, who came in from London for only twenty hours! The other All Stars in attendance were: Treasurer of Columbia University, Gail […]
I caught up with Frasier’s Bebe Neuwirth on the red carpet at the premiere of Morgan Freeman’s “Story of God” and asked her what being a Jew means to her. Watch her touching response.
