6th Annual All Star Awards Highlight Reel
It’s not possible to fully explain or capture how inspirational, magical and exciting it was. But here’s a glimpse.
Russia’s Kosher Bar Serves Vodka and Torah & Other Orthodox Jews in the News
Yale, Al Sharpton and the Attacks on New York’s Jews My entering class at Yale Law School in 2002 had one Jew who might be called “ultra-Orthodox.” He traveled some two hours to campus each Monday from Brooklyn, N.Y., and before the weekend, as far as I knew, he headed back. Photos: Global Siyum HaShas […]
The Kosher Blue Apron and Hello Fresh Is Finally Here!
The last decade has seen two major consumer trends: an increased desire for convenience and an increased desire to be healthy and know what’s in your food. Delivery meal kit services like Blue Apron and Hello Fresh were born out of the marriage of these two consumer demands and are part of a $1.5 billion […]
Mayim Bialik Accepts Keter Shem Tov Award At All Star Awards
Actor, director, and producer Dr. Mayim Bialik is one of the most publicly observant Jews in the history of celebrities. She has used her platform to improve the name of the Orthodox Jewish community to the world, by using the term positively and publicizing and normalizing Jewish traditions most people don’t know about. To honor and […]
The Orthodox Jewish Boy Who Made Art, When Very Few Others Did
Meir Kruter grew up with art in his heart and a Gemara in his hand. He was born in Brooklyn to a tight-knit family and raised as an only child by a single mom. His mother greatly encouraged his passion for what was an unconventional route for religious boys at the time. “She kind of […]
According to Torah, Is It Time To Pick Up and Leave Before Anti-Semitism Gets Worse?
Dear Jew in the City- I find myself getting deeply distressed over the ever-rising incidents of antisemitism in the last few years. Is it my imagination? I hear some people saying it’s time to pick up and leave before it gets worse. Yes, we believe that there will be an eventual final redemption, which includes […]
