What Is The Connection Between Jew in the City And Makom?
People often tell us they don’t understand how JITC and Makom are related. This short video explains. Director of Photography – Elie Gabor elie@eliecreative.com
Stop Dressing As Hasidic Jews For Halloween
I don’t get up-in-arms about cultural appropriation. I think sometimes a style from another culture can be worn by someone because they truly admire it. I also know that dressing up as a Hasidic Jew does not have the same negative history that blackface does for African Americans. And yet, when it is done, it […]
Jew in the City Discusses Alarming Rise In Anti-Semitism On Newmax TV
Last month, Newmax’s daytime news and political show, Liquid Lunch, invited Allison to speak about the Measles outbreak in the Orthodox Jewish community. Last week, they invited her on again to discuss the rising Anti-Semitic attacks in New York City and around the world, how anti-Zionism and BDS is a form of anti-Semitism, and the […]
An Open Apology From A Hasidic Woman Who Undertipped A Delivery Man
Dear Shipt Delivery Man, I am writing to you here because I have no other way to contact you, and the guilt over what happened is a constant hum in my brain. Judgments are made over snapshots of events. But no story is complete without understanding the background, and in this case, the cultural background. […]
Combatting The Myth of “Jews As Measles-Spreaders” On Cable TV
As the measles outbreak continues to spread in the hasidic community, and anti-Semitism continues to rise, Newmax, a cable network with over 70 million subscribers invited me to speak on its daily live show called Liquid Lunch. You can catch my interview here.
Are Orthodox Jews At Fault For The Measles Outbreak? My POV On WABC Radio
As the number of people infected with measles in the Orthodox Jewish community continues to grow due to a recent outbreak , so does the media attention surrounding it. More and more of our fans have reached out to us asking us to clarify that Orthodox Jews who don’t vaccinate are not doing so […]
