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Model, Who’s The Face Of Chanel, Starts Observing Shabbat

Shlomit Malka is making religion even more fashionable. The stunning model and Israeli television host has nearly 400K followers on Instagram and has recently started connecting more to her Jewish spirituality.  She now keeps Shabbat — she doesn’t use her phone or go out — and makes Kiddush at home. She wears her Moroccan and Ukrainian heritage […]

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Jew in the City is Going to Sundance! Here’s the Scoop

Jew in the City has been working tirelessly to get better representation of Jews on screen. Next stop on that journey: the Sundance Film Festival — the country’s largest independent film festival.  While so much work is going on to combat antisemitism behind-the-scenes within the TV industry, this is the first time JITC’s new Hollywood Bureau […]

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This Photographer Showcases Joy In Hasidim That The Media Misses

We stumbled upon Ruchy Lebovits’s Instagram account – @ruchyl_photography – by happy accident. After scrolling through her page, we knew we had to talk with her and introduce our followers to her and her platform. What is unique about her photography portfolio? There are many family photographers in the world, but Ruchy has carved out […]

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Miami Boys Choir Member David Herskowitz Chats About Viral TikTok Trend

You probably never thought you’d see the day when “J-pop” would become internationally known, but that’s what happened when an Orthodox Jewish choral-pop band became an overnight internet sensation. Miami Boys Choir’s arrangement of Yerushalayim (from Miami Moshiach, 2007) took TikTok by a storm these past few weeks. The one-minute video clip of a live […]

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Celebrating JITC’s 15th Anniversary!

LinkedIn told me that today is my 15 year anniversary for starting JITC. This picture was taken right before I launched Jew in the City, so I’d have a new headshot. Apparently I started JITC almost exactly 6 years after I survived the Sbarro’s bombing which I barely think about. My husband and I just […]

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