HBO Max recently announced the production of a new dramedy series based on the life of Nissim Black: a black non-Jewish rapper turned Hasidic rapper. Black has been approached by numerous networks, like Netflix and celebrities like Queen Latifa, who wanted to do a documentary on his life. But when director Sally Richardson, who Black […]
The Hollywood industry can seem so intimidating, most people don’t even try to break in, let alone when you’re from an Orthodox Jewish neighborhood. Esti Michelle Rosenblatt, a Hasidic Lubavitcher in Brooklyn, is breaking that stereotype — proving religion doesn’t have to hold you back from being cast in mainstream media, even when you are visibly […]
Many people have had their credit card number stolen by a scammer. Some have had their identities used by a fraud on social media. But what if a highly skilled con-artist convinced countless people that he was part of your family as he pathologically lied, seduced, stole, and left a wake of destruction, moving from […]
Often, young adult novels tend to revolve around vampires, futuristic dystopias or the cool girls at school. It is less common to see Orthodox Jews on the page, especially in something that is positive and mainstream. Leah Scheier, an Orthodox novelist, is working to break that mold with her latest book, The Last Words We […]
Hasidic Jews are often seen as fodder for controversial television shows like Unorthodox or in everyday life as a community that’s completely foreign to the onlooker. Justin Bettman, an LA-based commercial, editorial, and fine art photographer, whose clients include Nike, Google, Spotify, Atlantic Records, New York Times and more set out to change that. He […]
People Love Dead Jews. If those words make you uncomfortable then award-winning author Dara Horn has begun to do her job. A recently released essay collection, “People Love Dead Jews: Reports from a Haunted Present,” is a space where Horn delves into the nuances of antisemitism with an unmatched poignancy and recounts painful exiles and pogroms (like in Harbin, […]
