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, […]
Acting isn’t an easy profession, all the more so when you are an Orthodox Jew. But to be an award-winning actor that’s also Shabbos-observant? Elliot “Eli” Schiff might be one of the only ones in the world. After winning not one, but two awards at this week’s SOVAs (Society of Voice Arts and Sciences), Schiff […]
We asked Chazan Aryeh Hurwitz, the official cantor of Chabad of Central Boca, seven questions about his recent experience singing the National Anthem at the start of a recent NBA game for the Miami Heat. 1) Where and how did you grow up Jewishly ? I grew up in a very wonderful Orthodox community of […]
While Lubavitch Hasidim tend to wear black and white, Chana Corna, a lighting artist for TV shows and movies, adds black and white into animations as a member of the lighting design department. Corna was born in Johannesburg, South Africa and moved with her family to Sydney when she was four-years-old. “My dad has always […]
